Bikes
Bikes
All Airdrop bikes are released in small batches and then built to order in our Sheffield workshop. Our ethos is simple: we design the bikes we want to ride. Which means every build kit is tried-and-tested. These are literally the bikes that we ride day-in, day-out. Each frame platform gets only one full bike build, which means we make it the absolute best, most considered build for the price. They are not designed to be cheap, but they are designed to offer the absolute best bang for buck you'll find on any bike.
Airdrop Bikes FAQ
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We design all our own bikes right here in Sheffield.
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We do the design and development work here. We then work with our partner factory in Taiwan. They're a small but highly skilled team, one of the best in the world. They produce frames to order in small batches. We then build all the bikes to order in our Sheffield workshop.
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Airdrop bikes are in very high demand, and as we're a small business we don't carry a huge amount of stock. Where bikes are in stock they are clearly marked as such, and where a bike is on preorder that is also made clear.
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All our bikes are built to order, which means we can offer limited customisations. It also means we can ensure every bike is built to the highest standard. Each bike has an estimated build date published on the product page, just below the price. It's typically 1-2 weeks but can be longer at busy times.
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Yes. All our bikes re also available as a frame-only or frame-and shock package, allowing you the freedom to build your own bike exactly how you want it. Check our Frames category.
The Airdrop Bikes range
All Airdrop frames are designed in-house in Sheffield, and developed by our team with feedback from our sponsored riders. Every frame we do started from a desire from one or all of us to ride that bike: we build the bikes we want to ride. That might sound obvious but it's unusual, and something we can only do because we're a small, independent brand.
Each of our frames gets a very carefully developed build kit. We only do one bike for each platform, which means it has to be the best thought-out, most considered package.
The Fade is a dedicated singlespeed dirt jump platform with horizontal dropouts and integrated chain tensioners. Built around 26" wheels, it's light, with compact geometry designed for maximum fun and creativity on jumps.
The Filter MX is the second generation of our trail bike design. An all-alloy frame with custom-butted tubeset is built around a CNC-machined one-piece rocker that delivers 141mm rear wheel travel. It's designed specifically for a mullet wheel setup, offering the best combination of rollover speed up front and maneuverability out back.
The Edit 27.5 is a dedicated 27.5" wheeled version of the Edit, now in it's fifth generation of development. Like it's big brother, the Edit MX, it has 161mm rear wheel travel.
The Edit MX is our most popular all-mountain bike ever, now in it's fifth iteration. Everything we've learned in the last 12 years is built into this frame. It's simple, but very effective. All-alloy construction, custom butted tubeset, CNC machined one-piece rocker, threaded BB, external cable routing... you get the idea.
The Slacker is unique among all modern downhill bikes for a simple reason: it's not a world cup race bike. Unlike those bikes built for maximum high-end speed, the Slacker is built for fun and creative riding. It has 200mm travel front and rear and is a true DH bike in it's design and construction, but with 27.5" wheels. For uplift riding or bike parks, the Slacker will smoke any long-travel enduro bike all day long.
