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A new Rose Hobo Dropbar reimagines the consumer-direct bike brand’s affordable steel urban gravel bike as a proper bikepacking and adventure rig. Featuring the same tough chromoly steel frame upgraded to a mechanical GRX 1x groupset, a wide flared VentureMax dropbar, and an updated frame-mounted mini porteur front rack… this is an affordable adventure gravel bike for riders looking to venture further off the beaten track. 2025 Rose Hobo Dropbar steel gravel & adventure bike
(Photos/Rose) When Rose debuted their steel flat bar urban Hobo a couple of years ago, it looked like a great reboot of the classic hybrid bike. Fueled by the recent boom in gravel bikes, it was a flat bar commuter – ready for mixed-surface riding and outfitted with a nice modular front rack that bolted directly to the sides of its headtube. 2025 Rose Hobo Dropbar steel gravel adventure bike, bikepacking loaded Well, it seems the Hobo’s simple on- & off-road capability and built-in rack versatility were a hit for Rose. And they decided to give it a refresh with dropbars for riders looking for longer-distance adventures. What’s new?
2025 Rose Hobo Dropbar steel gravel adventure bike, new Ritchey VentureMx bar The name says it all. The big update is the swap to an alloy Ritchey VentureMax Comp handlebar, measuring 44cm at the hoods and a full 56.7cm outside at the ends of its ergo compact bend 24° […]
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