2018 Custom lightweight travel bike (Explorateur) (Used)

Explorateur - one-of-a-kind, lightweight steel custom travel bike using Ritchey BreakAway system, handmade in England. Absolutely beautiful ride quality!

Custom measurements (happy to provide) - closest to a 58cm, but should work for anyone who typically rides a 57cm - 60cm (approx reach = 41.75cm; approx stack = 60cm-ish…could be somewhat less - oversized head tube - not sure what the best measurement here is… top tube is tad under 57cm and I’d estimate the effective top tube to be a tad under 58cm).

This was modeled on a 58-59cm frame I have, but with a couple of tweaks to make it more packable, biggest of which is that seat tube is approx 3cm shorter (little over 56cm rather than 59cm on the other bike.) Rider accommodates by simply extending the seat tube the additional 3cm (give or take a little off course, depending on the rider.)

This bike was designed and built to travel to the world’s best climbs, and the complete bike weighs 19.8lbs as pictured!! (You could easily go lower - other than the frame, none of the components are optimized for weight.)

And the pictures simply do not do this frame justice - the detail of the welds, and the octagonal flattened Spirit HSS top tube, or the tapered head tube are hard to pick up in the pics, but subtlety stand out in real life.

The patented Ritchey Break-Away® design has been heralded by mainstream cycling media as one of the most innovative bikes on the market today. Its not a travel bike. Its a bike that travels. By removing two bolts and disconnecting the cabling, the frame splits in half, and the bike is ready to pack down into a standard sized suitcase. (Also selling a co-motion suitcase separately - https://co-motion.com/collections/store/products/co-pilot-bicycle-travel)

Frame does not have very many miles on it, and is in excellent condition EXCEPT for a couple of rust spots (at both of the break-away points - and a small spot on the inside of the left chain stay - should be captured in the pics) from spending too many miles on a trainer during Covid lockdowns when it should have been traveling the world.

The rust was however completely superficial and cleaned up nicely. No dents, never crashed, etc

The bike was also completely overhauled recently ($1950- and very few miles on it since the service) which included:

sonic cleaning

new 12-speed ultegra crankset & chain

new ultegra shifters

new bottom bracket

new handlebar & tape

new cabling & housing (including breakaway connectors & bolts)

New breakaway clamp

new seat post (Thompson Elite to match the Thompson Elite stem)

overhauled headset

Also has an Enve road fork

Complete Shimano Ultegra

Thomson Elite seat post, handlebar & stem (110mm)

Choice of wheels:

A) Mavic Ksyrium SLE wheelset (as pictured - pulled from a Pinarello) w/ continental Grand Prix 4000 II tires (paired w/ matching Mavic specific brake pads), or

B) Locally built HED Belgium rims on White Industries T11 hubs, w/ Conti Grand Prix 4000/ 5000 tires (paired with SHIMANO brake pads)

(Sold without saddle and peddles)

Ritchey break away 56cm 57cm 58cm 59cm 60cm