Thesis Bike Ob1 Review

Posted on april 7 2019 author staff comments off on bike review.
Thesis bike ob1 review. Since both the thesis ob1 and the rodeo labs traildonkey 3 0 were built as gravel bikes from the start there are no uci handcuffs and each one is optimized to be a true one bike quiver. Combine that with our factory direct pricing and you ll understand why it s been called unbeatable. Thesis skips the middlemen and works directly with the industry s top factories to create a customizable high end carbon bicycle with carbo. Thesis ob1 carbon all road bike cyclocross magazine thesis bike co founder randall jacobs is a bike industry veteran.
Chase down roadies and hit the trails on the way back. Gravel minded brands like thesis and rodeo labs have a ton to offer at very competitive price points. Thesis is a high end direct to consumer bicycle company based in san francisco california. Instead it s a very good bike that offers its buyers lots of customization options an excellent spec and.
On the thesis ob1 700c wheels with slightly larger rolling diameter than cyclocross tires felt like a normal modern cyclocross bike due to the low bottom bracket the bike starts with. It s fast versatile brilliantly equipped and built to last. The brand describes it as a quiver killer for road gravel bikepacking cyclocross or touring. Randall jacobs and alice liu invited me to their downtown workshop to check out their new adventure road machine the ob1 and take it for a test ride.
In 2018 the company is launching the ob1 one bike for every road. The thesis ob1 is not an incredible bike when judged by the usual performance metrics. The ob1 is a premium carbon gravel bike for any road from perfect asphalt to rocky trails and everything in between. Former pro mountain biker and industry veteran randall jacobs is the latest to step up to this challenge with his recently launched brand thesis and the ob1.
Pack your gear and disappear for a few weeks. The limitation of the shorter chainstays is that with 700c wheels 40mm is the tire clearance limit perhaps 42mm with a squeeze. First ride review so what exactly is the ob1. A visit to thesis bike and ob1 first ride impressions.
The thesis ob1 is a carbon all road gravel bike made for perfect asphalt to rocky trails and everything in between.