Framesets
Carbon framesets for road and gravel: frame, fork and seatpost, ready for your groupset and wheels. The choice starts with the tyre you want to ride, then the drivetrain.
Carbon framesets for road and gravel: frame, fork and seatpost, ready for your groupset and wheels. The choice starts with the tyre you want to ride, then the drivetrain.
Tyre clearance, the free space around the tyre, tells you what terrain a frame is built for. The three road framesets in the selection stop at 32 mm: enough for a tyre that smooths out broken tarmac, not enough for gravel tracks. The gravel framesets go up to 50 mm on the Evolve CIMA GR with a single chainring, and up to 58 mm at the front on the WinSpace G5. A gravel frame takes narrower tyres on a second wheelset; a road frame never gets any wider. So choose on the widest tyre you plan to fit.
Every frameset in the selection brings together the frame, the fork, the dedicated seatpost, the headset, the thru-axles and the derailleur hanger. The handlebar is not included: the cables run inside the frame, so you need an integrated handlebar designed for that routing, such as the Kreuza Apex, which the CIMA's top cap is designed for. The other models are in integrated cockpits. That leaves the groupset, the wheels, the saddle and the pedals: a frameset means choosing every part instead of keeping the ones that come on a complete bike.
All five frames have a threaded bottom bracket: 68 mm BSA on the SLC5 and both CIMAs, T47 on the M6 and the G5. A threaded bottom bracket comes out and goes back in with a spanner, whereas a press-fit one needs a press and very precise frame tolerances to stay quiet. All of them also take the UDH hanger, the universal standard launched by SRAM: after a crash, almost any workshop has a replacement. A mechanic's tip: on a carbon frame, tighten every bolt with a torque wrench, to the stated torque. Carbon gives no warning: overtightened, it cracks without deforming first.
The frame and fork, supplied here with the seatpost, headset, thru-axles and derailleur hanger. What is left to fit is the groupset, wheels, handlebar, saddle and pedals.
A frameset lets you choose every part: the wheels, the groupset, the cockpit and its position. It needs a full build, by you or a workshop, following the manufacturer's tightening torques.
Yes: a second wheelset with 30 to 32 mm tyres is enough. The frame keeps its gravel geometry, designed for stability on gravel tracks.