One of our favourite's from the Summer is Paul's Open UPPER frameset built with Lightweight Wegweiser wheels and finishing kit.This bike is for the steep, hilly roads of Hong Kong and has a pair of 650b wheels on standby for trail riding. The Shimano 1 x 11 build is particularly suitable for hilly areas and makes the standard 2 x11 chainset redundant as the need to change from big ring to small and vice versa at the bottom and top of climbs is no longer neccessary.The Lightweight Wegweiser wheels with their carbon spokes work very well with the matt carbon of the frame with the only colour highlight the Open graphic around the bottom of the head tube.
Though the Open UPPER is a 'gravel bike' the high quality carbon lay-up means this bike handles equally well on and off-road and the bike is fast and nimble on asphalt. Combined with the all carbon Lightweight wheels this bike purrs along.
Technical Spec
| Frame | Open UPPER |
| Wheelset | Lightweight Wegweiser |
| Tyres | Schwalbe Pro One 28mm |
| Handlebars | Lightweight Kompaktbugel (75mm reach, 123mm Drop) |
| Stem | Enve (waiting for the Lightweight Bugelhalter) |
| Seatpost | Lightweight Leistunstrager |
| Saddle | Fizik Aliante R1 |
| Shifters & Brakes | Shimano Ultegra R8070 Hydraulic Di2 |
| Rear Derailleur | Shimano XT |
| Cassette | Shimano XT 11 - 46 |
| Chainset | Quarq DZero |
| Chainring | SRAM Force CX1 |
| Bottle Cages | Lightweight Edelhelfer |
| Pedals | Shimano Dura Ace R9100 SPDSL |