Nicolai is known as the Rolls-Royce of mountain bikes, famous for its luxurious handmade, it has made aluminum alloy materials to the extreme, and every Nikolai bike is a classic worth collecting. Its neat and beautiful welds, the perfect fit of the various CNC parts, is a good medicine for OCD sufferers. With its excellent design, its soft-tail frame structure has been used by many major manufacturers for more than a decade.
Nikola's frame is highly recognizable, with beautifully welded stiffeners in key areas, and neat fish-scale welds that not only do not need to be concealed, but become the decoration of the frame. The rear triangle of the frame is made of a large number of square tubes with excellent bending resistance, which is full of power. Another major feature of Nikola is that it can be equipped with the exclusive "PINION" drivetrain, which uses a combination of belt and mid-mounted gearbox to replace the conventional metal chain and rear transmission, although the overall weight and performance are not as good as the latter, but the weight of the rear triangle is reduced, the suspension action is more agile, the center of gravity is closer to the center to make the car more stable, the belt drive is quiet and easy to care for, and the complex gearbox runs like a sophisticated mechanical watch.
The hardtail models are the Argon AM and the Argon GTB, but the softtail models are Nikola's classics, with a complex structure that highlights the craftsmanship of the vehicle, and a four-link suspension structure that minimizes the interaction between the chain and the shock absorber action and prevents the pedals from retracting. The main models are SATURN 11 and ION G series, SATURN 11 is an XC model with a stroke of 105mm, while the ION G series covers a suspension stroke of 130-190mm, the frame style is basically the same, the main difference is the different stroke of the suspension liner, which can meet different off-road intensity. The ION G13 stands for 130mm of travel, the ION G15 stands for 150mm of travel, and so on. The frame can be equipped with the optional "PINION" drivetrain, which is a signature feature that should not be missed.
Nikola takes orders for production, the frame price is 1500-5000 euros, and the vehicle price is 6000-7000 euros.