Sonder Rubicon
Sonder Rubicon
Comfort for big miles. Tough enough for the rough stuff.
Aeronautical-grade titanium gives lightweight strength and comfort on longer mixed-terrain adventures. Titanium takes the sting out of rough surfaces when the kilometres start adding up, with confidence-inspiring durability for years of hard riding and trips into the unknown.
Gravel geometry, pushed further
We took the award-winning Camino geometry as our starting point, extended the wheelbase, slackened the head angle and slightly lowered the bottom bracket. The result is an even more planted bike that tracks confidently over rough ground, holds its line and lets you carry more speed through loose and technical descents.
In short - more confidence when smooth gravel turns rough.
More comfort. More control. More ways through.
Rubicon is designed around a 60mm RockShox Rudy XL suspension fork that takes the edge off repeated hits, washboard gravel and rougher trails. That means more control when things get technical and less of a beating when rough ground stretches on for hours.
Dropper-post routing lets you get the saddle out the way when the trail points downhill. It's a bike that eggs you on to tackle harder lines without sacrificing the pedalling efficiency that makes it so good at linking distant trails together.
Even more grip for proper off-road riding.
Generous clearance lets you fit the latest generation of Gravel+ tyres up to 55mm wide. More tyre volume means extra grip in loose corners or soft ground, and cushioning when trails get rocky or rutted. Make light work of terrain that felt hard on narrower gravel rubber.
Load it up and disappear for a while.
A full set of frame mounts give you loads of options for turning Rubicon into a multi-day adventure bike, with fittings for a rear rack, mudguards, two bottle cages and a top tube bag.
For lightly loaded blasts across the Peak or much bigger point-to-point adventures further afield, set Rubicon up around the ride you've got planned.
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