The Works is our top shelf build; a no compromise approach to building a Slacker. It’s a Slacker that goes about its business with a little extra swagger, shrugging off those hair-raising moments thanks to its zero-compromise spec. The Slacker is a bike built for all-out fun, which makes the Slacker Works is the ultimate expression of our #sessionsnotseconds ethos. It's a park/freeride machine that's proven itself everywhere from Whistler to Queenstown, with a couple of stops at RedBull Hardline.
The Slacker frame is a versatile platform, and it can be built in many ways. But we reserve the best of everything for the Slacker Works. Across the whole Airdrop range, the Works Series represents the very best build; in many ways it's the ultimate expression of what our bikes can be. These are the bikes the way we envisaged them from the very beginning. Top-of-the-range suspension, ultra-crisp drivetrain, powerful brakes, hand-built wheels and sweet finishing kit make for an incredible all-round bike.
Like all our bikes, the Slacker Works is built to order.
At the heart of the Works build is the Vivid Coil Ultimate DH shock delivering 200mm of buttery-smooth travel in a beautifully engineered package.
The unmistakable feel of coil, evolved with premium technology to give you world-class suspension performance. This is the 225x75 DH specific shock with rebound adjust, high- and low-speed compression adjust, adjustable hydraulic bottom-out control and the new TouchDown position-sensitive damper.
Choose your electric red spring from a range of 12 rates in 25lb increments for the utlimate personal tune.
Up front there is the iconic, world-cup willing Boxxer Ultimate fork. 38mm stanchions deliver stiffness and precision while the Charger 3 RC2 damper keeps everything under control.
Featuring a debonAir+ twin-tube air spring and a Charger 3 damper, you get high- and low-speed compression and rebound adjustment.
And yes, they're electric red to match the spring on the Vivid Coil.
The better your brakes, the faster you can go. Which is why the Slacker Works has SRAM's World-Cup level DH brake: Maven Ultimate. They're the most powerful brake SRAM has ever made.
4-pot callipers and huge pistons mean all that power i easier to access with a lighter lever-pull. Stealth hose routing, organic pads and titanium hardware. Oh, and we fit top-of-the-line HS2 rotors - 200mm front and rear.
A bike like this needs a drivetrain that just works, flawslessly, all the time. Power goes down through the Descendant DH 165mm cranks, which are shorter than enduro cranks for that extra clearance. MRP's SXg chain device has both a top and bottom guide with a bashguard, but doesn't contact the chain: the result is everything running smoothly and quietly with zero drag.
X0 DH 1x7 shifter and mech deliver crisp and precise shifting with a satisfying click every time.
If you're more of a Park rat, simplicity is your friend. So we offer the Slacker Works with a singlespeed option, courtesy of Reverse. Made in Germany by SBone, the Colab Pro chain tensioner features all-CNC construction and an adjustable clutch, meaning all you hear is the sound of tyres shralping off dirt.
The icing on what's already a very nice cake. The Slacker Works gets the best DH wheelset we know of. We hand build Reserve carbon rims (which have a lifetime warranty) onto Hope Pro 5 DH hubs, with black DT Swiss double-butted spokes and brass ProLock nipples. The whole thing's finished off with Fillmore valves. They're wearing Maxxis Assegai front and DHR II tyres on the back.
It's pretty insane that a production bike gets a wheelset like this, but this is what the Slacker Works deserves.
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