| Rider-owned and privately-funded, Revel do what they want. Launched in 2019, Revel set out to build the absolute best full-suspension mountain bikes...ever!
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The Absolute Best
Owner, Adam Miller previously founded Borealis Bikes and Why Cycles, now combining his industry experience and passion with the engineering expertise of Jeremiah Starkey (former lead engineer at Rockshox and Trust Performance) and industrial design knowledge of Mike Giese. They worked with Chris Canfield who designed and patented Revel's truly magical suspension platform; CBF - Canfield Balance Formula. Read more about the team behind Revel here.
CBF Suspension
CBF™ focuses on designing rear suspension around the Center of Curvature (CC). Until now, most suspension systems have focused solely on the instant center. CBF points the chainline and corresponding drive forces around the top of the chainring through 100-percent of the travel resulting in maximum pedaling efficiency, regardless of where you are in the travel, what terrain you are on or what kind of power you’re putting down. All the power you put into the pedals goes into turning the rear wheel, allowing the suspension to do its job completely independent of drivetrain and braking forces and making the sag setting much less critical.
When Revel first rode the largely-unknown CBF system, they knew it was something special, and they knew they could make the best riding carbon mountain bikes using this magical formula.
The new Benchmark
At Revel, supported by Cyclorise in the UK, we stand behind our products and offer Revel Bikes with a limited lifetime warranty for the original owner. We are real cyclists and know what it's like to be without our bike, so here at Cyclorise we work with Revel to ensure fast communication and resolutions. Read more here.
Your Revel is also covered by a crash replacement policy, should you accidentally damage it. Read more here.
Revel Bikes
115mm rear, 120mm front
Revel made this bike with one thing in mind; to enjoy the ups as much as the downs. We love the Rascal but we wanted something a little lighter and faster. So we took the legendary CBF platform somewhere it’d never been before…think XC light, XC efficiency, with the extra-high punch of that bottomless CBF feel. It is over a pound lighter than the Rascal frame and tough enough to inspire confidence on the descents. XC-trail? Downcountry? Welcome to the Ranger- a bike that takes modern XC suspension to a whole new level. It's right at home at the start line of a race, all day in the mountains or just rallying the local trails after work.
Revel Bikes
130mm rear, 140mm front
The Rascal lives up to its name - it is a sleek looking machine that is mischievously fast, nimble, and adept. Think capability and playfulness in both ascend and full send mode. Revel's vision for the Rascal was to deliver a confidence-inspiring and ultra-versatile mountain bike in all applications. The Canfield Balance Formula is the heart of every Revel bike, which maximises the amount you pedal in the sweet spot. The Rascal is a fast and capable mountain bike in a sleek package that you can ride all day, every day, regardless of terrain.
Revel Bikes
155mm & 165mm rear, 160mm & 170mm front
The Revel team created the Rail with two things in mind: maximum thrills and climbing hills. A tuned carbon layup makes railing through berms pure joy. The Rail will put an end to the traditional trail bike compromises to ascent efficiency to which you’ve grown accustomed. The Canfield Balance Formula (CBF) is the heart of every Revel bike, which maximises the amount you pedal in the sweet spot and keeps the suspension wildly active while descending and braking. The Rail is the ultimate bike-park and enduro trail weapon.
Revel Bikes
000mm rear, 000mm front
A gravel bike from Revel?! Yep, Revel are better known for our shreddy mountain bikes with legendary CBF suspension, but a little known fact is most of the gang at Revel ride gravel bikes at least as much as they ride mountain bikes. They're also the same people behind Why Cycles and their R+, so we like to think Revel know a thing or two about designing high end, modern gravel bikes. Really, they're materials geeks at heart, and they always like to use the right material for the right application. However, gravel bikes are where the waters get a little muddy. Revel have been riding the titanium R+ since it launched it in 2016 and it has gotten glowing reviews, but they all wanted a carbon version too.
They knew they could make a pretty neat gravel bike by taking full advantage of the ability to shape carbon exactly how they wanted and truly optimise the ride quality.
Revel Wheels
27.5" & 29"
Lighter, stronger, made in America and 100% recyclable. Revel wheels just flipped the script. The same bike nerds who brought you Revel Bikes are proud to present Revel Wheels. These rims are made from the brand new Fusion-FiberTM technology developed and manufactured in an aerospace facility in southern Utah. There’s no environmentally harmful or brittle epoxy in this carbon- it is a toughened, high performance composite polymer that makes for a significantly more durable, lighter, and better riding wheel with a nice damped feel.
Revel
We've got your back. We carry spare bearings, frame hardware, axles and mech hangers. But don't forget to stock your own mech hanger so WHEN you eventually need it, you don't delay getting back on the trails.
Carbon Layup
The master of bike carbon—Enve Founder, Jason Schiers—optimised the Revel Bikes layup. Revel use a mix of Japanese Toray T700 and T800 fibres in their frames, but the real magic is in the angles. Most bike frames use a selection of 0-, 45-, and 90-degree fibres, since these are the most readily available and easiest to work with. Jason optimised our frame using more 30/60-degree fibres, which, when laid up properly, create stronger and stiffer tubing and shapes, using less material.
Internal Routing
Revel use the best method for internal routing in the biz! Revel’s full-carbon tubes are moulded in one piece onto the inside of the carbon frame tubes. Not only does this provide structural improvement to the frame, it also allows you to route an entire frame in about a minute. No rattling, no noise, and no fishing cables out of frames. We use these moulded guides on all our cables, so prepare to be amazed if you ever need to replace cables or brake lines.
Integrated Chain Guide
Details! Revel wanted to create a super-stealthy, ultra-effective chain guide. This lil’ guy will hold your chain on your chainring and is super easy to adjust—all while maintaining the simplicity and clean aesthetics that we all love.
CBF Explained
CBF™ focuses on designing rear suspension around the Center of Curvature (CC). Until now, most suspension systems have focused solely on the instant center. CBF points the chain-line and corresponding drive forces around the top of the chainring through 100 percent of the travel. This results in maximum pedaling efficiency regardless of terrain, where you are in the travel, or what kind of power you’re putting down. All the power you put into the pedals goes directly into turning the rear wheel. Allowing the suspension to do its job independently of drivetrain and braking forces makes the sag setting much less critical.
When Revel first rode the largely-unknown CBF system, they knew it was something special, and they knew they could make the best riding carbon mountain bikes using this magical formula.
Centre of Curvature
The Canfield brothers stumbled upon the importance of CC after years of designing big-hit, rampage-ready bikes. The instant center constantly shifts throughout the stroke of suspension in multi-link bikes, causing the rear wheel to depart from the perfect-arc rotation that’s known only to single-pivot bikes (which is a less-than-perfect design for most other suspension criteria). However, if you connect the rear axle at any point on its path with the ever-changing instant center, the area where all those lines intersect for the entire range of travel is the center of curvature. On most multi-link bikes, the CC changes location in wild ways as the rear wheel moves through travel, sometimes over an area as large as several square feet.
What is a leverage curve?
This is the mechanical advantage of the wheel over the shock at a given position in the travel. The goal of each leverage curve is to have softer suspension for small bumps and stiffer suspension for big bumps without making the bike pedal poorly or feel harsh.
What is anti-rise
This is the effect of the rear braking forces on the suspension. Low anti-rise means that the suspension will soften and extend when braking, and high anti-rise means the suspension will compress and stiffen. Too low anti-rise will not do a good job counteracting the weight shift from braking, and too high anti-rise will stiffen the suspension to the point of losing traction over bumps.
What is anti-squat
This is the amount of force pedalling and accelerating has on the suspension. High anti-squat numbers mean that pedalling forces will work to counteract high acceleration squat. Too high an anti-squat means lost traction and feeling “locked out” when pedalling. Too low an anti-rise means the bike will not properly counteract the weight shift from acceleration, which causes unwanted suspension oscillation.
