Gravel Builds of the ENVE Builder Round-Up 2020

The 2nd Annual ENVE Builder Round-Up is currently underway, albeit virtually, over in Utah, USA. Earlier today, we picked up the full exhibitor list to read through the who’s who of frame building specialists.

The exhibition features everything from across the cycling spectrum; Everything from traditional steel road racers to carbon enduro mountain bikes. All kitted out with stunning paint finishes and premium components from the likes of Chris King, Brooks and of course, ENVE.

Beautiful as many of them are, there was only one bike genre that caught our eye. Simply put, if it’s got drop bars and a penchant for gravel roads, we’re interested! So lets take a closer look at the gravel bikes of the ENVE Bike Builder Round-Up 2020.

Breadwinner – Portland, Oregon

Model: B-Road
Material: Steel
@breadwinnercycles / breadwinnercycles.com

Breadwinner B-Road steel gravel bike in glossy orange with ENVE wheels and Schwalbe G-One tyres. — Breadwinner B-Road

Another classic from Breadwinner. Big fan of the contrast of the Chris King Matte Bourbon components against the glossy orange.

The B-Road brings traditional steel frame styling and adds big clearance to allow up to a 50c tyre in order to make it Dirty Kanza or Almanzo race-worthy, two events where the B-Road has shined. Custom options abound on the B-Road, from geometry to frame bags.

Close-up of the Breadwinner B-Road's rear dropout, wide-range cassette and chain on the orange steel frame.

Breadwinner B-Road drop bars with Shimano GRX levers, an orange stem and a head badge, seen from the front.

Breadwinner lettering on the orange down tube beside the ENVE fork and a knobbly gravel tyre on the B-Road.

Horse Cycles – Brooklyn, New York

Model: Monster Gravel
Material: Steel
@horsecycles / www.horsebrand.co

Horse Cycles Monster Gravel in stainless steel with the new ENVE Adventure Fork, front rack and Teravail tan-wall tyres. — Horse Cycles Monster Gravel

Heads up. First sighting of the new ENVE Adventure Fork right here! Loving the Sinewave light setup on the front rack here.

Thomas Callahan of Horse Cycles rolls out a Stainless Steel All Road that once back from the Round-Up, is headed to Peru for a bike packing trip. It features the new ENVE Adventure Fork, offering numerous accessory mounting options.

Seat cluster of the Horse Cycles Monster Gravel in polished stainless steel, with a Teravail tan-wall rear tyre.

Front rack and Sinewave Cycles light on the Horse Cycles Monster Gravel, seen head-on above the knobbly front tyre.

ENVE Adventure Fork on the Horse Cycles Monster Gravel, with a cargo cage mounted on the leg and a Teravail Ehline tyre.

Moots – Steamboat Springs, Colorado

Model: Routt 45
Material: Titanium
@mootscycles / moots.com

Moots Routt 45 titanium gravel bike with ENVE fork and wheels and a SRAM Force groupset, shown on straw. — Moots Routt 45

It isn’t a handbuilt bike show without a Moots in the house!

Since 1981 Moots has been creating some of the most enviable bikes on the market. The most recent update to the Routt 45 brings a longer front-center with slacker head tube, but the biggest news is the increased tire clearance…up to a 50c tire can now be used.

ENVE gravel fork and front wheel on the Moots Routt 45, with a disc brake and the Moots name on the titanium down tube.

Moots head badge, a cartoon reptile riding a bike beneath mountains, on the Routt 45's titanium head tube.

Titanium seat tube and top tube junction on the Moots Routt 45, with a seat clamp and the rear tyre alongside.

Prova Cycles – Victoria, Australia

Model: Mostro
Material: Titanium
@provacycles / provacycles.com

Prova Cycles Mostro titanium bike in teal and bronze paint with ENVE wheels, tan-wall tyres and two bottle cages. — Prova Cycles Mostro

The colour matching going on here is next level. And that dropped titanium chainstay… Swoon!

Prova has only been around for the past six years and they’re quickly making a name for themselves bringing new technology and manufacturing processes. The Mostro will clear up to a 650b x 55c tyre, while still keeping a road fit. It’s designed around long-distance, multi-day riding where the comfort of a road bar is a priority, without having to make sacrifices on tyre width.

Rear wheel of the Prova Cycles Mostro with an oil-slick SRAM cassette and chain, rear mech and dropped titanium chainstay.

Two teal bottle cages colour-matched to the painted down tube of the Prova Cycles Mostro, with Prova lettering.

Speedvagen – Portland, Oregon

Model: GTFO
Material: Steel
@speedvagen / speedvagen.com

Speedvagen GTFO steel gravel bike in cream and lilac with tan cage bags and WTB Sendero tyres at the ENVE Builder Round-Up. — Speedvagen GTFO

When it comes to finishing touches, Speedvagen have the game sewn up. Not sure about those bags though…

Speedvagen’s most adept adventuring rig gets an Adventure Fork for greater mounting options and a paint job that is uniquely Speedvagen. Like most other Speedvagens, the GTFO has numerous other add-ons depending on what someone’s intent might be.

Speedvagen GTFO head tube with cream stem and Chris King headset, from the ENVE Builder Round-Up 2020.

Speedvagen GTFO integrated seat mast and black saddle in cream paint, with the shield badge on the post.

Close-up of the lilac chainstay on the Speedvagen GTFO, with the builder's Portland, Oregon text embossed on it.

Scarab Bicycles – Medellin, Colombia

Model: Páramo
Material: Steel
@scarabcycles / scarabcycles.com

Scarab Páramo steel gravel bike with hand-painted orange, blue and green frame, built for the ENVE Builder Round-Up. — Scarab Cycles Páramo

Well, you wouldn’t want a boring custom bike, would you?

With clearance for a 700x45c tyre, the Páramo is built around the unknown elements found in the Colombian countryside. Most notable is the paint, which is done in-house and guarantees no two bikes ever being the same.

Hand-painted orange and navy seat tube and seatstays on the Scarab Páramo, with a knobbly gravel tyre behind.

Front view of the Scarab Páramo cockpit with ENVE drop bars and a green and yellow painted fork.

Painted fork leg on the Scarab Páramo in blue, yellow and orange, with white and black dot patterns.

Bingham Built – Steamboat Springs, Colorado

Model: Adventure
Material: Titanium
@binghambuilt / binghambuiltbikes.com

Bingham Built Adventure titanium bikepacking bike on 27.5 Plus tyres with ENVE wheels and fork at the Builder Round-Up. — Bingham Built Adventure

This looks like the kind of bike you could finish the Tour Divide on. And then just keep on riding south of the border!

Brad Bingham’s personal purpose-built bike packing explorer. For Brad, it’s about all-day comfort with 27.5” Plus tyres and drop bars. Ample mounts ensure there’s never a shortage of stowage possibilities.

ENVE fork with a small black mudguard above a Plus-size tyre on the Bingham Built Adventure.

ENVE stem and drop bars on the Bingham Built Adventure, with titanium frame and bolt-on mounts on the top tube.

Sklar Bikes – Bozeman, Montana

Model: All Road
Material: Titanium
@sklarbikes, sklarbikes.com

Sklar All Road titanium gravel bike with swooping top tube, black fork and grey Ultradynamico Cava tyres with tan walls. — Sklar Bikes All Road

The swooping top tube of the Sklar is the first thing you see. Slowly, your eye is drawn out to absorb all the fine details. The Ultradynamico Cava grey n’ tan tyres complement the understated colour scheme perfectly!

One of the three bikes from Bozeman, Montana, the Sklar All Road is made to accommodate just about any type of multi-surface riding. Slightly more upright than a traditional road bike, it’s designed around all-day comfort while incorporating Sklar’s trademark top tube design.

Black lattice chainring and polished crank arm on the Sklar All Road, with a tan-wall tyre behind.

Matte black head tube of the Sklar All Road with Chris King headset and a cable looped in front.

Ultradynamico Cava 700c tyre in grey with a tan sidewall on the Sklar All Road's front wheel.

Holland Cycles – San Diego, California

Model: Gravel
Material: Titanium
@hollandcycles, / hollandcycles.com

Holland Cycles Gravel titanium bike with Shimano GRX groupset, ENVE wheels and fork and tan-wall tyres at the Round-Up. — Holland Cycles Gravel

Super clean and classic lines. This is a timeless looking design that is bang up to date on the features.

Purpose-built for 80% gravel, 20% road for the off-road adventures. In the 45 years Holland has been building frames they’ve seen a lot of changes in the market, and the gravel bike has now become the most asked for model in their line. With internal routing for shifter, brake, and dropper post cables, the Holland Gravel is simply clean.

Close-up of the signed titanium top tube and seat cluster on the Holland Cycles Gravel at the ENVE Builder Round-Up.

ENVE fork, front disc hub and white spokes on the Holland Cycles Gravel.

Embossed titanium head tube and Chris King headset on the Holland Cycles Gravel.

DeSalvo Custom Bicycles – Ashland, Oregon

Model: Gravel
Material: Titanium
@mike.desalvo / desalvocycles.com

DeSalvo Gravel in a red, orange and yellow fade with checkerboard decals, built with SRAM Force and ENVE wheels. — DeSalvo Gravel

Like an angry wasp with its arse on fire. The DeSalvo doesn’t look like it’ll hang about. Nice to see some paint applied to titanium too.

Mt. Ashland has some good skiing in the winter, but that doesn’t come close to what summer offers with the nearly endless miles of dirt roads on the mountain and the surrounding Siskiyou range. Those miles of gravel have shaped DeSalvo’s designs and inspiration around what makes a true gravel bike.

Yellow-painted fork with black checkerboard decals and a WTB tyre on the DeSalvo Gravel.

SRAM Force crankset and double chainrings on the red and orange frame of the DeSalvo Gravel.

DeSalvo head badge reading Ashland, Oregon on the yellow head tube of the DeSalvo Gravel.

Alchemy Bicycles – Denver, Colorado

Model: E-Ronin
Material: Carbon
@alchemybicycles / alchemybicycles.com

Alchemy E-Ronin e-gravel bike in cream with green graphics and drop bars, shown at the ENVE Builder Round-Up. — Alchemy E-Ronin

E-bike haters look away now before you go gammon faced. It’s fantastic to see the handbuilt guys embracing the e-revolution!

The E-Ronin is not only the first e-bike from Alchemy, it’s the first US-made, e-gravel bike. Just like any of the other bikes in Alchemy’s line, the E-Ronin is available in custom geometry and numerous colour options.

Drop bars, stem and top tube control button on the Alchemy E-Ronin e-gravel bike.

Green Handmade in Colorado 2020 badge on the down tube of the Alchemy E-Ronin.

SaltAir Cycles – Salt Lake City, Utah

Model: All-Road
Material: Steel
@saltaircycles / saltaircycles.com

SaltAir All-Road steel bike with pink-to-blue fade paint and ENVE carbon wheels at the ENVE Builder Round-Up. — SaltAir All-Road

We’ve saved the best ’till last in my opinion. I want this for the paint job alone! Distract yourself from the colours for a moment and you’ll see some exquisite lines on this frame. Just look at those super thin stays!

SaltAir Cycles has a loyal following in cyclocross, and are now gaining a new following in Utah
and beyond with their traditional touch and a return to the local artisan experience. The All-Road
blends a traditional steel design with the modern convenience

Slim pink seat stays and seat cluster on the SaltAir All-Road, with the paint fading to blue lower down.

Front view of the SaltAir All-Road's drop bars with Shimano GRX levers and a pink head tube.

Purple-to-blue colour-shift paint on a bottom bracket shell with a Rotor chainring and internal cable ports.

Head on over to ENVE.com for more news and videos of the event.

From the archive: 6 reader comments

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Katherine Moore 29 July 2020

I’m with you on the Saltair. Also drooling over the Prova though…
James Deane 29 July 2020

Kid in a sweet shop moment… I want them all!!!
Alistair Hastings 3 August 2020

Specs on new fork? Don’t see them listed anywhere.
James Deane 4 August 2020

Embargo lifts later today, so check our news page later for more details!
Guy 23 August 2020

Can you tell us when the embargo lifts on the one piece bar and stem? They’re pictured all over but no details are available yet.
James Deane 24 August 2020

We’re waiting patiently for the news to drop!