“above and beyond any existing offerings from the mainstream bike world”
“The Auckland Cycle Works Marra may look complicated, but it’s designed almost solely to solve a complicated problem – suspension performance while braking.
…every [other] bike suffers from brake jack (the suspension extending while braking), or the suspension stiffening under heavy braking loads, although some bikes handle the issue better than others. But either way, that means that a bike just isn’t able to use its suspension properly while braking, which means less traction, the likelihood of the rear wheel locking up, and an uncomfortable, less predictable ride.”
“We need bikes like this, technology like this, thinkers like this, to progress everything, to challenge the received wisdom, the status quo, go at things differently, ‘cos if that’s not what mountain biking is all about … then I don’t know what is.”
“Loads of links. High pivot. Idlers. Made in the UK. Made of steel. Custom geometry and paintjob. And stunningly expensive.
But is it any good?
Yes, it’s very good.”
Review by Benjamin Haworth, Singletrack Magazine, 6th November 2025
Auckland Cycle Works are building bikes in small numbers to the highest quality, to demonstrate that this is real genuine paradigm-shifting innovation of the highest calibre.
This really is innovation: We’ve taken big experimental conceptual steps and discovered positive outcomes that were hiding in plain sight.
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