First look - The Velduro Vandal revealed at Shanghai 2026
Shanghai Cycle Expo 2026 was where the Velduro team showed the world our next bike. Mountain bike YouTuber Andy Sykes was one of the first people to get eyes on it, sitting down with co-founder Dan Wallace for a full booth tour.
What you are seeing in the video is a 3D printed prototype. But it tells you everything you need to know about where the Vandal is headed.
The Vandal is our all-mountain bike, and it exists because the Rogue is not the right tool for every rider or every part of the world. Dan put it plainly in the interview with Andy:
"Not every rider needs that amount of travel. Not every place in the world has that kind of terrain. We wanted to create an all-mountain that was just as capable, just as performance-based, but suited to more flowing trails and less mountainous regions."
The result is a bike with 160mm of travel up front and 150mm at the rear, adjustable down to 145mm. Flip chips give you the choice between a mullet setup or a full 29er, and a second flip chip changes the suspension progression so you can dial the feel whether you are on air or coil.
Despite the slimmer profile, and the down tube is 5mm narrower than the Rogue's, the Vandal still fits both a 700Wh and 800Wh battery. Andy noticed the difference in person straight away, saying it looks much, much slimmer than the Rogue in the flesh. It runs the DJI Avinox M2S motor system, and we are targeting a finished weight of between 20.6 and 20.8kg.
The ITRA mid-pivot idler suspension system carries over from the Rogue. On the Vandal, it sits 4mm higher, but the thinking behind it is unchanged. As Dan said, "It's working. So if it works, keep it." The bike is UDH compatible, there is an integrated mudguard protecting the pivots, and the seat tube runs completely straight for maximum dropper post insertion.
The Vandal will be available as a complete bike and as a frameset, with two production models and two spec levels planned.
Frame samples are expected by the end of July 2026, and from there, they will go out to distributors around the world for real-world testing across different conditions and climates. That global testing approach was one of the key lessons from developing the Rogue.
Elsewhere at the show, the Rogue picked up the Gold Award in the creative competition, and with bikes now in 12 countries, Brook McDonald putting the Rogue through its limits in New Zealand, Dan had this to say about having one of the world's best riders on the bike:
"We give him the bike. We ask him to break it. If he can't break it, we're stoked."
Andy's summary after seeing the Vandal up close was short: "It looks sick. I can't wait to try it." We feel the same way. More to come as testing gets underway!
