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GUY KESTEVEN - YOUTUBE REVIEW

“Beautifully centred, poised and positioned. It doesn't just feel super planted on steep stuff but also more bike park flowing trails. It's a proper all seasons and all reasons bike. An incredible heritage and level of experience in designing rad mountain bikes distilled into a classic custom Reynolds 853 steel tubeset with an iconic trail build. What really vibes on this bike is that it's totally cutting edge geometry".

GEOMETRY

Built fast for your heart, designed by Pace for your head

Like all Pace designs we draw from decades of experience and knowhow to create this functional, competent and technologically advanced machine

CUSTOMER REVIEWS

JUSTIN H

KENT, UK

I’m always on the cusp of medium and large bikes. So going up to something this long felt like a bit of a risk based on the numbers alone. I need not have worried. The seated position is really sorted and the bike climbs really well, finding grip and maintaining momentum. Zero issue with feeling too stretched out.

It’s big but not excessively so. And it likes pointing down. A lot. Descending and on rolling singletrack it feels really planted and calm and you build speed as a result.

Might need a bigger front rotor. Or better reactions! Probably both. But it’s no barge - it’s long and slack but without compromising handling. Not quite sure how Pace have managed to do that but I’m not complaining.I wanted to build a full on hardtail for a bit of everything and I reckon this might very well be it. It is giving me the same vibes as a couple of 853 hardtails I’ve owned in the past (a Cotic Soul and Kona Explosif) but clearly has the potential to hit harder and go further.

Happy days!

And yes, the mismatched Maxxis logos are doing my head in. 😀

TOM J

EAST SUSSEX, UK

I’ve been a long-time admirer of Pace, ever since getting hold of a set of RC35 forks back in the early 90s. So finally owning a full Pace bike feels a bit special, and the RC629 has lived up to everything I hoped it would be.

To me it feels like everything a hardtail should be. Simple, capable, but lively and gives you loads of feedback.

The way it grips and flows through rough sections just gives so much confidence, feels properly sorted.

I wanted a steel frame (steel is real after all), and this is beautifully built and finished. The geometry is more hardcore than anything I’ve had before but I feel so confident on steep descents, composed in fast corners, and still climbs well.

Mine’s built with a 150mm Lyrik, Hope finishing kit, and it feels bombproof.

You can tell this bike was designed by people who ride the same trails we all do. It’s a reminder of how good a hardtail can be when it’s done right.

Thanks to Sophie and the team for making the whole process really simple, it’s easy to support British businesses when they are as good as the folk at Pace 😊

MARIO DELLA C

ZOGNO, ITALY

I think that this bike is the most capable hardtail that I ever ride. It’s stable when you put it down on rocky trails but it’s still agile in thight curves. It’s frame is compliant compared to an aluminium one, just a little more heavier.

And it looks amazing, too!

SUMMARY

A climbing goddess that feels planted but holds confidence when the trail falls off into the unknown abyss.

Based around the same platform as the original and best seller, we've redesigned the RC629 to bring it closer to its roots as a hardtail for hucking and hustling down the steeps and finding grip up those loose climbs.

What's changed? Well, we've slackened out the headtube, steepened up the seat tube, massively increased tyre clearance without compromising the already short rear end, made a few other tweaks, and finished with a fresh paint job. It's even better than we thought possible.

Like before on the RC529, crucially, our RC629 platform has both the top tube and bottom bracket slammed low so you're 'in' the cockpit rather than perched up high. This enables you to drop the saddle way down low for hooning down your fastest trail.With an ultra-short chainstay, a steeper seat tube angle, and just the right amount of reach, you’re well balanced within the centre of the bike. It climbs just like a good trail bike should, but gives you confidence when the trail falls off a cliff.

The RC529 oozes quality with its perfect welds, blend of British Reynolds and Pace Chromo tubing, and deep, lustrous, and tough gloss paint. And with a Pace hardtail, it's strangely reassuring that you’re riding a bike that will probably outlive you.

Adjustable/replaceable CNC machined Slideouts or T-Type convertible dropouts, full rack mounts, ISCG tabs, subtle reinforcing gussets, room for large section tyres (right up to a 27.5x2.8” if you fancy an mullet configuration), and supplied with Neoprene chainstay protector, cable clips, Hope seatclamp, and Burgtec thru axle, the R629 is fully loaded and ready to rip.