New ENVE Fray All Highway Bike Packs Downtube Storage & 40mm Tire Clearance!

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At this time, ENVE launched its fourth bike platform. Known as the Fray, the bike is aimed in the direction of the all-road or endurance phase with out giving up on velocity. With clearance for as much as 40mm tires, the Fray ought to encourage riders to enterprise off the pavement and discover new roads.

Formally, the Fray’s geometry is optimized for 700c x 31-35mm tires. Nevertheless, for these days the place greater quantity is warranted, the body and fork can run as much as 38mm tires with a 2x drivetrain, or as much as 40mm with a 1x drivetrain.

Whereas the body takes many design cues from the Melee, the Fray is about balancing velocity with versatile functionality. Assume aero tubes meet massive tires. ENVE states the body is wind tunnel examined for efficiency at 32 kph/20 mph and 48 kph/30 mph. This isn’t a motorcycle for simply plodding alongside. Except you’re into that, and simply need a bike that appears to be like quick. It’s not stunning that the Fray is carbon solely, and is “created from a combination of medium, excessive, and super-high modulus uni-directional carbon fibers following ENVE’s Materials Optimized Design (M.O.D.) course of.”

That versatility is highlighted with the cargo lodging which embody in-frame storage within the downtube. The Cargo Bay provides 0.6L of storage with a latched door below the downtube bottle cage mount and two included storage luggage. You’ll additionally discover high tube mounts and a mount on the downtube along with the normal two bottle cage mounts within the triangle.

Relating to geometry, the body is obtainable in seven sizes with 4 totally different fork rakes (55, 51, 47, 43). The bikes are constructed a la carte, that means you’ll be able to choose your best handlebar, stem, and seatpost choice to provide the finest match.

Body particulars embody 12mm x 100/142mm via axles, flat mount disc brakes, inside cable routing, T47 BB, fender compatibility, an IS52/IS52 headset, and a proprietary aero seat submit. Body weight is claimed to be 900g +/- 2% (Dimension 56, Painted, No {Hardware}).