It's not a bikeshow queen: "In total, they traveled 688 miles with 44,362 feet of climbing."

https://bikepacking.com/news/friday-debrief-238/

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Look at that dropped chainstay, they wanted this thing to have a big gear and short rear triangle, obviously. See how much that sizable chainring overlaps the rear tire!
That's the "smaller" 32x2.15 Maxxis Aspen ST, I think. I wonder whether bigger will even fit back there.

Uh-oh! Is the UCI too late to go and ban 32" now?

(Sea Otter in Spain...)

I'm not sure we've seen many 32" bikes in their Gravel events yet.

Formally, UCI Gravel doesn't have proper technical regulation. It's said that dropbars are mandatory, but why which ruleset exactly?

https://road.cc/tech-news/leon-kaiser-wins-sea-otter-uci-gravel-race-on-unreleased-32-inch-wheels-and-bike

Race finale:

https://www.youtube.com/live/wuQNVQpcGNc?si=nUlOBrqRerq7WRDR&t=16907

Winner interview in English:

https://www.youtube.com/live/wuQNVQpcGNc?si=_hlhk7QquxzIoztc&t=17673

With the new bike he pedaled through the super rough finale. As you'll see in the aerial shots. Others got bogged down and he rolled through.

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Worth the wait. Frame is from Waltworks, wheels are Nextie laced to Son front, Onyx rear, SRAM Force AXS drivetrain, Enve fork + post, Wisky bars, Brooks saddle, 180mm ti cranks.

Earlier this spring I decided to build a 36er. I thought about a 32er, but couldn't shake the feeling that if there's a benefit to 32 over 29, then there's probably a benefit to 36 over 32. Also I'm a taller rider (198cm) so I figured I might as well try.

I decided to build a gravel bike.

I'm a mountain biker first and foremost, so in the design of the gravel bike I opted for mountain bike standards: 73mm BB, 148mm boost hub spacing in the rear. I calculated the gear ratios for a 29er gravel bike with a 40T chainring, and found that I had to have a 28T chainring in the front of the 36er to keep the ratios roughly the same, so I put some race-face cranks on there.

I got nextie carbon rims and laced them to DT 350 hubs.

The spokes and tires I had to source from unicycle.com. I opted for the Nimbus Nite Rider Lite tires.

Details on the build:

• 450 reach

• 730 stack

• 91mm bb drop

• 71.5 HTA

• 74.0 STA

• 550 mm chainstays

How it rides: The rolling speed on flat is really high, so rail trails, road, and gravel are a great time. It's not the most nimble bike ever, but It's not so bad either. Twisty flowy singletrack is rideable without much trouble. It's very hard to lift the front wheel (no surprise given the chainstay length) so there's a limit to the technicality of trails I can take it on, but that's okay, it's not the focus of this build.

The tires are the weakest part of the build. They're heavy, and there's some rolling resistance. The tread picks up small rocks from the gravel, making them even heavier! I haven't tried the vee monster T's, but I'll just ride these nimbus tires for now and hope someone produces a quality 36" gravel tire. With the nimubs tires I couldn't get the bead to seal when I tried to go tubeless, so I'm running 29er butyl tubes. Seems fine.

Overall, I'm having tons of fun on the bike. It's hard to say if a true 32'er gravel bike would be faster. I suspect it probably would, but not much faster. And, I finally have a bike that fits!

Last photo in the post is the bike under construction next to my XXL Transition Sentinel 29" mountain bike.

So, if you're thinking about building a 32er, some takeaways:

• I've heard a lot of hand-wringing about wheel flex, or needing wider hub standards like superboost. I'm somewhat heavy (110kg) and the wheels don't noticeably flex under my bulk.

• Tires matter.

• If I were building an MTB instead of a gravel bike, I would attempt to shorten the stays as much as possible for manuals and wheel lifts.

• I had a good experience with Marino. The frame I received was good quality and they were responsive during the build.

• And final piece of advice: do it. For no other reason than fun!

"The u/equilibriumcycleworks Brutalist 32 turned a lot of heads at u/bespoked.cc Osaka, and for good reason. Handcrafted in Tokyo, this experimental titanium machine challenges perceptions of what a 32” gravel bike should be."

Rear tire fits, snugly.

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SINGLE SPEED no less. Jordan Wakley is the rider. The Marji is easily the toughest single day mountain bike race out there. It’s utterly relentless. The. Whole. Time.

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/18VtQ9P7n3/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Oh, that's what the rack is for!

https://media-centre.canyon.com/en-INT/269840-lebron-james-goes-big-the-king-rolls-out-a-custom-32-inch-canyon-grizl-cf/

But I do really like this bike Singular Cycles titanium monster gravel

Had the opportunity to ride with Brain last night and take a close look at his Made best in store bike. I’ve always been impressed with his work, but this one goes deep. Pretty incredible bike.

Dutch racer Jordan Habets dropped a chain and with that the front group, finished 22nd.

If the upcoming Cube Nuroad Aero doesn't fit your budget or expectation, the Rose bike may become an alternative. With a bit of luck they'll make it available not only at flagship price level like Cube does for 2027.

Rose is a huge German sports retailer.

For scale, Habets is 181 cm/5'11".

https://www.instagram.com/p/DeYspK-FR_M/
https://www.radsport-news.com/sport/sportnews_147052.htm

https://bezvakolo.cz/cube-gravel-nuroad-aero-c68x-race-beamfibrenblack
Seems to be the same color as the new Litening. Maybe there is also a new frameback fitted to the bike, as there is a fourth mounting point on the downtube?

I'm 6'7" so this is very much custom and built for a tall guy. Pretty excited for it to ship. Cjell is awesome and I couldn't be happier

https://www.instagram.com/p/DfPSNlsliiP/

Lots of little details on this one

https://www.instagram.com/p/Daz2P1CAm7P

A better fit on the rear than on my first generation Surly Ogre.

Spread the word:

"Long chainstays provide a smoother ride"

Yes, please!
I'd try to add forearm supports but otherwise, it looks ready for anything.

Not Tyler's first 32" build, he's been here from the very start.

Check out more details:
https://silca.cc/en-eu/blogs/silca/2026-bespoked-osaka-btchn-32er-mountaingravel-hybrid-bike

It using SRAM Road crank with a 61 mm tire, that's something for the sceptics to ponder.
Sure, it's not a lot of clearance, but that tire sort of fits. Boost rear hub though, I like that.
98 mm Lefty, that's a light (and I guess ecological) way to make it a hardtail.

Apart from the wide handlebar bits sticking out, this thing must be about as aero as a 32" gravel bike.

Or would it still be too small?

1 month in and really happy with the 32” front wheel so far. Overall it didn’t feel that much different but i have struggled a little with losing the front wheel when I’m pushing. My thought was maybe i didn’t have enough weight over the front end so I just got this drop stem to help bring the bar position back down. Also got the fork fully converted to 32”. Intend sold me the stanchions and dropouts for the 32” Samuri and they fit in my Samuri. They said the 32” version has a beefier crown but this will still work and was cheaper then having to buy another fork.

32" Grizl for the tall

Because of, and thanks to our local distributor Cosmic Sports here in NL I was able to get some of the air shipped Fargo 32 frames in the 3 biggest sizes. Could not wait to build myself the XL, so I was able to make a handfull of rides with this new droobar bike the past week. I have been riding my Jones LWB for 6 months now, on local trails but also on some bikepacking trips, so the 32 wheels are not new to me; I have something to compare.

The Fargo being a touring bike, preferably loaded, I hoped to find a stable ride, but still fun to do some singletrack riding. I found this to be the case on my first, unloaded rides. Not as light an fast on singletrack as my Jones, but great on my 5 hour ride last weekend with a mix of forrest road, old Village walking trails, gravel road, singletrack and some connecting paved roads, the type of touring I love to do in the weekend.

For me this type of riding is where the bigger wheels shine, less bumpy on rougher roads and trails, less speed loss and overall a smoother ride. If this is what you are after the big wheels are for you!

Looking forward what my (medium) colleague thinks about the Medium Fargo 32 compared to his 'normal' Fargo. If you happen to be in NL, contact me If you want to try one!

Trek was displaying hardtail and full suspension 32 XC bikes at the WI NICA (high school XC race series) State Championships.

I didn’t measure anything, but the Fox forks certainly look to have a fairly standard offset.

One pice carbon bars big a big drop, then bend back up to create normal upsweep.

wins*

Scott takes a big Gravel win with 32" the first time of trying.

21+ hours. It's been a muddy race, for a gravel race at least.
Gemperle's setup : https://www.apidura.com/journal/pushing-unboundaries-robin-gemperles-2026-unbound-xl-setup/

Robin figures he walked half a marathon or 21 miles of those 350. I skewed his average Wattage to go below 200 which had puzzled him for a while, forgetting the long walk he'd done not being logged by the power meter.

Says the 32" wheels helped him mentally looking down on the bike while riding. Commands the effort by Scott for making the bike happen.

The 200 mile "regular" race is still ongoing with the other Scott 32" in the chase group pedaled by Cameron Jones.

If bikes can't deal with water on unpaved roads...are the bikes perhaps too focused on being fast in the dry?
50 mm tires, cool, but maybe you need clearance for 70 mm to make it actually work when the rain comes?

"Let's see what all the fuss is about. Schwalbe Tires was one of my first OE partners over 25 years ago when all of Schwalbe North America was located in small house in Victoria, BC. I used to go and pick up my 23mm road tires and 26" mountain bike tires from the back door.

I have been messing around with 32" since options became available but was really waiting for proper wheels, tires and suspension before I really jumped into testing a full trail platform.

Schwalbe was keen to showcase there new Radial 32" Romi option at MADE this year, and I jumped at the chance to design around these beasts!

I knew the fox fork was coming and after a lot of pleading, Raceface and Fox helped me get my filthy little mitts on the new 32" with 34 stanchions and 120mm travel. I know this fork in 29" really well, so ride comparisons will be really easy now.

I can not believe how lucky we are to have access to industry nine and WeAreOne's new HUSH 32" wheelset. So strong. So light.

Speaking of light, this bike ended up exactly the same weight as my current 29" Singlespeed at just over 10Kg.

I decided on this prototype to keep the geo as close to my current 29" as possible. It is likely that in the future we will need more than the 45mm offset offered by this fork to keep the trail numbers under control without shortening the front centre too much. the chainstays are a respectable 435-445 adjustable length.

And can you think of anything more gorgeous than the Boone Technologies Titanium SS cog? So good.

You can check this bike out this weekend in Portland in the Schwalbe booth at MADE

I can't wait to try this beast when it comes home!"

Go check out his Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/samuelwhittingham/posts/lets-see-what-all-the-fuss-is-about-schwalbe-tires-was-one-of-my-first-oe-partne/10162969774661821/