A few people noticed that we pulled the FlareMAX from the range a couple of weeks ago, and quite a few of you have been in touch to ask what's happening with it. Firstly, fear not! We aren't abandoning our short travel full suspension bike. It's an amazing machine and Paul and Cy are both big fans of it.

The reason the FlareMAX has been temporarily retired is a couple of related reasons. With making the new Escapade in the UK and ramping up on Jeht as well, capacity at Five Land through the summer is all taken up with those bikes. By the time we could make some more FlareMAX in the Autumn we would be very close to the new version arriving, so we had to make a decision to commit to the new bikes. Yes, there will be a new version of FlareMAX. Similar vibe to the current bike (because it's great), but with Rocklink suspension. No more info just yet, but if you haven't already, sign up to the mailing list and you will hear there first.