Evil Insurgent - New & Ready To Party With More Travel & Mullet Options

Evil Insurgent - How Hard Can A Bike Party?

Evil Bikes is back and with a new version of the popular shred machine, The Insurgent. This time it’s updated with more travel, more rad, and some mixed wheel versions to make sure it fits the way you like to trail party. Taking what everyone loved about the first two iterations of Insurgent, the latest Insurgent is made to party and give you more of the fun that makes us love mountain biking. Evil increased travel from 150mm to 168mm, which means this bike is ready for the big stuff. Like I mentioned above, the Insurgent will come as a 27.5” wheeled option as it previously was spec’d, but there will now also be a mixed wheel, mullet setup with a 29” front wheel and 27.5” rear. Looking to send big drops and freeride, or send the steep trails while all-out shredding? Check out what the new Insurgent can do for you.

27.5 and Mixed Wheeled Versions:

Gaining popularity and traction, lots of companies are starting to offer their bikes with two wheel options. The Insurgent follows suit here. Their main build is a 27.5” wheel and it gives you what the Insurgent is known for: the fun spec aimed to hit jumps, shred hard, live at the bike park and just be a damn good time. Once you put the 29” wheel up front, you get the Insurgent to be a bit more of a long travel enduro machine. It’s able to handle the steepest and gnarliest terrain, but you can still expect the same fun and flick-a-bility from the MX setup as the standard spec, just with a bit more confidence and traction up front. 

27.5 Spec:

Of course the bikes need to have a bit different spec in order for both wheel options to feel good. The 27.5” wheel option gets a 180mm RockShox ZEB Ultimate fork up front and a RockShox SuperDeluxe Ultimate Coil out back. The beloved flip chip remains so you still get the option to play with your headtube angle at 65.3 degrees in the low setting and 64.7 degrees in the x-low setting. Seat tube angle is at a steep 78.2 in low and 77.5 in x-low, while the chainstay stays with the classic Evil style of 430mm and 432mm in low and x-low. A few other numbers are reach with the medium at 473/466 (low/x-low) and large at 492/486 (low/x-low). Check out the geo charts below if you want to know more. 

Pricing and Builds:

Frame Only: $3,299

GX Eagle: $5,999

X01 Eagle: $7,599

X01 Eagle AXS: $8,299

MX Spec:

The MX Spec, or mixed wheel, gets the 29” front wheel and drops the front fork travel down to 170mm to help even out the geometry. This is common and a good move to retain the bike's intended feel. The MX Insurgent is available with the same build kits as the 27.5” spec, which means all builds have a RockShox ZEB Ultimate and a RockShox SuperDeluxe Ultimate Coil out back so there is no skimping on the suspension. Despite the shorter front travel, the bigger wheel up front means you get a taller and slacker bike compared to the 27.5 model, so a few of the numbers still change. Your headtube angle becomes 64.2 degrees in the low setting and it goes down to a mega-slack 63.5 degrees in the x-low setting. Seat tube angle is at a steep 76.9 in low and 76.2 in x-low, while the chainstay stays with the same classic Evil style of 430mm and 432mm in low and x-low. A few other numbers are reach with medium at 460/453 (low/x-low) and large at 480/473 (low/x-low). Check out the geo charts below if you want to know more.

Pricing and Builds:

Frame Only: $3,299

GX Eagle: $5,999

X01 Eagle: $7,599

X01 Eagle AXS: $8,299

Worldwide’s Thoughts:

The Evil Insurgent paved the path for some fun, long travel bikes when it first came out, and it quickly became a fan favorite shop bike for Worldwide Cyclery employees and customers. Now with the latest Evil The Insurgent, I think it will continue to push how much fun you can have on a bike. With two wheel setup options you can choose to go all fun with 27.5” wheels, or mix it up with a 29” front wheel. More travel, updated geometry and the ability to run a mixed wheel if that is your flavor, Evil brings the party in the front and in the back.