Soma’s hardtail, the Juice ($699.95 frame), just got a geometry makeover and now features boost spacing. The Juice has always been a classic, offering riders a non-aggressive, non-progressive riding experience. Read on for Soma’s updates…
The latest Juice 29er hardtail frame feature practical updates to its feature set and geometry without diving too deep into progressive geometry. Seat tube angle is slightly steeper for easier climbing, but it isn’t super slack and low. It is a bike you can still ride with “old-school” techniques, but also can be ridden with a modern technique if you pick the right size and parts.
On this lively steel frame, you’ll find lots of braze-ons and bosses for utiliity, sliding dropouts for versatility, and industry standards like 148 mm Boost hub spacing and English threaded bottom bracket shell.
Optimized for 100 mm of travel, the Juice can be ridden with a rigid fork for touring or a suspension fork for trail riding.
Specs:
- Tange Prestige heat-treated butted CrMo steel; butted CrMo rear end
- Geometry is optimized for 100mm travel 29″ forks and will handle 120mm forks great, too
- IRD Broski Sliding Dropouts allows geared and single-speed builds with easy wheel removal
- Latest update adopts Boost 12 x 148 thru-axle hub standard
- 3 pack mount and water bottle mounts on down tube. (LG and XL size have a set of water bottle mounts on the seat tube as well. Seat tube bosses are left off the MD and SM to better fit long dropper posts)
- S-bend seatstays and chainstays
- Rear rack and fender eyelets
- CNC-machined 44mm headtube: Will take 1-1/8″ steerers with a ZeroStack 44 headset or tapered steerers with a ZS44 upper assembly and external cup (EC44) lower assembly
- 31.6mm post size/34.9mm frt. der. size/34.9mm seat collar/73mm bottom bracket (English threads); 400mm+ post(rigid) recommended
- ED coating under the paint and inside tubes to resist rust
- Recommended tire size: 29″ x 2.4″ (or 27.5 x 2.8”)
- Color: Pumpkin Orange, or Desert Metallic
- Wt: 6.2 lbs. (MD)
- Sizes: SM(39cm), MD(42cm), LG(46cm), XL(51cm)
See more at Soma.
