Right this moment, Minnisota’s Otso Cycles releases the brand new Warakin, a metal all-road bike designed for multi-surface rides, overnighters, gravel races, commuting, or no matter you are feeling like throwing at it.
The Metal Warakin
The metal Warakin shares the identical body geometry as its siblings, the Warakin Stainless, and Warakin Ti – now, it’s simply out there in 4130 chromoly as effectively. Body options embody adjustable geometry, a ton o’ mounts for cargo and fenders, the power to run gears or as a single pace, plus clearance for 50mm tires. The geometry can be suspension-corrected, so you can run a suspension fork if that floats your boat.
The carbon, painted to match fork sports activities an axle-to-crown of 420mm. All the above contributes to a progressive geometry that can comfortably and confidently carry the rider alongside the highway forward, regardless of the terrain.
Coming in sizes 52, 54, 56, 58, and 60cm, the metal Warakin follows the identical size-specific geo because the Warakin Stainless and Ti variations. The 49cm body has been newly designed for shorter riders. It was developed with 650b wheels in thoughts. This reduces toe overlap, whereas nonetheless providing body tire clearance of 50mm, the identical variety of cargo mounts, rear rack, and fenders.
The Otso Warakin is produced from custom-butted 4130 chromoly tubing. The basic tubing and progressive geo present a secure and easy journey, making it ideally suited for mild touring. The fork that comes inventory on the Warakin is the Lithic Hiili carbon fork.
Tire Clearance and Tuning Chip
If a drop bar bike is really designed to journey on any highway in any situation, it’s going to want ample tire clearance. The Warakin has an enormous tire clearance of 700c x 50mm.
Like many different bikes within the Otso household, the Warakin runs a Tuning chip rear dropout system. This permits the rider to elongate or shorten the wheelbase by as much as 20mm. This will elevate and decrease the underside bracket by 4mm in addition to change the headtube angle by +/- 5 levels. All of this may be performed at a house workshop with just a few instruments.
Warakin Body & Fork Options
Even past the geometry, you’ll discover the Warakin is flexible.
- Bottle bosses on the seat tube, and triple mounts on the highest and underside of the downtube
- Bottle bosses/mounts on every fork leg
- Rear rack suitable
- Matches entrance and rear fenders
- Made for externally routed cables and housing
- Cable/housing outed below the downtube, and chainstays make room for luggage and ease of service
Retail and Colorways
You may get the Warakin constructed to order through the Otso Customized Bike Builder. This permits clients to decide on all the things from drivetrain, wheel dimension, tires, handlebar width, stem size, and extra.
Retail: $1400 (body, fork, Tuning Chip {hardware}, axles, seatpost clamp, and bottle cage bolts)
Pricing for an entire bike constructed with Shimano GRX 11-speed begins at $2,500 or Shimano GRX 12-speed at $2,800.
Colours: Tangerine, Navy Gold, and Racing Inexperienced
The brand new Warakin is out there now on the hyperlink beneath, or at any bike store that shares Otso.
OtsoCycles.com
