Please forgive my speaking English, as my svenska is not good. Yet.
I bought an Excalibur recently, and perhaps I can share my impressions for anyone interested in this model. Because I'm a recent immigrant and sold my bikes back in the U.S., I wanted to get new bikes that were part of my wonderful new home. I had money saved from selling my old bikes and car, so got an Allebike Industrie road bike, used. Very nice bike. So I looked at Allebike for a new XC ride.
What did I want? I am a former racer (Cat 2) with experience in XC, dual slalom, DH, BMX, and road. I am old now, but still like to ride fast and in the past had a Cannondale Scalpel and a Specialized Epic WC. I like climbing and technical, rocky trails, but not big air and big drops. I have broken enough helmets and bones.
I wanted to try the Wild and the Excalibur, and thought I would get the Wild because 120mm of travel sounds good, and the top tube, reach, and stack seemed right for me in a size M (I am 179cm tall.) I rode the Wild a bit and it felt good, a lot like my old Cannondale.
Looking at the numbers for the Excalibur, I was not expecting to like it. I thought the M would be too small and the L would be too large. The reach on the L is 495mm, which is much longer than any mountain bike I have ridden, the stem is just 40mm, the head tube is quite short, and bottom bracket 21mm higher than my old Epic. Also, 100mm and 110mm of suspension travel seems short in 2026.
In the parking lot, I loved it. I was immediately comfortable getting the front wheel up and bunny hopping, and I felt very balanced. This was a L, and I am sure an M would have felt much too small. I took the Excalibur home. I have ridden it as often as possible since then, and here are my impressions from trails in Denmark and in Söderåsen National Park. These trails are tight and twisting, with lots of roots and rocks. Climbs and descents are short but often steep. Everything is wet :D.
In rocky, rooty singletrack, it handles very well. The slack head tube and short stem seem to help it to be very stable when you are being bounced everywhere. I have charged into technical trails that on other bikes I would expect to have to stop, but on the Excalibur I am able to ride through. The higher bottom bracket is a big help on technical climbs.
It is a great climber. The rear wheel stays on the ground and even though the head angle is quite slack I don't feel like it is flopping back and forth. I feel balanced on jumps, and confident on fast, narrow trails.
The only negative? Not a lot of suspension, and if I were doing World Cup races I'm sure I'd want a longer-stroke shock to increase the rear travel to 120mm. The rebound damping is very well controlled and I am using every millimeter of travel but am not getting a hard "clunk" from big hits. I would prefer if the bike came from the factory with 120mm of travel on both ends.
I hope this helps. It's a very progressive design, like an Arc8 or an Avona. Geometry like a trail bike or even an enduro bike but with short travel and built to be light. I think if you are used to a long, low position like a road bike it will feel natural. If you are coming from a bike with more traditional geometry it may be a bad choice. For someone who wants to go very fast on rides with a lot of climbing, it is excellent.
