Kinesis FF29 MTB Frame

• The FF29 uses Kinesis’s advanced SPF: Super Plastic Forming. Most manufacturers use hydroformed tubes, but with SPF we can create lighter aluminium tubes and more intricate shapes that will build into a lighter and stiffer frameset.
• Geometry designed for every ride: The FF29 is long, low and stable with a steep seat tube & long reach numbers. Despite this, it’s not ‘slack’ or slow handling thanks to a head angle of 65.5º providing a nimble/agile feel at the bars for singletrack hacking.
• Flexible setup: Horizontally adjustable dropouts allow you to fine-tune the FF29’s chainstay length for how you ride, with the added benefit of single-speed capability.
• Size by Reach: Choose a size based on your riding style and fit preference rather than your height.
• Easy external cable routing: Externally routed cables make servicing easy and allow the use of a full-length outer cable to ensure your FF29 will run through a UK Winter.
• GW Switch Lever Thru Axles: Clean and simple design with a removable lever.

In 2012 we launched the FF29, and it went on to win multiple magazine reviews and awards. For 2023 the FF29 is re-born – longer, lower, meaner – but still furiously fast. Geometry has been bought bang up to date, the custom frame build utilises all-new tubing technology and it comes brimming with features designed for UK trails.

Working with Kinesis Taiwan for nearly 30 years gives us unique access to the best know-how in the aluminium frame industry. We can develop a mountain bike frame tuned to the needs that we want as riders – giving the ride quality we enjoy while combining stiffness and durability at the lowest possible weight. We have also designed the FF29 with adjustable dropouts so that riders can optimise the rear stay length for their style of riding. This also allows setting the frame up as a single speed.

The FF29 is long, low and stable with a steep seat tube and long reach numbers – the frame is sized by reach and is designed for use with a dropper post.

It's slack but this bike is no slacker - with a head angle of 65.5º, you get a nimble, agile feel at the bars for singletrack hacking. We wanted an all-day hard charging fully capable 29” hardtail bike based around a 140mm fork, the sort of bike most of us ride here on the South Downs. Great for climbing and seriously fast for the descents – just how a hardtail should be. How will you build yours?

Technical specification:

• Frame: spf 6061 aluminium tubing.
• Tyre clearance: for 29x2.5in tyres.
• Rear axle: 148x12mm boost rear axle spacing.
• Bottom bracket shell: bb92 bb shell.
• Seatpost: 31.6mm seat post required.
• Front mech: 34.9mm front mech clamp required.
• Headset required: tapered integrated.
• Axles: gw ‘switch lever’ rear axle.
• Weight: 2.0kg (l3 frame).
• Warranty: 5 years.
• Colour: Black/Bronze or Orange.
• Sizes: L1, L2, L3, L4.

What's in the box:

• Frame
• Rear axle
• Seat clamp
• Cable guides
• Dropouts
• Derailleur hanger

*Please see images for sizing and geometry information.