Lightness and strength are the seemingly mutually exclusive yin and yang of mountain-bike manufacturing, but Delta 7 Sports may have found the absolute balance with a new technology it calls IsoTruss. Minimalism taken to its apogee, the bike is composed of small carbon-fiber struts handwoven together to create a lattice that looks like an unskinned geodesic dome — visually flimsy, but self-supported and nearly unbreakable due to the inherent geometric strength of the triangle. Although the 2.6-pound Arantix isn’t the lightest hardtail frame available (Scott’s Scale LTD weighs only 2.14 pounds), it marks a whole new direction in bike design. Act fast, early adopters: Only 50 Arantix frames will be made this year. frame, $6,995; delta7sports.com
This article originally appeared in the September issue of Men’s Journal.
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