Breed is a super sweet frame with almost every single attachment point one could ask for (the only thing missing being fork accessory mounts—it only has one on each side for attaching a low rider rack, and not another one or two for attaching cages or carriers). The tire clearance is absolutely phenomenal! I have a Broam which shares the same tire clearance:
Yeah, it really ticks a lot of boxes. Threaded BB (have never owned/will never own PF), ridiculous tire clearance, 1x GRX 600 (which equates to 105) with an 812 (Ultegra) RD, good price, good spec, tons of mounts, and it's a good looking bike. I'm trading in my mtb for it since I don't really ride it how it should be ridden and my wrists/shoulders don't like straight bar any more after 20-30 miles.
The Breed is still on the way but I've got crankbrothers hybrid spd pedals waiting. This is also going to be the bike I ride around on with my kids so I want to be able to jump on with whatever shoes.
My regular road bike is steel but my previous was a very stiff AL CDale R4000 that I rode for 15 years so modern aluminum with slacker geo on fat rubber is no issue re ride.
Chogolicious wrote:Yeah, it really ticks a lot of boxes. Threaded BB (have never owned/will never own PF), ridiculous tire clearance, 1x GRX 600 (which equates to 105) with an 812 (Ultegra) RD, good price, good spec, tons of mounts, and it's a good looking bike. I'm trading in my mtb for it since I don't really ride it how it should be ridden and my wrists/shoulders don't like straight bar any more after 20-30 miles.
The Breed is still on the way but I've got crankbrothers hybrid spd pedals waiting. This is also going to be the bike I ride around on with my kids so I want to be able to jump on with whatever shoes.
My regular road bike is steel but my previous was a very stiff AL CDale R4000 that I rode for 15 years so modern aluminum with slacker geo on fat rubber is no issue re ride.
Edd - does the Broam have any other threaded eyelets near the dropout? The reason I ask is that I had a similar issue with wanting to mount bottle cages on the fork blade of my AWOL. I ended up using a WolfTooth B-rad 3 to span the gap from the single fender boss (mid fork blade) to the threaded eyelet near the dropout. Works very well, rock solid. I could post pics if it would help at all.
clarksonxc wrote:Edd - does the Broam have any other threaded eyelets near the dropout? The reason I ask is that I had a similar issue with wanting to mount bottle cages on the fork blade of my AWOL. I ended up using a WolfTooth B-rad 3 to span the gap from the single fender boss (mid fork blade) to the threaded eyelet near the dropout. Works very well, rock solid. I could post pics if it would help at all.
I would love to see how you did that!
I can check for sure when I get home after work tonight, but in my pics, I see a threaded eyelet underneath the thru axle opening:
I got one about a year ago and it's been great. Mine's still all stock except for the bar tape. It's incredibly versatile but I mainly use it off road. I've had it in some very rough stuff but those 47 Byways make for a plush ride.
EddNog wrote: I would love to see how you did that!
I can check for sure when I get home after work tonight, but in my pics, I see a threaded eyelet underneath the thru axle opening:
These aren't the greatest photos, but hopefully they show enough. Once I get my bike room cleaned up a bit I can probably get some extra shots. I used the Jannd rack standoffs (https://www.jandd.com/detail.asp?PRODUCT_ID=FDBFA) to get the thread faces on the eyelets to be flush with the ones on the fork blades. Just used a wave/lock washer to take up any slight mismatch with the angle. After I got those set, installing the B-rad was easy, which made adding bottle cages a no brainer! Works way better than the King Cage hose clamp adapters or anything like that.
I will probably have to change out to side-load bottle cages though. There is 21 oz in the seat tube cage, 24 oz in the lower cage. A 21 oz would fit in the forward cage but there would be no way to remove it. My Skippy toolbox goes in and out fine but nothing larger. A 24 could fit in the seat tube cage but would need to be side load. So, I guess I have a bunch of spare standardlo cages now.
Hi guys, I am waiting for Canyon to relase the 2020 Grail in AL, but in the mean time I still look around and have a lot of views on this Bred 2020. Would you rather go on the Breed 30 2020 than the Grail?
