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General

Type

Adventure/Mixed surface

BRAND

Naked Bicycles

Frame Builder

Naked/Sam Whittingham

Frame Size

22.75in/58cm

Year

2013

Joining Method

TIG welding

Material

Stainless steel

Tubing

KVA MS2
Steering

Handlebars

Ritchey Superlogic Low Rizer with Deda Elementi 6

Stem

Ritchey Superlogic C260

Grips

Ergon GS series

Fork

Whisky No.9 carbon cross fork 15mm thru axle

Headset

Chris King I7

Wheels

Front Tire

Bruce Gordon Rock n Road, 43mm x 700C

Front Wheel

Hed Ardennes+

Rear Tire

Bruce Gordon Rock n Road, 43mm x 700C

Rear Wheel

Hed Ardennes+

Drivetrain

Crankset

Shimano XT, 175mm crank arms

Chain rings

Shimano

Bottom bracket

Shimano

Chain

Shimano HG, using wax lube and Connex link

Gear

24-38

Cassette

Shimano XT, 10 spd, 11-36

Pedals

Shimano

Gears

Front Derailleur

Shimano XT

Rear Derailleur

Shimano XT

Gear shifters

Shimano XT

Other

Saddle

Ritchey Vector Wing, Ergon SM3 Pro Carbon, Gilles Berthoud

Seat Post

Velo Orange

Brakes

Shimano XT Disc, 160mm front and rear

Brake Levers

Shimano XT

Other Details

KVA MS2 stainless tubing. Three years in and it's going great!

Design notes

Very few bikes like this one existed back in 2012 when we did the design work, so there was a lot of guesswork. has a 24" top tube.