They put the shock WHERE?! 🧐 2023 Bold Unplugged

Bold have redesigned the Unplugged for 2023, retaining the unique hidden shock design.

This time round though, the shock is laid horizontally in the downtube, rather than vertically through the seat tube, helping to lower the centre of gravity and improve seatpost insertion, or so Bold claim.

The Unplugged also hides the brake and dropper hose through the headset for a neat look.

Notice we didn’t mention gear cables there? Yep, the Unplugged is only compatible with wireless groupsets.

Is this level of integration the future? Are you a fan of the clean look, or would you prefer external shock and cables? Let us know what you think in the comments!

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[RobertSchuster]

So sad, that they did not build in the flight attendant wireless cushioning system🤷🏼‍♂️

[drumist]

Beautiful but you better bring a 6 pack in with you when you need service

[lucacycles]

Funny, I like the lines of the hidden shock, but think internal cable routing is totally absurd and unnecessary!

[petesahad]

I gotta say, this clean, integrated look really gets to me🤔

[zwingler]

Now, if this was an E-Bike with complex linkages this would be a mechanics worst nightmare to service. I dont care how good the design is. This is a bike that you ride until you need a service and then sell it because you CBA.

[trailfork]

Integrated cable routing on an enduro bike lol, instant red flag

[warlook]

Had this Bike with me for a week already. Great rig! More bulldozer style going downhill but for harsh trail super 👍

[EthanRC_MTB]

It looks too graceful for an Enduro bike

[mtbmadman]

Simplify please. This is evolve going in wrong direction

[uavr]

Bike looks interesting. As much as I love bird song, the vid would have been much better with lapel mic! :)

[darkness]

It’s almost as bad as the bud light marketing campaign