June 26th, 2009 by 
Gregg
Blue Competiton Cycles is more well known for their high end carbon fiber road bikes, than for mountain bikes. But that may soon change. In addition to their carbon hardtail (the XC Carbon), Blue has a full carbon full suspension bike called the Ryno.
In this video, Chance Regina (National Sales and Marketing Manager) shows us the highlights of the Ryno:
Info about the Ryno from the Blue Competition Cycles website:
RYNO CARBON FULL SUSPENSION MTB -2200g
Blue Competition Cycles also offers carbon cross bikes as well.
website: www.rideblue.com
June 29th, 2009 at 6:33 am
never heard of blue comp cycles. anyone ever even heard of this company??
you’re my boy, blue.
June 29th, 2009 at 7:11 am
Blue Competition Cycles is actually based out of my area in Georgia. They are better known for their road and track bikes. I actually ride an Nx7 road bike from them.
June 29th, 2009 at 2:03 pm
I appreciate the use of riser bars on a race bike, ergonomics shouldn’t be secondary to weight…But what’s with the huge spacer stack? There’s like 2 inches of spacers. Will the retail versions get built up that way?
June 29th, 2009 at 2:40 pm
You can always cut the steer tube down, but its really hard to add some on. I would like to see more companies ship bikes with a full length steer tubes and allow the buyer to trim it.
June 29th, 2009 at 5:32 pm
My LBS (Beyond Bikes, San Diego) had one of these to demo and it FLIES. It’s only 3″ of travel so it’s definitely not the Ellsworth Epiphany (5″ travel) I’m used to riding, but man, for most of the riding I do it rocks. Catapult-esque. In a good way. Super “tight” feel when pedaling, legitimately like a hardtail (my other bike, so I know what a hardtail feels like) and when you jump on it barely sags– yet the suspension does its job really well over small bumps and in corners it really sticks and holds a line like a champ. Fit is long, very XC. I’m 6′3 and used to long and low road bikes but I found the riding position very aggressive. Unusually long stem on it, like 120mm, added to that feeling.
My first ride on a carbon FS bike… is it possible that they all feel like this?!?!…
I may actually have ridden that exact bike in the pic/vid- the steer tube is still long but now there are 2 spacers ABOVE the stem in a sternum-spike configuration so now it looks even more odd… but for a demo bike where you want to accommodate all riders and fits I think all steer tubes should stay full length.
June 29th, 2009 at 5:36 pm
on second glance it probably wasn’t the bike in the picture… the one I rode didn’t have the rat’s nest of too-long cables/brake lines/remote lockout line in front of the bars! Come on Blue, clean that shtuff up, nobody’s gonna be doing bar spins on that thing