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- Durable Double Butted Racelite Aluminium Frame
- Modern Trail Bike Geometry
- Fox 34 Float Performance, Air, 140mm Travel Fork
- Powerful Shimano SLX 4 Piston Hydraulic Disc Brakes
- 1 x 12 Speed Shimano SLX Drivetrain
- Maxxis Dissector, 29 x 2.4" Tyres, Clearance up to 2.5”
- Internally routed cables, including Dropper Seatpost
If you are a hardtail purist who enjoys sessioning enduro tracks, like chasing your full suspension buddies down the hill or think about taking your hardtail skills to an enduro race, then the Big Trail 700 is the perfect choice, created by request from riders to add an even more capable trail bike to Merida’s line-up. The new top dog of the Big Trail family, the Big Trail 700 offers up quality components paired with proven trail bike geometry, making it ready for anything you can throw at it. The lightweight alloy frame offers up modern trail bike geometry with long reach, slack head angle, steep seat angle and extremely low standover height and is spec’d with some top level components, from the 140mm Fox 34 Float Performance fork, Shimano SLX drivetrain and hubs, and burly Shimano SLX 4 piston hydraulic disc brakes. Fast rolling 29er wheels are kitted out with Maxxis Dissector tyres. Of course, no bike built for singletrack shenanigans is complete without a dropper seatpost.
Axles: | REAR: MERIDA EXPERT TR, including removable lever, 6/4mm allen key |
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Bottom bracket: | Race Face BSA 68/73 – 24mm |
Brakes: | Shimano SLX M7120 4 piston |
Chain: | KMC X12 |
Crankset: | Race Face Aeffect 32T 170 mm-S, 175 mm-M up |
Derailleur rear: | Shimano SLX M7100 Shadow+ SGS |
Fork: | Fox 34 Float Performance, Air, 140mm Travel, Tapered, 44mm fork offset, 29x2.6" Max Tyre Width |
Frame: | BIG.TRAIL TFS, Aluminium, 29x2.5" Max Tyre Width, 148x12, BSA Bottom Bracket |
Freewheel: | Shimano Deore M6100 10-51T 12-speed |
Grip: | MERIDA EXPERT EC |
Handlebar: | MERIDA EXPERT TR Aluminium 780mm Wide 20mm Rise |
Handlebar stem: | MERIDA EXPERT TR Aluminium 35mm, 0° Rise, 50 mm all sizes |
Headset: | MERIDA M2331 |
Hubs: | FRONT: Shimano SLX 110x15 32H, Centerlock / REAR: Shimano SLX, 148x12, 32H,, Centerlock |
Rim: | MERIDA EXPERT TR 29mm Inner Width Aluminium Tubeless ready (tubeless tape and valves not included) |
Rotor front: | Shimano RT54 180mm |
Rotor rear: | Shimano RT54 180mm |
Saddle: | MERIDA EXPERT SL V-mount incl. MERIDA minitool |
Season: | 2022 |
Seat clamp: | MERIDA EXPERT |
Seat post: | MERIDA COMP TR 30.9mm 0° Setback S: 125 SPT - M/L: 150 SPT - XL/XXL 175 SPT |
Tyre front: | Maxxis Dissector, 29x2.4", fold, TR EXO Dual |
Tyre rear: | Maxxis Dissector, 29x2.4", fold, TR EXO Dual |
Wheel size: | 29" |
Frame Size | S | M | L | XL | XXL |
Tyre Sizes | 29" | 29" | 29" | 29" | 29" |
seat tube [mm] | 380 | 410 | 430 | 450 | 470 |
top tube [mm] | 579 | 600 | 622 | 645 | 670 |
chain stay length [mm] | 435 | 435 | 435 | 435 | 435 |
head tube angle [°] | 65.5 | 65.5 | 65.5 | 65.5 | 65.5 |
seat tube angle [°] | 75.5 | 75.5 | 75.5 | 75.5 | 75.5 |
bottom bracked drop [mm] | 66.5 | 66.5 | 66.5 | 66.5 | 66.5 |
head tube [mm] | 95 | 100 | 110 | 120 | 120 |
fork length [mm] | 550 | 550 | 550 | 550 | 550 |
reach [mm] | 415 | 435 | 455 | 475 | 500 |
stack [mm] | 636 | 641 | 650 | 659 | 659 |
wheel base [mm] | 1150 | 1172 | 1196 | 1220 | 1245 |
stand over height [mm] | 716 | 723 | 725 | 728 | 730 |
Merida Big Trail Sizing Chart
Merida is an international bike brand with its headquarters in Taiwan, the R&D department is based near Stuttgart in Germany. To be based in Germany has historical reasons for MERIDA but the precise location was chosen specifically because the region around Stuttgart is one of the hot spots of the automotive and machine building industry which Germany is famous for and attracts a hugely skilled design and engineer labor force.
The Merida team are more than just highly trained and experienced bicycle creators – they simply love everything ‘bike’. Most of their R&D staff are daily bike commuters while others are serious mountain bikers, who regularly compete in Marathon, Enduro and Downhill competitions, or licensed road racers and even ambitious Ironman triathletes. Get the behind the scenes view of the Merida R&D centre and meet some of their key members of staff in the below video.
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Please note, due to challenges in the product supply chain, bike specifications are subject to change without notice. Specifications listed below may not match exactly as shown in the photo.