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Primal Unno Project enters UCI Downhill competition

  • Ron 

Unno is back at the races with the Primal Unno Project, a world class UCI Downhill teamĀ for this 2023 season. Angel SuĆ”rez, Ike Klaassen and Team Manager Niko Velasco willĀ shred Unnoā€™s latest prototype, the EVER. Primal, is a components/accessories brand yetĀ to be launched but with great projection in the bike industry. They have joined forcesĀ 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 finallyĀ decided to build a limited number of bikes for the Downhill team. The mullet bike willĀ have 125 geometry possibilities regarding head angle, reach and wheelbase. Also, it isĀ likely that it will have a 29ā€ rear triangle option which will increase its capabilities.

Angel has been testing the bike for the past week and reported thatā€™s one of the bestĀ feelings heā€™s had on a bike: ā€œI never rode a bike so balanced. Itā€™s a super agile rig and hasĀ the perfect balance between stability and handling, with a lot of ground sensitivity andĀ a composed stiffnessā€. Surprisingly, Angel managed to have similar chrono times on hisĀ local trails to last season despite having been on the bike for just a few days.

ā€œItā€™s super progressive at the beginning of the travel, but once youā€™re between sagĀ points it gets firmer so itā€™s easy to carry a lot of speed with it. The feeling is very similarĀ to the BURN, a bike that I adored since the first pedal strokeā€.

In spite of all theĀ 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 theĀ development of the bike. David Nogales and Diego Manero will be the producers of thisĀ film, and they will also be responsible for producing the media content about the team.Ā The team will be training and refining the EVER prototype before the season starts inĀ Lenzerheide, on June 9th.

Team Sponsors Include:

  • Alpinestars
  • Enve
  • TRP
  • Schwalbe
  • Fizik
  • Fox
  • Crankbrothers
  • Tannus
  • Ochain
  • Ridewrap
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