An adventure touring frame stout and stable enough for medium duty touring and bike packing, but also offers an fun and capable commuter bike. While many modern touring forks only have 3-pack mounts, the Drake’s fork is designed for real racks — mini-rack mounts for randonneuring bags or low rider rack mounts for panniers. The geometry features a unique combination of higher bottom bracket height (than on touring and gravel bikes), high stack, and sloping top tube. This helps reduce pedal strike on uneven dirt terrain, allows for a higher bar set-up if desired, and improves stand over clearance. Features tried and true standards like English threaded BB shell and QR dropouts and fork ends.
Item | Make / Manufacture | Model |
Frame | New Albion | Drake, 52cm, Steel, Dark Teal |
Fork | New Albion | Drake, 52cm, Steel, Dark Teal |
Rims | Sun Ringle | Inferno 27, 584x22, 32H, Blk, Reinforced Spoke Nipple Holes |
Front Hub | Shimano | HB-475, QRx100, 6B Disc, Blk |
Rear Hub | Shimano | FH-475, QRx135, 6B Disc, Blk |
Spokes | DT Swiss | 2.0 SS BLK |
Nipples | DT Swiss | Brass |
Tubes | Presta Valve | |
Tires | Schwalbe | Hurricane, 27.5x2.0 |
Crankset | MSW | 170mm, 36T, Blk |
Chain | 8S | |
Cassette | SunRace | 11-34T, 8S |
Pedals | n/a | Black, Nylon |
Shifters | Grand Compe | Bar End, Friction |
Front deraileur | n/a | n/a |
Rear derailleur | Shimano | RD-M3010, Acera |
Disc rotors | Shimano | SM-RT66, 6B |
Brake Calipers | Avid | BB5 |
Brake Levers | Tektro | RL340, Dropbar Levers, Blk/Sil |
Bottom bracket | MSW | Sq. Taper, 110mm |
Seatpost | Origin 8 | 27.2, Blk, Dual Bolt |
Seat | Jamis | Sport |
Grips / Bartape | Origin 8 | Foam, Blk |
Handlebars | Ritchey | 144, Blk, 31.8 |
Stem | Origin 8 | 90mm, Blk. Threadless |
Bar Ends | n/a | n/a |
Headset | FSA | 1 1/8", Blk |