Road and Gravel Plus. These are the words that aren’t necessary a first connotation with NS Bikes. Nevertheless, there you have it – a dirt bike brand making a drop bar bike. It may seem strange but actually there is a reason. Honestly we believe that we know how to make a gravel bike better than a traditional roadie brand would. For starters, dirt, offroad and heavy abuse are our daily bread. Things like 1X drivetrains and hydraulic disc brakes are simply the norm, not some kind of freaky contraption.
So you know why RAG, but why “plus”? Mostly because of wheels. You can ride it on 700C wheels equipped with 40C tires which makes it kind of road fat bike, or even with 27.5 MTB wheels with tires as big as 2.2. The dropped chainstay gives virtually unlimited range of wheels/drivetrain combinations that you can joggle, depending on where and how you want to ride. The geometry is aggressive, which makes you wanna push the pedals harder and corner faster, but at the same time comfortable enough to keep you smiling during a whole day trip.
NS Bikes RAG+ specification:
- Frame: NS Bikes 6061 T6 custom formed and butted tubes, 142×12 dropouts, fat tire clearance
- Fork: NS Gravel+ carbon fork, 15mm dropouts, NS thru axle
- Headset: NS Bikes integrated tapered IS42/52, sealed
- Stem: NS Bikes RAG+ stem, 90/110mm
- Handlebar: Zipp Service Course 70-Ergo
- Bartape: Fizik
- Brakes: SRAM Apex hydraulic disc, 160mm rear & front
- Shifter: SRAM Apex 11spd
- Derailleur: SRAM Apex, 1x11spd
- Bottom bracket: Truvativ GXP 73mm
- Cranks: SRAM S350 1x X-SYNC™ 42t, 170/175mm
- Chain: KMC, 11 spd
- Cassette: SRAM PG-1130 11 speed 11-42t
- Rims: Alex Draw 2.1P Asymmetrical, 32h, tubless ready
- Hubs: NS Rotary 15 disc (sealed bearing), NS Rotary Cassette 142 (sealed bearings)
- Spokes: double butted w/ 14mm nipples
- Tires: Panaracer Gravel King SK 70x40c, brown side-walls
- Seatpost: Kalloy 30.9
- Saddle: Octane One Rocket w/hollow cromoly rails
- Weight: ~9.9* kg (M size, w/o pedals)
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