Midnight Special shines on pot-holed, deteriorating pavement and the occasional long stretch of gravel. Its 650b road plus tires eat up road chatter and absorb all the bumps in the road like the champion it was designed to be.
When it comes to road bikes, we just want to toss a few bananas into our pockets and see where the road takes us. We seek out varied surfaces on our rides and frequently go from pavement to gravel to shittier pavement. Midnight Special allows us to accomplish all of that quite comfortably.
Higher volume tires allow better fine tuning of tire pressure on varying surfaces and create a wider contact patch for increased traction
Modern road standards like flat-mount disc brakes, 12mm front and rear thru-axles, and a 44mm head tube
Clearance for 650b x 60mm or 700c x 42mm tires without fenders (650b x 50mm or 700c x 38mm with fenders)
Specifications/Tech
Frame 4130 CroMoly, double-butted main triangle, ED coated, TIG-welded
Fork 4130 CroMoly, ED coated, TIG-welded
Seatpost Clamp 30.0mm Surly Stainless
Crankset Sram Rival 40T
Bottom Bracket Sram GXP
Rear derailleur Sram Rival 1
Cogset SunRace 11-42 w/ 1.85 spacer
Chain KMC EPT
Headset Cane Creek 40
Brakes TRP Spyre Flat Mount
Shifter/Brake levers Sram Rival
Rotors TRP 160mm
Stem ProMax DA-296, 31.8 4 bolt
Handlebar Salsa Cowbell 3
Saddle WTB Volt Sport, steel rails
Seatpost ProMax SP-2019 27.2x300mm non-offset (for 40-50) Black or ProMax SP-2016 27.2x300mm offset (for 54-64cm) Black'
Front hub 12x 100mm thru-axle, 32h
Rear hub 12x 142mm thru-axle, 32h
Rims Alex Adventurer 2, 32H, tubeless ready
Tires WTB Horizon 650b x 47mm
