As customized bike manufacturers more and more flip to inventory choices to streamline manufacturing and supply entry factors for purchasers, Argonaut Cycles proves that ‘inventory’ doesn’t need to imply commonplace.
After introducing its first however limited-edition inventory choices ultimately 12 months’s MADE bike present, the Oregon-based model is making the so-called Supernaut a everlasting fixture in its lineup. Not solely that, it’s elevating the Supernaut to flagship mannequin standing.
Designed as a gateway to the Argonaut expertise, the Supernaut –out there each within the RM3 street mannequin or GR3 gravel bike– is handmade in-house and affords the identical premium, performance-oriented journey the model is thought for however with out the time-consuming course of.
“Born from a decade of pioneering revolutionary journey high quality and progressive composite manufacturing, the Supernaut distils years of innovation into the right bicycle,” says the model. “That is the bike Argonaut workers members journey, day in and time out.”
Argonaut Cycles was based by Ben Farver in Portland, Oregon, in 2007. Farver began out constructing with metal, however quickly shifted his focus to carbon frames, and Argonaut has been on the forefront of carbon manufacturing strategies ever since. Right this moment, Argonaut is headquartered in Bend, Oregon, and employs not simply Farver however 17 different individuals as properly. From the customized geometries to the mandrils for the moulds and the paint, the corporate does almost the whole lot in-house.
It builds round 200 frames a 12 months, and beginning in 2025, 30 manufacturing slots can be devoted to the Supernaut.
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The Supernaut can be produced completely with a surprising uncooked carbon end with Caribbean Pearl accents. It is going to additionally solely be out there as full builds. This not solely streamlines the manufacturing course of, it additionally ensures that the client will obtain their bike, able to journey, inside weeks fairly than months.
However fairly than clicking a Purchase button on the web site after which taking the bike to your bike fitter upon arrival, the bike match is finished forward of time. When ordering a Supernaut, Farver and his group will calculate the rider’s biomechanical window, which is the physique’s optimum place for environment friendly energy era on the bicycle. It could actually then match one of many 13 out there geometries to the rider’s bodily wants.
“Each Argonaut begins with a dialog, with the Argonaut group working straight with the rider all through the method and past, offering mechanical assist and ongoing consultations as wanted,” the model guarantees.
By turning the Supernaut right into a flagship mannequin, Argonaut says it has ‘eliminated all boundaries to the right journey.’
“During the last decade, the Argonaut group has designed a whole lot of potential carbon layups. Supernaut is the expression of this course of, offering confirmed layup patterns based mostly on rider weight, energy, and supposed use. Supernaut is the supreme street and gravel biking expertise, engineered with out compromise…the Supernaut is nothing in need of epic,” says Farver.
The Supernaut is a top-of-the-line body and is, due to this fact, paired with a few of the most interesting parts out there. And this stage of high quality does include a premium price ticket.
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Construct Specs
Supernaut RM3 street bike:
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- Groupset Choices
- Ceramic Velocity T47 BB
- Completed in uncooked carbon with Caribbean Pearl accents wrapped in a excessive gloss protecting coat.
- Argonaut R43 Wheels
- Enve Built-in Cockpit and Seatpost (Enve one-piece bar/stem improve out there)
- Schwalbe Tires
- Silca Bar Tape
- Selle Repente Artax GLM Saddle
- MSRP: $16,500 / £13,100
Supernaut GR3 gravel bike:
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- Groupset Choices
- Ceramic Velocity T47 BB
- Completed in breathtaking uncooked carbon with beautiful Caribbean Pearl accents wrapped in a matte Cerakote protecting coat.
- Argonaut D33 Wheels (New!)
- Enve Built-in Cockpit and Seatpost (Enve one-piece bar/stem improve out there)
- Schwalbe Tires
- Silca Bar Tape
- Selle Repente Artax GLM Saddle
- MSRP: Supernaut GR3 – $15,900 / £12,600
Introducing: D33 Gravel Wheels
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Together with the sock geometry Supernaut, Argonaut is launching hand-built carbon gravel wheels known as the D33.
That includes a 28mm inner rim width and 33mm rim depth, these gravel and journey wheels have been optimised for sturdiness and stability and designed to accommodate the more and more wider tyres the off-road self-discipline calls for.
The design guarantees enhanced traction and compliance on rougher terrain whereas nonetheless weighing lower than many high-end street wheels at simply 1269g for the whole wheelset.
Argonaut calls them a “strong, no-compromise resolution for demanding gravel rides, races, and adventures.”
The wheels sport Carbon-Ti hubs and straight-pull DT Aerolite spokes.
Product spec:
- Tire Vary: 35-50mm
- 33mm Rim Depth
- 28mm Inside Width
- Weight: 1269g – Pair
- Hookless Rim
- Carbon-Ti Hubs
- DT-Swiss Aerolight Spokes
- Construct in Bend, OR
- MSRP: $2,800 / £2,250
