single speed gravel bike Pinnacle Arkose Singlespeed 2015 Adventure Road Bike

The test-winning Pinnacle Arkose – some call it cyclocross, everyone’s talking about ‘gravel bikes’ and here we call it like we see it – an all-terrain drop-bar bike. A bike that goes well on rough roads as well as handling off-road terrain better than it has any right to. Infectious handling from a revised fork geometry keeps the off-road handling sharp without a lazy feeling on tarmac and an all-new 2015 frame with lighter gauge tubes, and more extensive butting, flat-welds for improved fatigue life and internal gear cable routing improves on a winning formula.

All the things that make the Pinnacle Arkose a winner off-road with the added benefits of no gears. It has cable guides in case a hub gear is in your future but for now this Arkose frame with a proven, tested clamp-shell eccentric bottom bracket is for riders looking for commitment, simplicity and a dose of pain in amongst the sheer pleasure of silence and flow on a lightweight drop-bar bike. Just stop and go. It stops incredibly well thanks to the TRP Hylex hydraulic brakes and it goes pretty quick too – an external BB chainset and light, stiff-to-pedal but not harsh-to-ride frame and full carbon fork help keep the momentum up