The new Devinci Dixon Carbon may only have 145mm of rear bounce but don’t let that fool you – this bike shares more than just a paintjob with the World Cup winning Wilson Carbon. There’s extra travel up front, plus tabs for a chain guide, and Devinci reckon the ride “screams pure stoke”. That’s not just marketing hyperbole either – this is the bike Stevie Smith won last year’s Crankworx Air DH on.
The big surprise is the price. The Dixon Carbon RX EVO available in the UK is that rare thing – a carbon-framed trail bike with a Fox fork, dropper post and decent spec costing less than £4,000. Finally, a bike to give the Lapierre Zesty 714 a run for its money! Sure, £3,600 is still a lot of cash, but it’s £370 less than last year’s alloy Dixon RC, and that didn’t even have a dropper post. Check out the photos to find out more…
The new carbon frame has a tapered head tube, internal cable routing and ISCG mounts
We love the graphics – the Dixon Carbon looks totally different to everything else out there. Um, except the Wilson…
Dave Weagle’s Split Pivot setup takes care of bump-eating duties
It uses a concentric rear dropout pivot, similar to Trek’s ABP system
Chips at the top and bottom of the seatstays can be flipped to alter the bike’s geometry by 0.5°
Head angle is 67°/67.5° with a 150mm fork and 66.2°/66.7° with a 160mm fork
The lightweight SL build pictured here comes with a 150mm-travel Fox 32
We’d opt for a burlier and longer-travel Fox 34, as found on the RX, to unleash the Dixon’s hooligan potential
Pricing
Devinci Dixon Carbon frame
w/ RockShox Monarch RT3 shock and Cane Creek headset
US$2,400 / £2,000
Devinci Dixon Carbon RX (US) / RX EVO (UK)
w/ Fox TALAS 34 (160mm/6.3in), Mavic EN321 rims on SRAM hubs, RockShox Reverb, Avid Elixir 7s, SRAM X9
$4,600 / £3,600
Devinci Dixon Carbon RC
w/ Fox Float 32 (150mm/5.9in), Mavic EN321 rims on SRAM hubs, no dropper, Avid Elixir 7s, SRAM X9
$4,300 (not available in UK)
Devinci Dixon Carbon SL
w/ Fox Float 32 (150mm/5.9in), Easton Haven wheels and cockpit, RockShox Reverb, Avid Elixir 9s, SRAM X0
$5,600 (not available in UK)
More info from Devinci / Haven Distribution (UK distributor)
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