Unno is back at the races with the Primal Unno Project, a world class UCI Downhill team for this 2023 season. Angel Suárez, Ike Klaassen and Team Manager Niko Velasco will shred Unno’s latest prototype, the EVER. Primal, is a components/accessories brand yet to be launched but with great projection in the bike industry. They have joined forces with Unno to kickstart this project, which has been in development for the last year.
Unno engineers have been working on the EVER prototype for the past year and finally decided to build a limited number of bikes for the Downhill team. The mullet bike will have 125 geometry possibilities regarding head angle, reach and wheelbase. Also, it is likely that it will have a 29” rear triangle option which will increase its capabilities.
Angel has been testing the bike for the past week and reported that’s one of the best feelings he’s had on a bike: “I never rode a bike so balanced. It’s a super agile rig and has the perfect balance between stability and handling, with a lot of ground sensitivity and a composed stiffness”. Surprisingly, Angel managed to have similar chrono times on his local trails to last season despite having been on the bike for just a few days.
“It’s super progressive at the beginning of the travel, but once you’re between sag points it gets firmer so it’s easy to carry a lot of speed with it. The feeling is very similar to the BURN, a bike that I adored since the first pedal stroke”.
In spite of all the preparation, Unno has no short-term plans of selling their new downhill bike to the
public for now.
Primal Unno will also be preparing a documentary to explain the project and the development of the bike. David Nogales and Diego Manero will be the producers of this film, and they will also be responsible for producing the media content about the team. The team will be training and refining the EVER prototype before the season starts in Lenzerheide, on June 9th.
Team Sponsors Include:
- Alpinestars
- Enve
- TRP
- Schwalbe
- Fizik
- Fox
- Crankbrothers
- Tannus
- Ochain
- Ridewrap
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