Technical Details

Chainstay and Seatstay:
The RL9 CS/SS pivot yokes are machined from billet 6061 for strength and their design offers improved strength, stiffness and weight reduction.

Why does this matter? Any reduction of weight from the RL9’s CS and SC assemblies greatly reduces sprung weight and improves factory shock tuning and the overall performance from the rear end as a whole.
Chain stays (CS):17.25 inch : Seats stay (SS): 16.75 inch

Mainframe:
The 2009 RL9 offers renewed strength and stiffness with a new revised mainframe and proven aerospace production processes that are reflected in the end product. This new design and the overall flavor of the 2009 RL9 is both sexy and fast........!

Drop links:
Our rear drop links offer major improvements over the older designs that were utilized by Schwinn, Yeti and Tomac as well as having a replaceable derailleur hanger.
The lower bearings are mounted outboard within the drop links instead of inboard on the chainstay dropouts to increase overall strength at the rear axle where it counts!

Rear spacing:
150mm for zero dish with a 150mm hub that is floater compatible. We recommend a Hadley 150/137x12 rear hub or comparable hub (not included).

Rear Floater (brake):
All RL9’s come with a 51mm (I.S.) x 8” rear floating brake as standard equipment. You shouldn’t have to pay extra for performance that should be stock!

Rear axle:
The rear axle is a standard 12mm thru-axle that offers improved stiffness for the rear end.

Rear shock:
We are proud to offer a 9.5x3 Fox RC4 as O.E. spec. Also available as an upgrade is the Roco WC or the Roco WC Air.

Sizing:
Framesets will be offered in Small, Medium and Large.

Geometry:
**Head angles will be directly effected by crown/axle distances

Head tube dia:
1.50"  

Head tube length:
5 1/8 th inch Head tube with Zero stack
6.25 inch with cup style headsets.

Head Angle:
65 deg with an 8 inch fork (aprox 23.0 axle to crown)

Seat post:
31.6

Top tubes: 

Lg     22.8  / Lg    25.50
Med  21.8  / Med  24.50
Sm   20.8  / Sm   23.50

Stand over:
29 inch for the large, 28.25 for the med, 27.75 for the small.

Down tube:
27.54” inch for large, 26.55” for med and 26.23” small.

Wheelbase:
Large 47, Med 46, Small 45

BB height:
*bb height and head angle will be affected by longer fork sizes and/or headsets
14.50 inch Overall bb width is 83mm for minimal headaches during outboard bearing installation.
Axle to ground F&R: 13.5 (26x2.5) this will change with smaller/larger tire sizes.

Colors:
Framesets are powder coated for a great finish. Rear swing arms and drop links are Black anodized. Rear mech hangers are gold anodized and bearing caps are black anodized.
Black, White, Red Sparkle are available as standard colors.
Anodized mainframes with matching rear swingarms will be offered as limited edition only and once they’re gone for the production year that’s it till the next run.

Click here to see a gallery of Rotecs in different colors!

Pricing:
**The Rotec RL9 is a true American performer that offers made in America quality with a solid and proven Lawwill heritage to boot. Why settle for less.