Marra

170-200mm travel

The Auckland Cycle Works Marra.

Available as a frame and rear shock, or we can build the bike to your requirements. Get in touch to start a conversation.

  • Custom made and painted to your requirements

  • 27.5” rear wheel only. 29” or 27.5” front

  • Reynolds 853 steel

  • BSA threaded BB

  • Adjustable chainstay length with modular dropouts

  • Forward shock mount is adjustable in 2mm increments for BB height fine-tuning

  • Choose fully external cable routing if that’s what you like

  • Custom sizing and geometry

  • Hugely versatile:

    • Fit a 170mm fork and the short dropouts for an ultra-playful setup

    • Fit a 180mm fork and the mid dropouts for the best all-round enduro performance. With >100% braking anti-rise Marra doesn’t pitch forwards under hard braking, has outstanding chassis stability, and works brilliantly with a 180mm travel fork.

    • Fit a 200mm fork and the long dropouts for high-speed DH action

Auckland Cycle Works Marra head badge, paint by Stuart at Black Cat Custom Paint

Handmade in England

Building with Reynolds 853 chromoly steel gives us a proven build process and an incredibly resilient and high performance ride.

We worked with Reynolds to choose a mix of custom-drawn Reynolds 853, because it’s a steel tubeset that will take a pounding and gives us the compliance we wanted.

And we only work with the best fabricators, to ensure every frame is accurate, strong and beautiful.

Definition: “Marra” - your most trusted buddy.

We named this bike Marra for obvious reasons. For Enduro and DH racing, you need your bike to be a Marra.

We know we’ve achieved something very special with this bike. We could write a big list of performance claims, numbers and statistics, and we could share the geometry, anti-squat and anti-rise graphs and leverage curves, and we could share the theory that explains how this bike performs so well… but Marra is different. Our numbers and curves are very different. Yet the ride is surprisingly normal and predictable.

Studying the numbers is utterly meaningless until there has been independent testing from riders you know and trust.

Watch out for reviews.

Marra is now at v2.4 and is ready for sale.

Please email to find out more.

Marra proto V 2.2. with KOLARP suspension. Photo by John Watson, The Radavist, Bespoked Manchester 2025.