Sage Titanium Cycles is constantly tweaking their designs to keep them on trend and compatible with the latest components. The most recent update is for the Optimator, their titanium hardtail XC mountain bike. Geometry and frame details have been updated for modern trails and riding styles, with more travel and T-Type compatibility.The dropouts and chainstay yoke are now 3D-printed, like many of their other models, and get the Owl logo embossed on the backside.
Overall, the geometry is still racy, just updated to work with the longer travel fork. It’s 1x specific and clears up to a 36-tooth chainring, and there are two bottle cage bosses. Frames from $6,000.Coming soon, this titanium handlebar comes in two versions – a 710mm wide flat bar with 7º backsweep and no rise, and a 800mm wide riser with 25mm rise and 13º backsweep. The latter weighs 349g with a Cerakote finish, which is probably only adding a few grams.