![]() ![]() “Suspension is integral with geometry and key to the performance of the bike,” Tam explains. “Something that was fast, but wouldn’t suck the fun out of a mellow trail like a DH bike would, or get sketchy on gnarly stuff like a trail bike would.”This sounds like the holy grail of bike design to us, but BTR are confident they’ve nailed it, and with just 130mm of travel. ![]() “Our goal was to design a bike that would be fun on any trail,” says Tam. The original models were built for friends, the second-generation bikes were sold to the public and the latest version has numerous refinements.“We’ve tweaked the geometry, dedicated the design for coil shocks and made the swingarm and linkage lighter,” says Tam,“but it’s still very much a Pinner.” Now we want a fun, versatile full-sus, and this is it!”Tam and his business partner Paul ‘Burf’ Burford started designing the Pinner four years ago, and the bike we see here is the third iteration. “When we started, we never planned on building a full-sus bike,” says Tom ‘Tam’ Hamilton, one half of BTR Fabrications.“Back then we were searching for a way to make downhill fun again and our Belter hardtail was the solution. UK-made, steel-framed, do-it-all trail destroyer ![]() Craftsmanship and detailing is second to none A short-travel trail weapon that’s capable of having seven shades of sh*t smashed out of it! Designed by a pair of steel bike fanatics and built entirely in-house right here in the UK Since then, the pair have dedicated themselves to turning out immaculate steel-framed bikes from their workshop in Frome, Somerset. The pair hit it off and soon realised they shared the same ambition to design and build their own bikes. After both studying as design engineers at university, Tom‘Tam’ Hamilton and Paul ‘Burf’ Burford bumped into each other while working for Oxfordshire-based bike brand K-9 Industries. ![]()
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