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With the new Thrill Hill Rose presents a marathon fully that is faster than its name. The bike was already ready for the 2019 BIKE Festival on Lake Garda, but the planned new model name was already taken. But even with the old model name Thrill Hill, the race bike from Rose makes an impressive appearance. At just 10.67 kilos including pedals and a price of €5,499, the Thrill Hill 5 can easily hold its own against the competition. In size L, the carbon frame weighs 2027 grams without shock. Although this is not the bike's top weight, it is a solid mid-range model.
Rose Thrill Hill 5 - model year 2020
Weight without pedals: 10.32 kg
Frame weight: 2027 g
Handlebar width: 740 mm
Price: 5499 Euro (mail order) >> available here
Spring travel: 102/108 mm
Equipment
Impellers DT Swiss XRC 1200 Carbon
Tyres Maxxis Ikon Massspeed Exo. 29 x 2,2
Fork Rock Shox SID Ultimate
Damper Rock Shox Deluxe Ultimate
Brakes Sram Level Ultimate 180 mm / 160 mm
Circuit Sram XX1 Eagle 1 x 12
Translation / bandwidth 32; 10-50 / 500 %
Telescopic support / diameter Newmen Advanced / 31.6 mm
The Rose Thrill Hill 3 in the BIKE test
In BIKE issue 1/20, the Thrill Hill had to face other race fullys in a comparison test. For this we had the Thrill Hill 3 in a slightly upgraded configuration for 3465 euros. Compared to the standard model for 3099 euros, our 29er test bike had the Ultimate version of the Rock Shox SID and Maxxis Ikon tyres in skinwall design - which every customer can also configure in the configurator. The bike weighed 11.67 kg, the carbon frame in size L without shock 1960 grams. In the end, it received the BIKE test rating "very good".
We reveal how the Rose Thrill Hill 5 rides in practice and all the laboratory measurements in the test report, which is available as a PDF in the download area below.
You can find the complete individual test including all data, points tables and grades in BIKE 8/2019. You can read the entire digital edition in the BIKE app (iTunes and Google Play) or the print edition in the DK shop reorder - while stocks last:
