Singletrack/MTB
Gravel/All-road
Dirt-road Touring
Fat-bike
The full-suspension Starling Cycles Beady Little Eye is a steel single-speed with 90mm of rear travel and geometry that Starling says is “stupid fun and crazy fast.” Learn more about the updated UK-made Starling Cycles Beady Little Eye V3 here…
According to the UK’s Starling Cycles, the Beady Little Eye is “the freakiest, fastest, weirdest beast in the Starling brood. The Beady is the choice of a special community of freaks and geeks. Ultra-distancers, bike-packers, XC-racers, dirt-jumpers, park-ratters, grown up-BMXers. The enlightened few that know the more you subtract, the more you add.”
The Beady Little Eye is a full-suspension, single-speed mountain bike. It’s designed around a 90mm travel rear shock, a UK-made Reynolds 853 front triangle and heat-treated Chromoly rear triangle, and is available with 27.5”, 29”, or mullet wheels and forks from 110mm to 140mm of travel. The Beady’s standout feature is that the swing arm rotates around the bottom bracket, resulting in zero chain growth and a simple, single-speed setup. The chain line is offset from the pivot, meaning you run zero sag to stop the pedal bob. That means hardtail geo, a super low BB, and on-rails cornering.
For 2024 and beyond, the V3 Beady recieved a whole suite of upgrades to get it in line with Starling’s V3 full-suspension frames. It has the same lovely swoopy headtube gusset and Starling’s anti-flair head tube and anti-seize seat tube. The maxiumum dropper insertion has been lengthened and it now uses a classic seatpost clamp to keep things simple. It also has a redesigned bottom bracket solution that increases crank compatibility and extends bearing life massively. Dig into the updated geometry chart below, based around 29″ wheels front and back.
| Size | M | L | XL |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seat Tube(mm) | 410 | 440 | 480 |
| Eff. Top Tube (mm) | 585 | 621 | 653 |
| Head Tube (mm) | 110 | 110 | 120 |
| Chain Stay (mm) | 440 | 440 | 440 |
| Wheelbase (mm) | 1151 | 1186 | 1220 |
| Bottom Bracket Drop (mm) | 50 | 50 | 50 |
| Head Tube Angle | 65° | 65° | 65° |
| Eff. Seat Tube Angle | 77° | 77° | 77° |
| STACK (mm) | 632 | 632 | 641 |
| REACH (mm) | 440 | 475 | 505 |
| Fork Length (mm) | 130 | 130 | 130 | Rider Height | 167cm – 177cm | 175cm – 185cm | 183cm – 193cm |
The Starling Cycles Beady Little Eye V3 is available as a frame only or as frame with a shock. The frame-only options costs £2,456 (~$3,285 USD), and the frame with a RockShox Deluxe Ultimate RCT shock will set you back £2,781 (~$3,720 USD). These prices include UK VAT, so anyone outside of the UK will pay 20% less. Orders close October 31st and are expected to be delivered 12 weeks later. There are six colors and three sizes to choose from.
See more at StarlingCycles.com.
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