While Bianchi may be best known for their road and XC bikes, they're also playing around with things in the longer travel realm. The Ethanol FS has a carbon front triangle paired with aluminum seat and chainstays. It 130 or 150mm of travel, depending on what length rear shock and mountain position you use, allowing it to be a pretty versatile ride. Switching shocks ensures the bike keeps the desired geo numbers for each purpose (trail or enduro/all-mountain).
In 150mm mode, it has a 67.5-degree head angle, 73.5-degree effective seat angle, and a reach of 405mm (size M). Dropping down to 130mm mode it has a steeper head angle of 68.5-degrees and a reach of 414 mm (size M). Sizes S-XL are available.
According to Bianchi, weight is around 28.7 pounds (13.0kg) for this model, which comes stock with WTB ASYM i23 wheels, a FOX Float X EVOL shock, and 160mm FOX 36 Float fork.
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