Hi, I am Andy Tetmeyer at Hed Wheels. We're making a frame that fits the into the "small builders" mold. Erik Noren of Peacock Groove is making some frames to our spec. They're steel and as gravel and/or adventure specific as we could reasonably get them. They have: front and rear through axle for stiffness and tracking 160 mm front and 140 rear post mount disc big stiff chainstays for stiffness and effciency relatively small seatstays for some comfort regular size seat tube, for 27.2mm seatpost PFBB30 gobs of braze-ons. slightly sloping TT
We've gone through 3 prototypes now, Steve's brown bike is the third. We're down to cosmetic changes now - a change on front brake cable routing, and we want to get all other cables internal. We'll keep tire spacing big, Steve's goes 650b or 700 and that air volume with the 650b mountain tires is super nice on rough and rocky courses. We'll build in small batches, and sell both direct and through dealers. Price is likely to be $2700 including Ardennes Plus FR disc brake wheels, Hed GTO bar and GTO stem. andy
