best steel frame gravel bikes Earth Ship - Gravel Race Large / Complete

best steel frame gravel bikes Earth Ship - Gravel Race Large / CompleteThe Earth Ship exists to be the lightest, fastest, and most comfortable gravel bike on the market. It is the epitome of what we believe a modern drop bar bike can and should be. Handbuilt in our Minneapolis workshop, it is light, nimble, capable, and most importantly comfortable for very long days in the saddle. As weve gotten less self conscious and more independent minded weve come to embrace taller stack heights as the future of endurance riding.

The Earth Ship exists to be the lightest, fastest, and most comfortable gravel bike on the market. It is the epitome of what we believe a modern drop bar bike can and should be. 
Handbuilt in our Minneapolis workshop, it is light, nimble, capable, and most importantly comfortable for very long days in the saddle. As we’ve gotten less self-conscious and more independent-minded we’ve come to embrace taller stack heights as the future of endurance riding. When it comes to big days, we believe that “comfortable is fast!”

You’ll find a full suite of features that include:

• Three bottle mounts, top tube bag mount, and fender mounts.
• The frame is built around our own Waypoint fork which has three-pack mounts on each leg and internal dynamo and brake routing.
• For cable management, we’ve chosen to use Paragon’s modular system which allows the cleanest possible appearance and can be customized for AXS, 1X or a traditional two derailleur setup. We use full-round cable guides on the stays as we find plastic zip ties on high-end bikes to be an inelegant compromise.
• Clearance for 700 X 50c or 650b X 2.2" tires 

*Currently all Earth Ships are being made to order with your choice of stock or custom geometry, your choice of features and frame options, and stock or custom paint. 

GEOMETRY
Gravel race geo with all-day comfort and bump absorption at the forefront. The tall stack, a slightly lowered bottom bracket, and generous stays yield an unbelievably smooth ride and inspire confidence when descending fast over loose terrain. Fairly aggressive head tube angles keep everything quick and maneuverable. 

Chosen specifically for lightweight and vibration damping, each piece of tubing on every size is carefully selected to be as comfortable and light as possible. Columbus Life for the main triangle with Columbus Zona stays.  The dropouts, bottom bracket, braze-ons, and tapered headtube are from Paragon Machine Works. 

FRAME SPEC

• Handbuilt in our Minneapolis workshop
• Wilde Waypoint Carbon Fork 
• Includes copper, handcrafted, Jen Green headbadge
• Clearance for 700 x 50c or 650b x 2.2"
• Three bottle mounts
• Top tube feedbag mounts
• Fender mounts
• Tapered head tube with external cup: EC34/44
• 68mm bottom bracket shell
• Flat mount brake
• Rear Thru Axle M12 X 1.5
• Derailleur Hanger: SRAM UDH
• Seatpost: 27.2mm
• Seat Collar: 30.0
• Cable Guides: Paragon Modular guides under the downtube, and full loop braze-ons on the stays (No Zip Ties)

FINISH

• Wet paint finish, stock color is British Racing Green Metallic and Champagne. Custom paint can be whatever you can dream up. Of course there will be an additional cost for elaborate schemes which require extra labor hours. 

COMPLETE BIKE BUILD

We're happy to work with you on a custom build (Contact us to get started), or choose from one of our stock builds below.  

SRAM Rival AXS 1x13 Specifications*

• SRAM Rival AXS shifters with hydraulic brakes
• SRAM Rival AXS XPLR full mount rear derailleur
• SRAM Rival 1x Dub Wide 170mm crankset 42t
• SRAM XG-1351 cassette, 13 speed, 10-46
• Wolf Tooth Performance headset
• Thomson 90mm stem
• Thomson Elite setback seatpost
• Whisky 12f alloy handlebar
• Boyd CCC wheelset
• WTB Riddler 700x45 tires
• WTB Volt saddle
• AXS charger
• SRAM Paceline 160 mm rotors
  
• Shipped set up tubeless

GO CUSTOM

If your fit needs aren't met by our stock offered geo or you're looking for a custom color or finish, we're always happy to work with you to create the Earth Ship of your dreams. 

Wilde is proud to work with a variety of experts in anodizing, Cerakote, powder coating, and wet paint to achieve any finish you desire. 

Contact us to go custom. 

AVAILABILITY

Most sizes of Earth Ship's are in stock and ready to ship. Contact us for availability. 

SAFETY

Please read the bicycle owners manual before riding. This is important for safe operation of your new bike. 
Bicycle Owners Manual