Nordest’s newest gravel bike is attempting to not take itself too significantly. As a result of generally you simply need to pedal your bike for enjoyable or head out an journey, not essentially to set KOMs in all places you trip. So, they’re calling the restricted version 3003 a flat bar gravel bike. Certain, you would nonetheless slap a drop bar on there and crush some kilometers. However why not simply sit up, sit again, and benefit from the trip…
Nordest 3003 easy metal flat bar gravel bike
The brand new metal 3003 is a gravel bike, however with fairly a special perspective than the aero gravel pattern we’ve been listening to lots. As an alternative, that is Nordest founder Pedro Jerónimo’s “private imaginative and prescient of what a flat handlebar gravel bike ought to be“. It’s a easy metal flat bar gravel cruiser constructed for a variety MTB-style drivetrain (with UDH compatibility) and massive quantity 29×2” tires to cruise over any sort of street or path floor.
“The calm life!
That’s what I had in thoughts once I designed the 3003. I can admire the panorama in consolation, safely seated. The journey not means counting the miles, and the clock doesn’t distract me. The evening sky strikes alongside its path, or the solar shines overhead, and I roll alongside, having fun with each second, each path, each street, all the time calm.”
How does flat bar geometry examine to the Albarda household?
Nordest already has two metal Albarda dropbar gravel bikes. So, why the restricted version flat bar choice, and the way does this new Nordest 3003 actually examine?
That’s the trick. Nordest calls the brand new 3003 a flat bar gravel bike, but it surely doesn’t actually must be a flat bar bike in any respect. That’s actually simply motivation to go for a extra upright place whenever you determine by yourself customized construct.
It seems to us just like the 3003 is one thing of a cheerful medium between the lighter Albarda 2 and the extra laid-back, MTB-inspired Tremendous Albarda. A compromise in between with comparatively secure geometry that may be ridden for any sort of terrain, whether or not you need a extra upright flat bar place or not.
The 3003 contains a quick-handling 69° head angle, a steep 74.5° seat angle to shift weight ahead, medium lengthy body Attain, comfortably excessive (however not excessive) Stack, numerous BB drop, and quick for a cruiser 420mm lengthy chainstays. As off-road bikepacking bikes have gone tremendous lengthy and slack, the brand new Nordest 3003 sits proper within the center between gravel & journey. And Nordest thinks that’s an incredible place to take a seat up with a flat – or gently rising – bar, and benefit from the trip.
Tech particulars
- welded from double-butted 4130 chromoly metal tubing
- lengthy attain geometry optimized for flat handlebar builds with a brief 50-80mm stem
- max tire clearance 700cx50mm/29×2.0″ or 650bx53mm/27.5×2.1″
- 1x (max 46T chainring) or 2x (max 50/34T compact chainset) suitable with chainstay yoke
- totally exterior cable routing, plus inside routing for a dropper seatpost
- 2x 3-pack something cage mounts on downtube, commonplace seattube cage mount & toptube bag mount
- plus 2x 3-pack something cage mounts on both metal or carbon fork choices
- full rack and fender eyelets
- UDH, and thus compatibility for SRAM T-Kind direct mount transmission derailleurs
- threaded BSA backside bracket
- flat mount disc brake
- 12x142mm thru-axle spacing (thru-axle included with body)
- 27.2mm spherical seatpost (28.6mm alloy seatclamp included with body)
- straight 44mm headtube for 1 1/8″ ZS44/ZS44 or 1.5″ tapered ZS44/EC44 headset
- claimed body weight: 2490g (dimension Medium)
- designed for a 400mm axle-to-crown 1.5″ tapered steerer fork with 52mm offset (factoring within the exterior decrease headset cup)
Nordest 3003 gravel body – Pricing, availability & choices
This new flat bar gravel Nordest 3003 is being supplied now as a restricted version body or frameset pre-order – in 4 sizes. Simply 50 frames will probably be made, and it’s as much as you ways you need to construct it – whether or not flat bar or dropbar. Pre-order pricing begins at 599€ for the body solely – in your alternative of shiny Racing inexperienced or Sand – eventual full retail worth of 749€. Customized paint can be all the time attainable as an add-on price.
If you would like Nordest to incorporate a fork with it, two body kits can be found – each together with a Cane Creek 40 headset and 50mm stem. The 749€ Metal Equipment pre-order then features a straight steerer unicrown metal fork and the 899€ Carbon Equipment features a tapered steerer full carbon fork with adjustable rake – each with something cage & fender mounts.
The restricted 3003 collection will probably be prepared in January 2025 so you possibly can construct it up – like with these inexpensive MicroShift Sword groupsets. And also you’ll nonetheless have time to start out cruising once more after the winter, with free delivery included in Nordest’s pricing for EU consumers.
