Festka has an all-new Spectre Gravel, a race-ready gravel bike impressed by the quickest street racing bike. Whereas it retains the attribute vibration damping that comes from the way in which Festka builds all of their carbon bikes, this new gravel bike just isn’t meant for informal journey rides. This can be a gravel bike that wishes to go quick!
Festka Spectre Grvl handmade Czech carbon gravel race bike
Festka calls their Spectre street bike absolutely the “stiffest and most explosive” bike they’ve ever constructed. Created to fulfill Festka co-founder and ex-Conti Professional racer Michael Moureček’s want for velocity, it options distinctive stiffness from its headtube, down by way of the downtube and backside bracket, then out by way of the chainstays to the rear axle. However, the dropped mono-seatstay and 27.2mm seatpost mixed with the distinctive rider-tuned nature of the body’s robot-woven carbon tubes, means the bike nonetheless guarantees to eat up street buzz for all-day consolation and ship improved rear wheel traction.
Now, the Festka Spectre Gravel does all of that however with larger tire clearance so that you rides aren’t restricted by clean street surfaces.
Michael at all times desires to journey quick. And gravel driving was no exception. So he demanded a single bike that blended that all-road model of versatility with larger – however not too massive – tire clearance.
He needed a gravel bike that felt as quick as his Spectre street bike when he stomped on the pedals. And on the similar time, a motorcycle that he might journey with 40mm gravel tires to go quick on dust and gravel roads… or might swap in one thing like 32-35mm street tires to stay to laborious surfaces.
And naturally, a UDH to accommodate the newest SRAM Pink XPLR AXS gravel transmission groupset.
The result’s this new Festka Spectre Gravel.
With a max tire clearance of 700c x 40mm tires, it might sound under-biked in comparison with most new gravel bikes that we discuss nowadays. However Festka calls this a “race-ready gravel bike engineered for max velocity and efficiency”. Plus, Festka already had the Scout for a number of years in the event you have been in search of larger tires, or extra of an adventure-style journey.
Tech particulars
Every Spectre Gravel is produced by hand in Festka’s Prague workshop. There, size-specific Czech-made carbon body tubes are individually mitered, assembled in a jig, after which every joint is overlaid and laminated by hand in a painstaking course of. At Bespoked in Dresden’s airport over the weekend, Lenka – one in all Festka’s body builders – labored all through the handmade bike present on one Festka body, showcasing the time-consuming course of. Build up the transition materials from one tube to the subsequent, including layers of uncooked carbon fiber weave, resin, after which tape overwraps to compress & maintain them in place.
- full carbon tube-to-tube development with CompoTech robot-wound tubes
- handmade in Prague, Czech Republic
- 52mm headtube for absolutely built-in inside cable routing by way of the headset
- Enve All-Street In-Route full carbon 1.5″ tapered steerer fork
- 1x solely, 46T max chainring
- digital shift solely, wired or wi-fi: i.e. AXS, Di2, EPS/WRL
- UDH for compatibility with all drivetrains
- 40mm max tire clearance (particularly, width as measured)
- 27.2mm spherical seatpost with typical exterior clamp
- BB86 PressFit backside bracket
- max 140mm rear rotor
- 1035g body weight (albeit an unpainted measurement M, as claimed)
- accessible in 7 inventory body sizes (XXS-XXL), additionally customized geometry attainable
Festka Spectre Gravel – Pricing, choices & availability
The brand new Festka Spectre Gravel is offered to order now direct from Festka or any of their supplier bike outlets world wide. Frames are made to order, with a few 3-4 month lead time. The brand new gravel bike is available in a large 7 measurement vary, and as is typical with Festka, extra customized sizing is often attainable for people who have extra distinctive match necessities. We’re ready to listen to again an actual quantity on worth, however we suspect it can begin across the similar 7000€ that it prices for a Spectre street frameset.
This bike reveals the usual paint scheme for the Spectre Gravel with the vast majority of the carbon construction seen by way of only a shiny clearcoat. However after all, Festka additionally creates among the most wonderful paint jobs we’ve seen on a motorcycle, so you can at all times remodel one in all these new Spectre Gravel race bikes into a bit of artwork when you’ve got the time and funds.