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Meriwether Cycles has a new bike called the Ponderosa. This particular bike is a collaboration between John Watson of The Radavist and Whit Johnson of Meriwether. When John told me the two were working together, I thought this is going to be a sweet bike.
Whit already makes stellar machines. But mix in Whit’s clever frame building with John’s aesthetics, creative touches, and geometry insight, and it’s a collaboration worth mentioning.
Take, for instance, the last bike I reviewed that John collaborated on. It was the stellar Sklar Super Something . That was a great-looking bike – and this new Meriwether Ponderosa looks to be just as nice. (Photos / Mariwether Cycles) Details on The Ponderosa
The Ponderosa is designed around short-reach gravel bars and an 80mm stem This new Meriwether Cycles Ponderosa is a US-made steel “gravel+” bike. The Ponderosa is going to come in stock sizes, so it will get a decent turn-around time of 2 months, and be cheaper than full-custom. Fork clearance Bottom Bracket yoke clearance The frame has the clearance to run a wide-range gravel group and has been optimized to clear a 700×50 to 58mm tire. It’s mentioned that you can run the Ponderosa with smaller tires, but you’ll risk possible pedal strikes, as the bottom bracket will be lower. Dropper Routing The Poderosa is not just a big-clearance gravel bike. It’s been […]
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