Month: December 2019

New bikes, a new approach to frame-building and custom travel options.

Click PLAY or read on to learn all about what’s coming up.

Do the Twist

First up, the big one, the new Starling Cycles Twist.

The Twist is our brand new bike. It’s the love-child of a Swoop and a Murmur with a monster-truck 29″ wheel up front and a fast, fun and flicky 27.5″ wheel out back.

The new mullet-machine is available now, with everything you need to know right here.

UK Made (again)

As you guys know, we made the big jump to ORA Engineering in Taiwan for 2019.

The big news for 2020 is that we’re now manufacturing in the UK again. Well, mostly. We’ll continue to work with ORA for our swing-arms.

All front triangles will now be handmade in the UK at Starling HQ. If you’ve been on the fence about a Starling because you wanted a handmade, British bike this is what you’ve no doubt been waiting for.

The video above will explain more about why we made the big move.

Adjustable Travel

And last but not least, a massive update for all bikes from now on.

All Murmur, Twist and Swoop bikes are now available with as shorter travel options OR with adjustable travel.

This change came from you guys. You asked us for shorter travel options, we tried it, we like it and we decided to make it widely available.

You can learn all about how it works and what we’re offering over on our new Custom Travel page here.

We’re stoked to announce the launch of our brand new bike.

Introducing the Starling Cycles Twist.

 

The Starling Cycles Twist is the love-child of a Swoop and a Murmur with a monster-truck 29″ wheel up front and a fast, fun and flicky 27.5″ wheel out back.

With 160mm rear travel, mullet wheels and plenty of tyre clearance, it’s built to party.

The 29″ front wheel offers a ton of gyroscopic stability for monster-trucking through rough terrain.

The 27.5″ rear wheel means fun and flicky riding, great manoeuvrability and back-wheel-good-times.

 

✔ Hand built in Reynolds 853

✔ Available in 3 sizes

✔ 27.5″ and 29″ wheels

✔ Max 160mm front and rear travel

✔ NEW: Shorter travel options available

✔ Demo rides available

✔ Available now

The Twist has 160mm travel on the rear and is built for a 160mm fork. The Twist also marks the start of our new adjust able travel options – all bikes are now available with options for reduced travel, with more info available here.

Frames are constructed from custom butted Reynolds 853 tubing, chosen for their combination of lightweight and strength.

Tubes are combined with lasercut and machined steel parts, resulting in a frames where simplicity and a lively feel.

Like all of our bikes, it’s built to go fast and is beautifully simple to setup, ride and maintain.

Twists are available as frame only (with or without shock starting at £1770) and as complete bikes, starting at £3300.

You can learn more about the Twist over on our Starling Twist product page here.