Starling Murmur Review: A Highly Capable Steel Enduro Bike [Mid-Travel Mashup]

The Starling Murmur Enduro offers 140mm of rear travel with a 160mm fork, though the bike can also roll with a 140mm fork if riders prefer. It has 29" wheels beneath a set of proprietary steel tubing that gives the Murmur a unique ride feel and overall character.
This bike is designed by Starling Cycles for the UK weather it was created in, with ample mud clearance, external routing and BB cups, and a simple single-pivot suspension platform that should keep quiet throughout the season. The steel frame starts at £1,880.
The Murmur Enduro stands out in our test as a mid-travel bike that's ready to race enduro alongside longer travel machines. The coil shock and fork we tested with gave the compliant steel tubes a silky feel out on the trail, while the frame maintains enough rigidity to pay riders back for their harder sprint efforts.
Pros
-Ample rear wheel support from a clean design
-Feels lighter and more nimble than expected
-Capable of whatever fun you want to throw it at
Cons
-Upside down water bottle is a little tricky
-Steel needs to be cared for to prevent rust
-Better paired with an air fork
Read the detailed bike review at: www.singletracks.com/mtb-gear...
See the other trail bikes we tested here: www.singletracks.com/MTM
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[@thebrownfamilyriders]

Awesome video!!!!!! you're doing great! keep it up!!!!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@andrewsiasparks]

That’s a beautiful bike

[@wasaker09]

That trail is sick! Where is that? Love my Starling!

[@pianohat1]

The trails in the video are all in Turin, Italy: Chiesetta, Calcetano, Tano Hill, and 61/Thermos.

[@steman9206]

ma qui sei a Torino!!!

[@TheNotoriousMIC]

Why wouldn’t a coil shock not work with a single pivot? I’m surprised your surprised. Literally every motorbike in existence is a single pivot with a coil shock. They only come up with elaborate suspension designs in mountain biking as a marketing project and most of the time they’re still single pivots in disguise.

[@pianohat1]

It depends on how linear the single pivot's curve is, and this one is particularly linear. That's the bit I find surprising about this frame and build spec. Most single-pivot MTB suspension designers will use an air spring to add ramp-up through the stroke. Multi-pivot platforms offer more flexibility for designers to tune progressivity throughout the travel.

[@TheNotoriousMIC]

@@pianohat1 still doesn’t matter unlike an air spring you’ve got support right through the travel not just in the end stroke so the second you wheel hits something it’s working unlike an air spring where you have to chose between flying through the mid stroke or never using full travel / harsh end stroke. Obviously you need the correct compression tune, high speed especially and the right bottom out bumper with is a coil shocks equivalent of a volume spacer (most tuners will have bigger firmer bottom out bumpers). Personally I prefer a more linear design for my coils. I don’t like that wall of progression and if you know how to set up a shock and you have a decent shock with a good range of adjustment you won’t need it. Loved the review though. ✌️