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Mission 2
Mission Tech Story:
At the heart of the all-mountain Mission is the Knuckle Box bell-crank. With its compact design and welded unibody construction, the Knuckle Box ties the rear suspension components together. It isolates, cradles, and guards the FOX air shock while providing a smooth near-linear suspension ratio through the entire six inches of travel. This low and tight design gives the Mission a lower center of gravity than most all-mountain designs on the market today, resulting in the most balanced and maneuverable bike we have ever produced. The Knuckle Box is truly the “heart” of the design.
If the Knuckle Box is the heart, then the Mission’s front triangle is the backbone. The low-slung Hooded Hydroformed top tube wraps and reinforces the head tube and provides more stand over clearance. An uninterrupted seat tube that eliminates the need to cut seat posts also makes the Mission’s front triangle strong, light and stiff.
The Mission’s rear end features chain stays joined with a unique one piece forged yoke that is very stiff. The seat stay assembly is joined and reinforced with a unique inverted arch bridge and precision sealed cartridge bearings are used at all of the Mission’s pivots. By joining these assemblies to the Mission’s front triangle and Knuckle Box, the Diamondback Design Team has created a six-inch travel all-mountain bike with a low center of gravity, plenty of stand over clearance, and a ride quality that magazine test editors have described as “awesome,” “nimble,” and “just plain fun!” We couldn’t have said it better ourselves.
Mission Frame Bullets for Tech Spread:
Knuckle Box Bell-Crank
Hooded Hydroformed Top Tube
Sealed Cartridge Bearing Pivots
Uninterrupted Seat Tube
Forged One-Piece Chain Stay Yoke
Inverted Seat Stay Arch
About the 2007 Mission 2, Mountain Bike Action Magazine wrote, “stay smooth and revel in the fact that you’re aboard a bike that pedals as well as some that cost over twice as much.” We don’t know yet what they’ll say about this one, but we are confident that every one who rides one will say they had a great time.
Category: Full Suspension - All MTN
Model: Mission 2
Mission 6” All-Mountain Frame w/ Knuckle Box Rear Suspension , Hooded Hydroformed Top Tube & Sealed Cartridge Bearing Pivots
Fox Float RL 140mm Air Fork w/ Lockout & Tunable Rebound / Compression
Fox Float R Rear Shock
Hayes Stroker Trail Hydraulic Disc Brakes w/ V7” / V6” rotors
Truvativ Fire-X GXP Crankset w/ 44/32/22t Rings & External Bearing Bottom Bracket
SRAM X-7 9-spd Trigger Shifters
SRAM X-9 9-spd Rear Derailleur
Easton EA50 Stem / Bar / Seat Post
Sun Equalizer Disc Double Wall Rims
WTB Prowler MX / SS 2.3 Tires
WTB Pure V Sport Saddle
Mission 1
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