Sonder Cortex
Fast and agile, Cortex is a short-travel trail bike. Perfect for all-terrain seriously epic days out. It comes alive on long technical descents with 120mm travel, big wheels and a stiff responsive frame.
Fast and agile, Cortex is a short-travel trail bike. Perfect for all-terrain seriously epic days out. It comes alive on long technical descents with 120mm travel, big wheels and a stiff responsive frame.
Sonder Cortex
Fast and agile, Cortex is for epic days over mixed terrain. It comes alive on long technical descents. With 120mm travel, big wheels and a stiff responsive frame, making it great fun for the local trails, and also a hot contender for big down-country days.
With bang up to date geometry for 2024, Cortex inspires confidence with a playful character. Stand up and mash on the pedals out of turns, manual sections of trail and pop off tree stumps, rocks and roots. Smash out short and loose technical climbs, flat-out descents and tight techy singletrack sections. The harder you push the bigger you grin.
Cortex frameset is hand-welded from 6061 double-butted aluminium with a tapered ovalised top-tube and large section down-tube for a stiff chassis with just enough compliance to get you out of trouble. 66° head angle, 74.5° seat tube angle, 40 mm bottom bracket drop and a 465 mm reach (size large). Cortex’s dialed-in geometry and 2.6” tyre clearance offers a comfortable and efficient climbing position for big miles and a stable, spirited platform for smashing up descents.
The Features
Up to Date Trail Bike Geometry
Trail bike Agility with Enduro bike stability, the Cortex has a confidence inspiring, stable and forgiving ride.
Metric Shock Standard
Designed around metric shock sizing standard, with lengthened shocks and shorter strokes that increase bushing overlap for more smooth, supple, sensitive and reactive suspension action.
Horst link suspension design
The tried and tested Horst link suspension design allows the suspension to stay active when braking.
Tyre Clearance
Clearance for up to 29 x 2.6in tyres.
Internal Cable Routing
Internal routing in the front triangle for clean lines.
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