2026 Starling Twist Frame (no shock)

Twist

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 Twist, a mid-travel Mixed wheel 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 Twist into a Mega Twist!)
• 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 27.5” rear, 29” front wheel
• 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!