Traditional joinery and unmatched beauty on a fully modern gravel race bike. The Earth Ship exists to be the lightest, fastest, and most comfortable gravel bike on the market.
This is our dream hand-crafted USA-made gravel race / all-road bike. It is light, nimble, capable, and most importantly comfortable for very long days in the saddle. When it comes to big rides, we believe that “comfortable is fast!”
The lugged version of the Earth Ship utilizes a unique Chris Bishop designed lugset and a super light Columbus Life tubeset. Because of the very lightweight tubeset and carbon fork, there is a 240lb rider weight limit on this frameset.
You’ll find a full suite of features that include:
- Three bottle mounts, top tube bag mount, and fender mounts.
- The frame is built around our Wayfinder fork which has three-pack mounts on each leg and internal dynamo and brake routing.
- For cable management, we’ve chosen to use Paragon’s modular system which allows the cleanest possible appearance and can be customized for AXS, 1X or a traditional two derailleur setup. We use full-round cable guides on the stays as we find plastic zip ties on high-end bikes to be an inelegant compromise.
- Clearance for 700 X 45c or 650b X 2.1" tires
GEOMETRY
Gravel race geo with all-day comfort and bump absorption at the forefront. The tall stack, a slightly lowered bottom bracket, and generous stays yield an unbelievably smooth ride and inspire confidence when descending fast over loose terrain. Fairly traditional head tube and seat tube angles keep everything quick and maneuverable.
Columbus Life main triangle with Columbus Zona chainstays.
FRAME SPEC
- Handbuilt in our Minneapolis workshop
- Wilde Wayfinder Carbon Fork
- Includes copper, handcrafted, Jen Green headbadge
- Clearance for 700 x 45c or 650b x 2.1"
- Three bottle mounts
- Top tube feedbag mounts
- Fender mounts
- Standard Headtube: EC34/34
- 68mm bottom bracket shell
- Flat mount brake
- Rear Thru Axle M12 X 1.5
- Derailleur Hanger: SRAM UDH
- Seatpost: 27.2mm
- Cable Guides: Paragon Modular guides under the downtube, and full loop braze-ons on the stays (No Zip Ties)
COMPLETE BIKE BUILD
We work with all the major component suppliers in the industry and would love to build you a complete bike. Contact us to get started.