extremely smooth,
gearbox drive
Athletic design, gearbox drivetrain and extremely smooth suspension. Are you ready to beat your personal bests?
Five different models, with different rear travel, different wheel sizes and different characters. For fast natural trail riding up to competing in the EWS.
All gearbox drive models share their enduro genes, long and slack athletic design and our patented puma multilink suspension.
choose your bikesuspension
drivetrain
shifting
wheel size
suspension
PUMA
The patented puma suspension platform is the core of our bikes. It makes our bikes super smooth, fast and gives you more control than ever.
The system is an ultra compact multilink Horst setup. The suspension remains fully active and sensitive during quick descends, even when pedaling.
Thanks to the multi-links in our Puma suspension, we could tweak the leverage ratio independently of other kinematic factors and settled on a optimal 15% decrease through the travel. Something brands with a conventional single pivot or horst suspension can only dream of.
minimal
inertia
Small lightweight rockers and upside-down-shock-mount reduce inertia of moving parts to an absolute minimum, on top of the derailleur and cassette being obsolete.
The shock is not linked to the primary rocker, which greatly reduces torsional forces and thus friction being transferred to the shock.
ultra compact
A limited rotation of the shock throughout its travel, highest quality bearings and the use of high load needle bearings in many pivots make for both a very durable and a highly responsive layout.
The needle bearings make that we can build an ultra compact layout that reacts very active. Our gearbox drive bikes have a small rubber end stop to be able to preload the system. This preload makes that the suspension is always ready and loaded and has even less static friction.
drivetrain
next level riding
Experience the quick line selection, railing corners and increased stability in technical sections.
The central positioning of the gearbox in the frame reduces the unsprung mass and increases rear suspension sensitivity. This results in a responsive, lively ride feel and increased grip on every trail surface, giving your maximum confidence.
The magnesium Pinion gearbox is almost maintenance free and eliminates the risk of bending or breaking your derailleur.
You can run the gearbox with chain or a carbon belt drive.
fast shifting
Our gearbox drive mountain bikes can be run with either Pinion’s DS2 grip shifter, or with our intuitive trigger shifter. In both cases; shifting is fast, instant and precise.
The DS2 shifter is great for shifting a number of gears up or down with a single action. It is light, clean and very fast.
Instinctiv’s trigger shifter offers an interaction that is resembling a derailleur shifter with the speed of a gearbox.
The system has two stacked levers for thumb actuation. It allows you to shift one gear heavier, or one or two gears lighter with a single thumb stroke.
how does it ride?
“Shifting a gearbox mountain bike is a different experience. It takes a few rides to get familiar.
Once you are used to the instant response, who wants to go back to grinding gears on a cassette?”
600% range
With the gearbox mtb drivetrain you will have a huge 600% gear range, 20% more than an SRAM Eagle layout.
- Pinion C.1.12
- chainring/cog
- 30T x 26T
- 30T x 30T
- lowest
- 0.63
- 0.55
- highest
- 3.85
- 3.33
- SRAM Eagle
- chainring
- 32T
- 34T
- lowest
- 0.64
- 0.68
- highest
- 3.20
- 3.40
equal gear steps
The Pinion C1.12 provides equal gear steps throughout all gears making your selected gear ratios more predictable than ever.
- Pinion C.1.12
- 1
- 2
- 17.7%
- 3
- 17.7%
- 4
- 17.7%
- 5
- 17.7%
- 6
- 17.7%
- 7
- 17.7%
- 8
- 17.7%
- 9
- 17.7%
- 10
- 17.7%
- 11
- 17.7%
- 12
- 17.7%
- SRAM Eagle
- 50
- 42
- 19,1%
- 36
- 16,7%
- 32
- 12,5%
- 28
- 14,3%
- 24
- 16,7%
- 21
- 14,3%
- 18
- 16,7%
- 16
- 12,5%
- 14
- 14,3%
- 12
- 16,7%
- 10
- 20%
- Pinion C.1.12
- gear steps
- 17.7%
- SRAM Eagle
- gear steps
- 12,5 – 20%
efficiency
What happens to the watts you put out? How does a Pinion gearbox mountain bike compare to a conventional derailleur in terms of efficiency?
The short answer is that out on the trail, in varied terrain and changing conditions, it is practically impossible to notice any difference.
Studies have shown that the efficiency of the Pinion drivetrain ranges from 91% in the heaviest gear to 98% in granny gear.*
For comparison, a derailleur layout, under perfect ‘laboratory’ circumstances, has an efficiency of 93% to 98%**.
However when dirt comes into play and builds up the efficiency tends to drop a good few percent.
A major benefit of the gearbox drivetrain is the straight, constant chainline, ensuring great efficiency between chainring and rear wheel. This in contrast to derailleur layouts where cassettes seriously compromise the chainline at either end of the cassette.
* 2017 ASEE Zone II Conference An Experimental Study on the Efficiency of Bicycle Transmissions R. Bolen and C. M. Archibald Grove City College, Grove City, PA
** Efficiency Measurements of Bicycle Transmissions – a neverending Story? by Bernhard Rohloff and Peter Greb, Wirkungsgrad von Fahrradantrieben von Prof. Dr. Ing Hubert Hinzen, Fachbereich Technik, Hochschule Trier
weight
We believe you can do the math. Yes our gearbox drivetrain weighs around 600 – 800 grams more than a conventional 1×12 derailleur group set.
However about 600 – 900 grams of weight is moved from the rear wheel to the frame. This makes the rear wheel lighter than ever before, the suspension is more responsive and riding losses while riding over rough terrain are reduced. And during climbing it is difficult to notice the extra weight.
durability
Pinion gearboxes are used all over the world, in all conditions no matter how challenging. They have proven their robustness in numerous round-the-world rides. Ice cold temperatures at the Arctic Circle or sweltering desert heat do not present a problem for these transmissions.
choose your bike
Reebok G 130
- gearbox drive
- 29″
- 7.600 €
The Reebok G is full of enduro genes, but in a light trim, perfect for fast natural trails.
Coyote G 140
- gearbox drive
- 29″
- 7.800 €
If you love to reach high speeds on natural technical trails, then the Coyote G is your best friend.
Kodiak G 150
- gearbox drive
- 29″
- 7.900 €
The Kodiak G is your machine if you compete in enduro matches or love very technical alpine trails.
Ocelot G 150
- gearbox drive
- MX
- 7.800 €
If you want both speed and agility, ride in a bikepark and fast technical trails, then the Ocelot G is worth looking at.
Jackal G 150
- gearbox drive
- 27.5″
- 7.800 €
The Jackal G is all about fun, agilty and tricks, both in a bikepark or on the trails.
what the pro’s say
Enduro MTB
“The Coyote G scores points with its plush suspension and central riding position. The Pinion gearbox ensures a low centre of gravity and is beautifully integrated into the frame.”
BIKE magazine
“Downhill the Ocelot G turns on and purrs smoothly through the terrain. The rear end works first class, responds well and reliably levels even rough passages. There is enough pop available for jumps and sufficient progression for hard landings. As a result, the potent rear end feels like more than 150 mm of travel.”
Ride.ch
“It rides extremely smooth and feels like a downhill bike on the trail. Thanks to the Pinion gearbox and a good chain guide, it doesn’t make any noise and is unusually quiet on the descent.”
