The brand new No. 22 Drifter Journey expands their present Drifter gravel bikes’ capabilities with extra mounts, extra tire clearance, and extra commonplace options to present you new methods to get on the market.
And for the monitor racers turned gravel, they’ve created one thing very distinctive with the Little Wing Disc, a disc brake model of their titanium monitor bike that provides tire clearance to suit light-gravel tires.
No. 22 Drifter Journey gravel bike
For racers, there’s the Drifter X, a no-frills, tight-handling gravel bike constructed for velocity. For normal riders, there’s the Drifter, with high tube and rack mounts, however with the identical 700×45 tire clearance.
Ffor riders who wish to get additional away from groomed roads and easy trails, there’s this new Drifter Journey, providing a motorbike on the different excessive of their Drifter collection that enhances tire clearance to 700×50, provides built-in dynamo wire routing to the fork, and expands cargo choices.
The carbon fork provides three-bolt cage mounts with replaceable dropouts so you may customise the path.
Not like the others, this one’s solely suitable with 1x drivetrains. Each the fork and body have fender mounts onboard. Geometry is a little more relaxed for stability when loaded and luxury when masking lengthy miles.
Like the remainder of their bikes, as new fashions come out or current ones are up to date, they’re getting No.22’s new 3D-printed dropouts. And you may go for the brand new 3D-printed stems, which permit for fully built-in cockpits and full inside routing. (Take a look at our podcast with No.22 co-founder Mike Smith about why they’re utilizing 3D-printed titanium and the advantages it affords)
Framesets begin at $5,749 and full bikes can be found with SRAM, Shimano, and Campagnolo teams.
No.22 Little Wing Disc
As a result of disc brakes (any brakes, actually) on a monitor bike are kinda pointless should you’re solely utilizing it on the monitor, No.22 added a bit versatility to their Little Wing Disc to breathe new life into it. Grime Observe Racing, anybody?
3D-printed 12×142 through axle dropouts maintain stealth fender mounts, however preserve the tires unsheathed and you’ll match 700×38 in there, excellent for outsized cyclocross tires or massive highway tires for city assaults…as much as you whether or not you go fastened gear or singlespeed.
Like their different bikes, this one makes use of a threaded T47 backside bracket shell, however with an eccentric BB so you may regulate chain rigidity.
The titanium body is customized, with all butting and shaping completed in home, and begins at $6,099 earlier than paint, anodizing, and Cerakote choices. Full inside routing with or with out their stem is obtainable as an choice.
