Viral Derive Frame Kit
The Viral Derive is our do it all, bikepacking, backcountry, all country bike made for everything from a rigid fork to a 120mm travel front fork. Multiple mounting points for fenders and racks and mounting for three water bottles on all sizes including a 3 pack mount on the underside of the downtube, and a top tube ‘gas tank’ mount. This bike is an incredibly versatile machine and capable of anything you throw at it, from your daily mountain bike ride to the Tour Divide, the Dérive is the ultimate ‘last bike you’ll ever buy’. Now, completely upgradable to the new Pinion SmartShift electronic shifting system, with wiring and battery internally hidden and protected.
The Viral Derive is our do it all, bikepacking, backcountry, all country bike made for everything from a rigid fork to a 120mm travel front fork. Multiple mounting points for fenders and racks and mounting for three water bottles on all sizes including a 3 pack mount on the underside of the downtube, and a top tube ‘gas tank’ mount. This bike is an incredibly versatile machine and capable of anything you throw at it, from your daily mountain bike ride to the Tour Divide, the Dérive is the ultimate ‘last bike you’ll ever buy’. Now, completely upgradable to the new Pinion SmartShift electronic shifting system, with wiring and battery internally hidden and protected.
Guy Debord wrote ‘Theory of the Dérive’ in 1956. It is described as “an unplanned journey through a landscape in which participants drop their everyday relations and let themselves be drawn by the attractions of the terrain and the encounters they find there.” It was a movement born out of the inclination to push ones boundaries of everyday life and explore landscapes new and engaging. It was a desire to facilitate new interactions and encounters with people and places unknown, to grow, to learn, and to be aware of more than the mundane and repetitive life within our small comfort zones that we so often encapsulate. The Viral Dérive is simultaneously a derivative of the Skeptic and it’s counterpoint. It is designed to take you away to far off places, see new things, have new adventures, and interact with new people. It is ready for the journey and willing to take you anywhere. The Dérive is a bikepackers dream and the Pinion gearbox is the perfect tool for the application. The nearly maintenance free drivetrain coupled with the oil free belt of the Gates CarbonDrive system means your adventure will be void of technical issues and allow you to concentrate on the journey at hand. The 600% gear range will get you up and over any terrain and the capable geometry will inspire confidence, loaded down with packs or out for a pack free trail ride. The Dérive has mounting points for three bottle locations, rear racks, fenders, and a top tube bag mount to round out it’s hauling capacity. Let the Dérive take you away and explore the new in the world around you.
* based on a 120mm travel fork
** measurement in the shortest position
Viral Bikes triple butted titanium tubeset delivers an amazingly defiant ride
27.5+ (3” tire clearance) or 29” wheel compatible, tailor this trail machine to your own desires
Pinion C1.12 gearbox delivers 600% gear range, that’s 80% more gear range than the new SRAM 1×12 system
Manual Gearbox comes with Gates belt drive, front and rear cogs, CNC cranks, DS2 shifter, lockring tool, rear cassette spacer kit, and first year oil change
SmartShift Gearbox comes with Gates belt drive, front and rear cogs, forged cranks, TE1 trigger shifter, battery, charger, wiring kit, locking tool, rear cassette spacer kit, and first year oil change
Rigid* or 120mm fork compatible
31.6mm seat post, compatible with internal dropper post routing.
148mm Boost rear hub spacing
IS41 upper/ IS52 lower headset bearings
4.25 lbs. for medium frame
$4,795 frame and drivetrain kit
