Lahar DHV-M9 Carbon Fiber DH Bike

Carbon DH bike? Yea Lahar has gone and done it. Farkin.net got a chance to get some nice shots of it and do a little writeup. I would’ve liked some specific numbers in the review but you gotta take what you can get.

Internal gearing? - check. Fox40? - check. Worhty? - read on.

“In contrast however, the Lahar is nothing short of confidence-inspiring as soon as speeds pick up. Fast, rough terrain becomes just fast terrain, heavy braking in the rough is stable and more so than anything else I’ve ridden - and popping the bike off small lips and the like is very intuitive. High speed corners are great fun on the Lahar, with no feeling of instability or that worrying feeling that quickly changing direction will result in a huge tankslapper or the bike being thrown off line. The long stiff rear end also allows the back wheel to slide around without feeling unduly sketchy. That’s not to say that grip is lacking, as the bike tracks very nicely. The bottom bracket is at a good height, being low enough to corner well without being so low that the bike becomes impossible to pedal for fear of smacking the ground.”

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