2026 Starling Murmur Frame (no shock)

Starling Cycles make simple, dependable and repairable bikes. Like us, they’re primarily a mountain bike company - with their straightforward single pivot frames making up their Core range, alongside quirky, small batch models as part of their Rare range.

This is the Murmur, a mid-travel 29” do it all trail bike.

Features
- Reynolds 853 top and down tube
- Simple 2-bearing pivot
- Fillet brazed front triangle, TIG welded swingarm
- UDH
- Adjustable shock mount (turn your Murmur into a Mini/Mega Murmur!)
- Bottle cage mount
- Front triangle made in Czechia, swingarm made in Taiwan, final QC and assembly by Starling in Bristol
- Sold without rear shock

Component sizes
- Takes 29” wheels
- 135mm rear travel
- Suits 150mm fork travel
- 148 x 12mm (Boost) rear wheel spacing
- 31.6mm seat tube
- 34.9mm seat clamp
- 210 x 55mm shock
- 30 x 8 and 35 x 8mm shock hardware
- ZS44 upper headset
- EC44 lower headset
- 73mm BS threaded bottom bracket
- ISCG 05 mount
- 180mm post mount rear brake (suits up to 203mm)
- Sram UDH

Keen to chat about additional parts or a full build? - just give us a shout and we can pull together a quote for you!