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The Macmahone sword has always impressed us as a fine looking, lightweight and well handling hardtail. The geometry is set between race cross country and all mountain so great for getting your head down and riding up and not so scary when the going gets vertical! Just recently I was asked to find a frame for a single speed build that was light and had horizontal dropouts. I was so tempted to introduce the Sword, but didn’t as the dropouts were vertical.

Then this popped up in my inbox!! A single speed specific Macmahone Sword with built in chain tensioners! The new Sword SS is set for the 09 line up (so we should start seeing them soonish) and if it’s like its vertical dropout brother will be available in both aluminium and scary light scandium (we’re talking well under 4lbs here).

More info as it comes.

Thanks to Jesse over at Marechal for sending me these pictures of the new Macmahone Pluriel downhill and freeride frames. The frames are still undergoing testing and finalizing of the new suspension design, which as always not only is amzingly well thought out but looks damn beautiful too!

Looking at the photos (below) the MacMahone Puriel will be available with an air or coil over shock. It seems the downhill version will use a lower standover height straight top tube where as the freeride model gets a bent top tube.

The new frames are set to be released in the 09 line up along with a new single speed frame (details coming soon).