{"id":6938,"date":"2021-01-19T04:13:47","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T04:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oldglorymtb.com\/?p=6938"},"modified":"2021-01-19T04:13:47","modified_gmt":"2021-01-19T04:13:47","slug":"2015-nahbs-matter-cycles-slayride-and-benefat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oldglorymtb.com\/2015-nahbs-matter-cycles-slayride-and-benefat\/","title":{"rendered":"[2015 NAHBS] Matter Cycles Slayride and Benefat"},"content":{"rendered":"

I got to meet up with Collin who is the owner\/builder at Matter Cycles<\/a> at this year’s North American Handmade Bicycle Show<\/a> in Louisville. He brought along three bikes for the show. Two of which were mountain bikes. The first ride I checked out was his blue Slayride 27.5. The bike features True Temper steel tubing built up to be slack and low in the right places. The headangle is 66.5 degrees and is designed for a 160mm fork. The rear end is a short 413mm.<\/p>\n

\"2015<\/a>
Matter Cycles Slayride<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"2015<\/a>
bottom bracket detail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"2015<\/a>
rear brake detail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Slayride is what Collin wanted to build for himself for the riding he likes to do. He eventually made a few frames for his friends and their friends and then he started a bike company. The Slayride frame he’s building now is version 3 as he’s honed and refined the features, geo, and tubeset.<\/p>\n

\"2015<\/a>
front view<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"2015<\/a>
non-drive side<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Collin knows what it takes to make high performing machines from his previous work in the moto industry as a welder and machinist.<\/p>\n

\"2015<\/a>
yoke detail – this design allows for a nice short rear end<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"2015<\/a>
headtube badge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"2015<\/a>
dropout detail – Collin likes the Polydrop dropouts using them on both MTB’s<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The fat bike Matter had on display is called the Benefat. Collin said he developed this frame for a year and half trying to get it just right. He designed it to handle like the Slayride but have fat tires. He aimed for trail bike geometry with a 420mm rear end and 68 degree headangle.<\/p>\n

\"2015<\/a>
Matter Cycles Benefat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"2015<\/a>
front view<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"2015<\/a>
yoke detail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Collin enjoys riding this bike on the snow as much as regular dry trails. He’s even been known to dirt jump his Benefat.<\/p>\n

\"2015<\/a>
dropout detail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"2015<\/a>
seattube detail – you can see how short the rear end is in this shot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Two trail oriented mountain bikes made in Colorado ready to tackle any terrain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6949,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[127],"tags":[114,11,107,12,18],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/oldglorymtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015-nahbs-matter-slayride5.jpg",1600,1427,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/oldglorymtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015-nahbs-matter-slayride5-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/oldglorymtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015-nahbs-matter-slayride5-282x252.jpg",282,252,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/oldglorymtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015-nahbs-matter-slayride5-768x685.jpg",768,685,true],"large":["https:\/\/oldglorymtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015-nahbs-matter-slayride5-600x535.jpg",600,535,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/oldglorymtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015-nahbs-matter-slayride5.jpg",1536,1370,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/oldglorymtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015-nahbs-matter-slayride5.jpg",1600,1427,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"J.A. 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