Rocky Mountain refines the Instinct into their 'holy grail' do-everything trail bike, adding a reach adjust headset for 2024.
Rocky Mountain Bikes’ Instinct has always been an ideal choice for a do-it-all trail bike, but for 2024 the bike has gained more adjustability to suit varied terrain or riding styles. RMB sees the Instinct as their ‘holy grail’ bike, so it was built to climb and pedal well, but of course, handle technical descents capably too.
Like the previous Instinct, the new XS and small size frames feature lowered top tubes to reduce their standover height for shorter riders.RMB made slight refinements to the suspension tune for the new Instinct, but there are no major changes to its Smoothlink four-bar suspension platform. Basically, they re-tuned the bike around the Ride 4 chip instead of the previous model’s Ride 9 chip.
RMB’s flippable rear brake mount fits 180mm rotors, and the frame is UDH compatible in its long setting only. The aluminum and carbon Instinct frames also feature fully enclosed internal cable routing, which is moto-compatible. While some brands are pushing the envelope with longer and longer front ends, RMB kept the Instinct somewhat conservative in this regard. A medium frame ranges from 449-458mm , and a large comes in at 474-483mm. Remember, the new adjustable headsets can add or subtract 5mm from those numbers.