The Lorax is the next generation of Esker backcountry exploration. This go-anywhere dropbar mountain bike can take you from your town trails to the Tour Divide and everywhere in between.
The Lorax is equipped with everything you would expect from an Esker: External cable routing, a threaded bottom bracket, and 44mm head tube. The Lorax also has 22 attachment points for all of your adventure accessories. This also includes top tube, rack, and fender mounts built into the frame.
29" wheels for 2.2-2.6" tires
Drop bar Mountain Touring Bike - Made for 495mm length rigid forks, and can accomodate up to 120mm suspension fork
3/2.5 Seamless Butted Titanium Frame - custom shaped and butted titanium for the best in ride quality and durability
Portage Dropout - for flexibility to many different uses. Lorax includes Fixed position UDH dropouts with Flat Mount brake
Lotsa mounts - Top Tube Bag, 2 sets of 3-pack mounts and full Rack and Fender mounting points mean you can carry just about anything
Built for the Back Country
We here at Esker enjoy long rides into the wild spaces and are proud to say our bikes are truly Built for the Backcountry. That means they are designed and built on three tenets:
Durability
We build our titanium hardtails from seamless, double-butted 3/2.5 Titanium for the utmost in durability.
This tubeset provides a greater strength to weight ratio than other Titanium frames on the market, engineered specifically for its application. Titanium is corrosion-proof, so you can ride through any weather, for life.
Geometry
With specific geometry to suit the riders needs for each different model, we have designed and developed a quick and responsive ride quality for all Esker models. Our geometries are refined, stable, and comfortable to provide a bike that always feels right at home
Ride Quality
Titanium is legendary for an almost mystically smooth, fatigue-reducing ride quality. The custom drawn, seamless, and butted tubeset is tuned to each size, which gives it more compliance and is lighter weight while also increasing torsional rigidity and overall strength.