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Starling Cycles has added the Mini Murmer to its line-up of handmade, steel MTBs.
The Mini-Murmur is described by the Bristol-based brand as a 120mm rear travel Trail/XC/Down Country/do-whatever bike that’s “really fun and really fast”.
The Mini-Murmur takes Starling’s award-winning, steel, handmade, single-pivot frame and morphs
it into a trail-focused bike.
All of the ‘feel’ of steel, built around 120mm rear travel, go-for-it geometry and lightweight components.
It will be available as a frame-only or complete bike option, with complete bikes specced with DT Swiss’ F232 One air suspension, Michelin rubber, DT wheels and a host of Hope components.
At the heart of the Mini Murmur design is versatility.
Using an adjustable shock mount allows Starling to increase this versatility further from its design.
The complete-build Mini Murmur uses a DT shock in 210x50mm length, which provides 120mm rear travel.
The frame’s front triangle is handmade in the UK using Reynolds 853 heat-treated tubing.
The rear triangle is handmade by ORA in Taiwan using heat-treated Chromoly.
Like all of Starling’s Core full suspension bikes, the Mini has a UDH drop-out, bolt-through axle, adjustable shock mount and all of the usual V3 frame features.
Customers can also, if they wish, swap fork and shock and convert the Mini to a full travel Murmur or swap swingarms to convert it to a Twist or Mega Murmur.
All required components are available from Starling.
All Starling V3 frames are supplied with a seven-year warranty against manufacturing defects.
They’re also covered by a crash replacement service. The rider pays the postage, Starling pays the labour and materials.
Starling’s warranty and crash replacement service applies to original owners only.
All owners, new or non-original, have access to the brand’s repaint, refurbish and repair services.
Non original/outside of warranty owners will incur a cost for the work.
