Pete’s V2 gravel bike
I built Pete’s original gravel bike in 2020 – that bike was designed around 35mm tires, with a 2x groupset. Over the intervening years, Pete rode the sh*t out of his bike, and learnt about the limitations which led us to version 2.
This time we designed around 55mm tires, and went to 1×13 with SRAM’s XPLR groupset. The design shifted to internal brake hoses, with an Enve In-Route fork (with the cargo bosses removed, thanks to Ruckus Composites) and FSA/Vision headset/cockpit. We were able to reuse the crank, wheels and shifters. To continue the aero theme of the bar/stem, the frame has an aero downtube. The seattube is offset forward on the the BB shell to help keep the chainstays short.
The first build was full weight weenie, coming in at 15.3lbs. The bigger rubber, UDH and internal-routing considerations increased that a bit, but 18.9lbs is still light for a fat-tire gravel bike.
And then the paint! So much detail – hard to even conceive how Colorworks pulled this off, but it is glorious, even down to updating the accent colors on the wheels and saddle.
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English Cycles is Rob English, winner of Best in Show at the 2013 North American Handmade Bike Show. Custom bicycles built in Eugene, Oregon, USA since 2009.
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When I saw the pictures of Pete’s lightweight gravelbike in 2020, it was my benchmark for how a gravelbike has to look like, when I ever get one for my own. And here ist version 2 and again it’s a “stunning beauty” and the benchmark climbs a step higher. And I wonder if the story Pete tells us, when he gets the gravel bike, will repeat and he again has to wrestle it back from his wife…
What a special beauty!