Banshee Legend MKII Review
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Banshee has been making bikes for about nine years now. They started off building hardtail and heavy steep angled North Shore skinny bikes. They began to develop a bigger range in bike throughout the years and began branching more into the cross country and all mountain segments.
In about 2005-2006 Banshee hooked up with Keith Scott who was working on his Master's Thesis. What he outlined for that paper would come to be know as The Banshee Legend. This bike was put into testing for about 4 years. Over 70 frames were handed out around the world and the bikes where ridden hard and put away wet.
After gathering all the riders input and fine tuning the design and making alterations it was ready for production. The Banshee Legend MKII was released to the public in 2009. It was low, slack, light and ate up rough terrain just what the general downhill population had been asking for.
Going over the various suspension designs that could be used to build Banshee's first World Cup level race frame they decided to go with a slightly altered VPP design. This would give the benefits of less pedal bob from chain stretch along with still having a fairly active suspension system. Check out Keith's Thesis at the bottom of the page to learn more about The Banshee Legend MKII design process.
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2010 Banshee Legend MKII Build
- Frame Banshee Legend MK II Large
- Fork Manitou Dorado Pro
- Rear Der. Shimano M810 GS Saint
- Shifters Shimano SLX
- Crankset Shimano Saint 165mm 36 Tooth
- BB Shimano
- Chainguide E Thirteen LG-1
- Cassette SRAM PG 970 11-26
- Chain SRAM PC 951 9sp
- Brakes Formula K24 ORO
- Brake Levers Formula
- Bars Easton Havoc Low 31.8
- Stem Twenty 6 F1 Stem
- Cane Creek Angleset
- Pedals Twenty Six Prerunners
- Seatpost Thomson Elite
- Saddle WTB Devo carbon Team
- Wheels WTB Laserdisc DH 20mm F and 12mm by 150mm rear.
- Tires WTB Dissent DH F/R Kenda DH tubes
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