OPEN Wi.DE

Open continues to push the boundaries of bike design, and is having fun doing it

PETER STUART

Open is a bike brand that seems to be always ahead of the trend. The company’s co-founder, Gerard Vroomen, was half of the brains behind Cervélo and has always had a knack for creating bikes we never knew we wanted. The original Open UP – a bike with what looked like a road frame but with clearance for 650b wheels and 2.1in mountain bike tyres – was bizarre on first sight. However, it proved to be hugely popular and broke new ground in the space between gravel bikes and hardtail mountain bikes. Open dubbed it ‘GravelPlus’ but, with many gravel bikes now offering dual wheel size compatibility, this category is no longer really necessary. Not that we needed any further confusion anyway. Open achieved the UP’s wide clearance while maintaining…

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Cyclist Off Road (Digital) - 1 Issue, Autumn 2019

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