Nonetheless the high-end carbon brainchild of Alberto Contador and Ivan Basso, Aurum heads into uncharted territory with their all-new Manto gravel bike. Designed for racing with out limits, the Aurum Manto is supposed to be “the best efficiency bike in the marketplace” – a no-hold-barred light-weight gravel racer developed to “go as quick as potential on gravel roads“.
Aurum Manto race-ready carbon gravel bike
Unveiled at the moment in Mallorca, however formally set for a racing debut at Unbound Gravel in simply over a month, this new premium gravel bike is Aurum’s first deviation from easy tarmac. Nonetheless designed with lower-speed aerodynamics and light-weight in thoughts, the brand new Manto begins to prioritize additional sturdiness and rider consolation in a bid to construct a super-fast gravel race bike.
Aerodynamics itself are impressed by Aurum’s versatile Magma highway bike – selectively adapting comparable tear-drop aero NACA Airfoil tube shapes, simply wider & truncated to match greater gravel bike tire profiles and general decrease off-road speeds.
After all of the expertise designing and growing the MAGMA, we determined to tackle a gravel bike, a self-discipline that permits you to experience in every single place, get away from visitors in case you like, discover countryside paths, with the identical spirit – the best efficiency. We have now spent numerous hours using it, fine-tuning it and enthusiastic about find out how to make it higher, to be value of sitting subsequent to the MAGMA in our bike catalog.
– Alberto Contador
Race-ready Gravel Geometry
The gravel race bike is available in 5 sizes with fast geometry that’s gently tweaked for the 2 smaller sizes to forestall toe overlap even with large tires. Body tubing dimensions are additionally proportionally size-specific so all riders get aero advantages, however not on the expense of overly stiff or flexy frames for riders at both excessive.
The Aurum Manto was designed to go quick round 40-45mm gravel bike tires (max 700c x 45mm tire clearance), what many take into account the candy spot for traction, pace, and luxury over various racecourse surfaces.
Tech particulars
Aurum calls their light-weight carbon development Expertise Carbon Expertise (ECT) as it’s extra of a stability of sunshine weight, general structural energy, and rider consolation – extra advanced than of their ultralight carbon highway bikes.
The Manto body additionally sticks with typical seatstay association to learn from longer span, skinny straight stays to permit them to flex within the center for rider consolation and higher general rear wheel traction.
The NACA airfoil-shaped ECT carbon Aurum Manto body & fork are constructed round an built-in 1.5″ headset for full inner cable routing, with a wedge-style clamp for the standard 27.2mm spherical seatpost (with a rubber gasket for a clear setup), and an 86mm vast aluminum threaded T47 backside bracket.
The frameset options “semi-dropped uneven chainstays” that stability chainring & tire clearance with out compromising on weight stiffness or general body energy.
The 1x or 2x digital or mechanical Manto will get a detachable entrance derailleur/chain information mount, UDH customary derailleur mounting, flat mount disc brakes customized low-profile 12mm thru-axles, built-in thick rubberized downtube/BB/chainstay protectors, plus bolt-on mounts for two bottles in the principle triangle with a 2-position downtube bottle, toptube bag mount, and cage mounts beneath the BB.
Aurum Manto – Pricing, Choices & Availability
Aurum’s first gravel bike is first supplied as framesets now in three customary colours – Castilla yellow, Astur inexperienced, and Mediterráneo orange. The Aurum Manto sells for 3500€ as a frameset or 4000€ as a framekit together with carbon cockpit, alloy stem (for inner routing) & carbon seatpost – out there now in 5 proportional sizes (48, 51, 54, 56 & 58cm). On-line gross sales additionally embody an Aurum water bottle & cage.
Full bikes are additionally potential by Aurum sellers, and are available spec’d with CeramicSpeed backside brackets for effectivity and sturdiness.
