Geometry - the angles that define the way a bike interacts with the rider and the trail - is the most important part of any bike's character and performance.

It affects every aspect from that welcoming initial confidence, comfort and control to how hard you push yourself hours into a race or what new technical sections you've mastered months after your first ride. Whether it's that crucial traction balance on the crux move of a killer climb or calmly making a turn mm from the edge of potential disaster on a flat out descent. We've designed our bikes to handle superbly in every situation.

Our R&D office uses AutoDesk 3D CAD packages to allows us to conceive, develop and perfect potential geometry before we even get on the trail. Unlike many manufacturers we rework our geometry for each and every bike too.

Likely use, likely riders, suspension function, frame attributes - it all affects what angles and dimension will create the optimum character. We also break down each individual aspect of a bike's geometry as well as the components we'll use so we can isolate and precision tune each vital variable. By co-developing suspension and handling geometry in tandem we can ensure that both work together seamlessly in every situation too. Finally we build a selection of prototypes for our development team to appraise, prove and perfect in real world trail conditions that no computer simulation can hope to match. It's the feedback of these brutally uncompromising riders as well as our sponsored athletes that give the stamp of true trail authority or send us back to the drawing board again. After all, if it doesn't ride right, it's not a Whyte.

Individual bike geometry can be found on the showroom bike subpages, just select the bike then click the 'Geometry' button.