Sarto Raso Gravel The new Sarto Raso Gravel is designed as a gravel race bike with aerodynamics at its core, blended with lightweight and class-leading clearances to meet the demands of gravel racers.
You may not have heard of Sarto, but if you’ve ridden a high-end Italian bike over the last decade, the chances are you’ve ridden a frameset Sarto constructed at its Venice HQ.
More recently, Sarto has moved away from building for other brands and into making its own designs, concentrating on custom builds to meet the exacting needs of its customers.
The new Sarto Raso Gravel requires deep pockets, however. A frameset will set you back £8,210 / $8,250 / €7,750, while the bike we have in for testing has a price tag of £14,190 / $17,290 / €13,990. The new Raso Gravel
The Raso Gravel can be had in two designs, with differing tyre clearances. Warren Rossiter / OurMedia The Raso Gravel’s frame can be configured to take tyres from 48mm up to a huge 55mm (2.1 inches) on 700c wheels . The 48mm option can run 1x or 2x drivetrains, while the 55mm is 1x only . It can take up to a huge 52-tooth chainring size to meet the needs of the fastest gravel racers.
Sarto’s pro-gravel athlete Skyler Taylor had this to say about the wider option: "Tire size: the simple answer is bigger tires roll much faster on rough terrain and don’t puncture as easily.
"The reason 2.2 (inch) is so important is that all the […]
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