What Are The Benefits of a Mullet Bike?
What Are The Benefits of a Mullet Bike?
Are you looking for the perfect mountain bike? If so, you may need a “mullet”. A mullet bike uses different wheel sizes at the front and back. This can provide riders with an impressive range of benefits. In this blog post, we will explore the benefits of a mullet bike and why it’s the perfect choice for many serious mountain bikers.
What Is a Mullet Bike?
A mullet bike is a mountain bike that combines uses a 29-inch wheel in the front and a 27.5-inch wheel in the back. This combination creates an incredibly fast and stable ride while also allowing you to manoeuvre and turn with ease. The manoeuvrability is partly sown to the smaller rear wheel shortening the overall length of the bike. This is especially handy on electric bikes which tend to have longer frames to accommodate motors and batteries. The stability afforded by mullet bikes gives riders better control and more confidence when tackling difficult terrain, while the smaller rear wheel provides improved traction on tight turns and trails.
How Does It Benefit Riders?
The main advantage that mullet bikes offer is their versatility. With both big wheels in front and small wheels in back, these bikes are capable of tackling virtually any terrain without sacrificing speed or agility. The large front wheel is able to easily roll over roots and rocks giving you greater speed and traction. Meanwhile the smaller rear wheel allows you to flick the bike through tight corners and makes the bike generally more manoeuvrable.
What mullet bikes can you buy?
A lot of the first mullet bikes were home made conversions. Most 29” wheel bikes can be easily converted to work as a mullet setup by simply fitting a smaller rear wheel. If you have a 27.5” wheel bike then you’ll need a new fork to take the 29” front wheel.
There are an increasing number of mullet bikes available to buy. A lot of them are electric bikes as going for a mullet helps keep the overall length of the bike down.
Specialized Status 140 or 160
The Status comes as a mullet setup from the factory. Available in either 140mm travel or 160mm travel options. The Status comes with super slack geometry and is intended for gravity focussed trail riding at bike parks and trail centres.
Specialized Turbo Levo Electric Bikes
Specialized use a mullet setup on their Turbo Levo full power electric bikes. This helps to manage the overall length of the bike and helps keep it manoeuvrable.
Whyte E-160 MX Electric Bikes
Whyte have versions of their E-160 electric mountain bikes with 29” wheels and 27.5” wheels. They also have several MX models which use a mullet setup.
Overall, mullet bikes offer all kinds of benefits for those who need stability on downhill trails and who want agility on tight turns—allowing them to tackle nearly any terrain with ease. This is especially useful on full-power ebikes.
