Colnago has launched the C68 Allroad, a more relaxed version of its C68 road bike platform, with tweaked geometry and wider tyre clearance.
The Italian brand says it has increased the stack height and shortened the reach of the C68 Allroad frame, while pushing out the fork rake.
Despite the changes, the core lugged construction technique of the C68 road bike family remains, as well as the brand’s integrated road-going CC.01 integrated cockpit.
The increased tyre clearance comes via the geometry tweaks, plus a modification of the chainstay assembly.
The C68 Allroad has a suggested price tag of €15,335 with a Shimano Dura-Ace R9200 Di2 groupset . Other builds are available, with prices to be determined. “Not a road bike, nor a gravel bike”
The C68 looks more like an endurance bike on paper. Colnago
The new C68 Allroad isn’t positioned as either a pure road bike or a gravel bike to the extreme, but as a bike designed to take on “smooth asphalt to light all-road riding ”.The bike’s modified geometry is designed to make life easier when the going gets rougher.Despite the all-road moniker, the bike’s geometry and modest tyre clearance means it’s probably best aligned to a modern endurance bike , rather than a full-blown gravel bike.Colnago says it has added 19mm to the stack height, while shortening the reach by 3.5mm, on average.The fork rake has been increased by 7mm, which should combine to relax the handling of the C68 Allroad and make it more stable on rougher roads.Colnago […]
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