Intended use: Trail
Rear travel: Hardtail
The Growler proves that the secret order of hardtail trail shredders is alive and thriving. Sure, it’s got that classic hardtail profile. But 21st century touches across the platform reveal a future proofed, instant classic. 29x2.6 tires for ridiculous grip. An aggressive ride character for surprising levels of confidence while descending or ripping tough trails. A refreshingly simple (and tough) package for rowdy days at the trails. More satisfying than a tropical IPA growler fill on a hot day—and way, way faster. Cheers, eh.
These figures are a rough guide only. Rider proportions, riding style, and personal preferences all factor in choosing the correct bike size. Rocky Mountain always recommends test riding and professional bike fitting at an authorized dealer.
This bike is great other then 1 component. The pogo stick like fork is absolutely garbage I just wish you guys put a cheap air fork on there that actually preforms as a suspension should. I also have full sus but if going for a long peddle this is my go to. I did upgrade the fork to an air one and the bike is totally 100 percent better.
I bought this bike with the intention to get back into mountain biking as it was cheaper than buying a full suspension, and I couldn't be happier. However I quickly found out that some of the components needed to be upgraded in order to keep up with my style of riding. So I upgraded the tires, suspension, cassette, and pedals. Fortunately my bike came with shimano hubs, brakes and derailer. Highly reccomend as a starting platform!
I bought this bike through Jenson for my G.F as a introductory MTB. This bike has great frame geometry for a H.T and for about 1k the components are solid. Unfortunately however, the dropper post has enough travel that even with the seatpost down all the way the saddle is stil too high for her so when she brings the saddle height back up she has to guess seat height while riding. Very combersome but not a design flaw necessarily. The front fork has decent travel but does not have a lockout or other adjustability. On a positive note she got an upgrade of shimano deore drivetrain and MT-200 brakes which was a suprise! Overall this is a solid bicycle and she's very happy with it.
I bought my Growler April of last year, I upgrade my tires to minions and my forks to Rockshox recons and this bike shreds on the trail. For a trail hardtail it’s deadly handles jumps great same for tech and climbs and descents amazing. Only reason I don’t give this bike a 5 is because the frames paint chips easy and I’m not to fussy on that. Other than that worth getting. If you plan on shredding this bike it is worth going for the growler 50 but if you are planing on doing casual trail stuff the 20 will do fine. I used to do casual stuff around when I got this bike but I quickly got better with more confidence and upgraded it to make it good for shredding and more confident.
This is a good platform to upgrade from, or if you are slow(like me) you can ride it as is. The XCM34 coil is very rigid and performs surprisingly well for have no dampening system at all, and is sprung pretty much perfectly for me at 190lbs, and has good bottom out resistance. I lubed it with slickoleum which helps its small bump smoothness.
The brakes, dropper, and 1x10 drivetrain work well enough, the tires aren't great for grip, but roll fast. I'm going to upgrade the tires first to tubeless and then see how I feel about the fork.
