This item is not permitted to be shipped, however it can be purchased online and picked up at your convenience.
The ABLE is a high-performance off-road machine that tilts more towards the “mountain skinny” side of the gravel segment. It prefers a big tire but keeps a short rear end - in fact, it’s the same as the ALLROAD at 420mm. This is achieved by the most striking feature on the bike - the elevated drive-side chainstay.
Getting a chainstay this short with high tire volume is a packaging exercise because the chainring, chainstay, and tire all compete for space behind the bottom bracket. On mountain bikes this problem is addressed by widening the bottom bracket -- but that affects Q factor in a negative way. When we made the decision to make the ABLE 1X-specific it opened the design envelope and ultimately led to the decision to elevate the chainstay. By moving it up and out of the way we could make it extremely wide resulting in an incredibly responsive ride.
While our award-winning ALLROAD is a Swiss Army knife for a majority of mixed surface riding, when the path gets rambunctious its road-racing genes might seem lacking. We found ourselves on occasion wanting a bike that was equally engineered, but felt more at home on steeper, rockier and more rugged terrain. It was from this desire that the ABLE was born. It’s lightweight, tight, durable and agile. You can point it in any direction and go.
SPECIFICATIONS:
- Sram Force eTap AXS Shifters
- Sram Eagle 10-50 Tooth 12 Speed Cassette
- Sram X01 Eagle 12spd Chain
- Sram G3 Center Lock Rotor
- Sram Dub 68 BB
- Sram Eagle X01 AXS Rear Deraileur
- Sram Force 1 D1 Dub 172.5mm 42T Crankset
- Ergon SR10 s/m Tinox Saddle
- WTB Resolute 700 x 42 Tires
- XDR CX 700 19 UL 250 Wheel-Set
