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Evil The Wreckoning Buyers guide

MBR: "The new Evil Wreckoning GX is enduro-ready but let it off the leash and you’ll soon forget the time"

 

Bike Mag: "the new Wreckoning is basically Evil walking onto the long-travel 29er stage and straight-up mic-dropping everyone."

 

 

THE LEG POWERED DH LEGEND

Check out the Cykel House, Evil Wreckoning buyers guide. Is this bike the one for you?  

Evil the wreckoning jumping

The Wreckoning has returned, redesigned from the rubber up and ready to rumble. Featuring a fresh look and a lil’ bit more travel—5 millimetres more—this uphill-happy, DH-destroying 166mm, 29er annihilates imitators and inspires manic grins.

From Aggy to all-day. From Rampage to Enduro. Up, down, and upside-down, the Wreckoning doesn’t care which way it’s going. It just gets there fast in classic, low-down dirty Evil style. 

SHAKE THE FOREST 

evil wreckoning going down a shoot

Be the one-demon Wreckoning crew you always wanted to be. Redesigned from scratch and showing off a fresh look, we set our sights on improving our 29’er 166mm steed capable of spinning long days in the saddle but still ready to smash Strava a new one.

Yes, it Enduros. It also rampages like Aggy, gets Fest-ive like Sorge, and wrecks cocky KOM overachievers on the daily.

The Wreckoning decimates tired billy goat clichés and elevates regular riders to God-like status on everything from manicured bike park berms to imaginary freeride dream lines.

How did we do it? Let us walk you through how the Wreckoning got better’er…yet again.

Evil the wreckoning coral reefer colour

Maybe what’s most exciting is the bike’s sheer mind-expanding spectrum of options—customization runs thick in the Wreckoning’s bloodstream.

Want steep aggressive angles on a burly trail bike? Set the Flip Chip to the “LOW” position and run a 160mm fork. Looking for a do-everything, one-bike quiver? Go with a 170mm fork and the bike climbs as well as it descends on all terrain.

Ready to channel your inner Aggy and throw a freeride rampage? Run a 190mm fork and double down with our stock RockShox Super Deluxe coil rear suspension.

Short chain stays keep every rider manualing regardless of the setup. Through any number of Flip Chip positions and choice of fork, the geometry gets dialed into your style of riding, by the bike, the day…even by the trail. This is your bike. Make it work for you.

evil wreckoning on the side of a mountain

Evil engineering genius Dave Weagle also improved on the Wreckoning by borrowing the pedal-friendly pop of the Following and Offering, and then dialing it in with a legacy downhill heritage only he can lay claim to.

To achieve a complementary climbing ability for this leg-powered DH bike, the leverage curve has been revised, starting with the high-end leverage to maintain that supple, smooth pedaling feel we all love so much.

As the leverage decreases slowly through the mid stroke, it provides a ton of efficient support to push against while the end stroke sees the lowest leverage.

What this means for you is a 166mm bike that feels like 200mm. An extra 5 millimetres never made such a difference.

Evil wreckoning doing a skandi flick

Soft and plush is all good, but anyone who’s been halfway through a rowdy, rock-strewn chute knows the value of stiffness too.

The Wreckoning utilizes 157 Super Boost, the new standard of rear axle spacing for any rider who takes shred seriously. Add in the unified rear triangle and you’re ensured a firm AF frame when the going gets capital “G” good gawd gnarly.

evil wreckoning in the air

The remaining details include all the goodness every bike worth its salty sass should have: full internal cable routing, integrated chain guide, and rubber sound-cancelling chain stay protectors we like to call Sound Mounds.

All of this to simply say, The Wreckoning has arrived…again. And it’s more evil than ever. Bow down.

If your one for geeking out on the numbers, check out the Wreckoning's geometry page 

 

Fancy something with a little less travel? check out Evil offering

 Want a 27.5 wheeled version? check out the Insurgent