Vancouver BC -Rocky Mountain Bicycles is proud to announce the launch of the new 2010 Flatline WC downhill race platform at Crankworx, Whistler August 12-16, 2009.

2009 marked Rocky Mountain's return to World Cup downhill racing competition and the first year of the Maxxis-Rocky Mountain team. Working closely with the team over the off season, Rocky Mountain developed the first prototype of what would become the 2010 Flatline World Cup.

The team riders and staff were extremely particular about what they needed in a World Cup capable bike and the Flatline WC was built to their exact specifications. Rocky Mountain's product manager Alex Cogger states "We knew we needed to create a new bike for the team, and who better to give input on the design than Sabrina Jonnier, Luke Strobel, and Cameron Cole? They knew exactly what they needed and our engineers and frame builders in Vancouver created it."

In only its second World Cup appearance, the Flatline WC was piloted to victory by Sabina Jonnier who has since won three more World Cups on it. Cogger continues, "Since the first prototype, we tweaked the geometry, suspension rate, shaved weight and the final result is a pure World Cup race bike. The LC2R suspension is an extremely efficient pedaling design and anyone who has ridden a Flatline knows the suspension just swallows bumps."

At Crankworx Rocky Mountain will be displaying both the Flatline WC and Flatline Pro models which share the same frame. The Flatline Pro features a SRAM X9/X7/Elixxer kit with Rock Shox suspension and the Flatline Pro features a full Shimano Saint kit with Fox suspension.

source: Andreas Hestler