For steel lovers starving for competition, these updates to the Nature Cross are destined to get you across the finish line faster than ever before. With a fresh paint job, all the All-City custom touches you’ve come to expect star here too, including custom seat collar and dropouts, flat-mount brakes, and star reinforcements on the bottle bosses and fender mounts. Built with an Eccentric Bottom Bracket to manage the chain tensioning, a shortened chainstay, and replaceable derailleur hanger, we’ve also outfitted the Nature Cross with a Columbus Futura carbon fork with adjustable rake, tapered head and steerer tubes, and clearance for 700c x 42mm tires. Stronger, lighter, quicker, and stiffer than ever, it’s simply unlike any other singlespeed in the world.įeaturing modern race geometry and an ovalized top tube for easy shouldering over obstacles, we’ve increased the Nature Cross's mud clearance to eliminate unnecessary pit stops on the course. Now crafted from A.C.E tubing - All-City’s proprietary air-hardened, custom-designed, extruded steel tubing - the Nature Cross's expertly engineered butting profiles and wall diameters provide advantages that even the most excellent off-the-shelf tubing just can’t match. 2021The Nature Cross Single Speed comes primed for racing, covering quick up-and-downs, and cutting through the gnarliest of courses. For UK riders All-City bikes are imported by Ison Distribution who anticipate stock to arrive at their warehouse this December.All-City Nature Cross Single-Speed Frameset If you think you’ve got the legs to do the Macho King and Nature Boy justice head on over to the All-City website for the low down. As light as most premium carbon builds, but with that special steel spring, it really feels special.
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The age-old ‘pick up’ test of lifting up a bike to gauge its weight and thus prowess on the track, scores a full 10/10 with this Macho King. 700x33c Maxxis Speed Terrane semi-slick tyres might be a little optimistic for a winter of cyclocross, but they can cover distance at speed. We invited Nate to our local to talk over the finer details of the bike you see below.įeaturing a SRAM Force AXS 12 speed groupset and a smattering of Zipp Service Course finishing kit, the build is topped off with DT Swiss CRC 1400 carbon wheels. That 17lbs Macho King is currently touring the UK with Nate as he visits key All-City dealers in the UK.
And with the Nature Boy switching from a steel to carbon fork, further rewards can be had for the weight weenies amongst us! The move to thru axles means that the chain-tension duties are taken care of by an eccentric BB rather than track-end style dropouts.Įxpect sharp handling from these thoroughbred racers How low can you go? All-City have bucked this trend as the Macho King has dropped around 400 grams from its frame weight! All-City’s own staffer Nate has built up a Macho King weighing 17lbs! Of course the Nature Boy has also have benefited from this weight loss programme. One criticism of modern developments like tapered tubes, disc brakes and thru axles, is they almost always add weight. Flat mount disc brakes, 12mm thru-axles and a tapered head tube will keep braking and cornering forces in check. But space for 42c tyres and two bottle cages will be appreciated on long rides away from the race tape. While primarily cyclocross racing bikes, the ‘King & Nature Boy have a lot to recommend them to riders looking for fast gravel bike. The changes go beyond new paint and pipework, as both models get a raft of modern upgrades.
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