Fyxation Crusher

@edgold,

Watch for a Checkpoint review of the production bike on ridinggravel.com very soon. I just submitted that to Ben. I really like my bike. Feel free to ask me any specific questions about the bike or the company. Fyxation is based out of Milwaukee, so I know them well.

I think the improvements in the production frameset over the prototype are significant, and short of eBay or used, you would be hard pressed to find a full carbon gravel bike from a brick-and-mortar brand with 12/10 thru axles, three bottle mounts, fender mounts and a 105 group with flat mount brakes for less than $2K. Yes, I still want bottle mounts on the fork, but I am hopeful that will come the next generation of the frameset. 

Besides that, the guys at Fyxation are super cool and ride what they sell. While the bike is an open mold, Nick Ginster, one of the owners of Fyxation, is a product engineer with a long history in the industry. He moved their overseas production to a new factory after his last couple visits to Asia. He really likes the new factory and the bikes have been through a zillion fatigue test cycles. Based on that and my riding experience, I encourage you to give them a call if you are considering a carbon gravel/adventure bike.

Good luck, and watch for my Checkpoint review here soon.