By blackmountaincycles,
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I’m not a fan of definitives – as in the best…, or the only way to…, or I’ll never bring back the Road frame. Because, here we are 5 years after the Road frame was shelved and it’s coming back. Five years ago, demand for the frame had waned and I couldn’t balance the supply with the demand. Last year, Blue Lug said they had some demand in the Japanese market for a caliper brake road frame. Hmmm, that could work out.
Here we are seven months later and a shipment of Road frames is soon on its way to Japan and to my on-site storage facility (the back half of the shop). I did have to change the sizes on offer from every 2 centimeters, to every 3 centimeters and couldn’t justify ordering the largest sizes. The frame sizing will be 50cm, 53cm, 56cm, and 59cm and the colorway will be the same Merckx-style graphics on orange as the previous frame. Sorry you tall folks. ETA on the frames is early June. I may have a pre-order sometime in May. Any details would be announced here or on Instagram.
Details, including geometry, are posted on the site under the Road tab. Pricing is tentatively set at $895 for frame + fork. This may or may not change up or down. Right now, I have no idea what the hell is going on.
(What’s playing: The Marshall Tucker Band Can’t You See)
Frame Sale!
4 responses to “Never Say Never”
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Nice job on the 3cm tiered geometries! The 59cm has the right stack. Looking forward to more information.
any chance revealing the tire clearance?
All the details are posted on the site under the road tab.
Oh man, time to pull out my V1 Caltrans orange 58cm. Too good of a bike to never roll. This weekend it’s getting the nod. Good on you to keep this classic frame current.