STYLE. SPEED. GRAVEL. GRIT. The all-new Libre is refined, race-ready, and gravel-focused.
The Libre set a high mark when first introduced; a supremely capable and versatile adventure bike, it garnered accolades from one end of the cycling media to the other. Now it’s time to meet the next generation Libre, and usher in a whole new era of gravel and adventure performance. It’s every bit as versatile and capable as before, but now it’s lighter, tighter, stronger, faster, and more responsive. Cue the theme music from The Six Million Dollar Man.
LIBRE CR
Somewhere between the stable but often sluggish beast of burden world of touring and the highly strung, tightly focused realm of road performance, there exists a need for a drop bar bike that can grind out mile after mile of washboard gravel and still snap to attention when you stomp on the pedals. It needs to be fast, with geometry relaxed and composed enough to eat all that gravel without a twitch, but still sharp enough to carve turns on pavement with authority. Build it out of carbon fiber, so it’s super light, but plenty strong as well. Festoon it with bosses for lots of water bottles and bento mounts, but don’t go crazy. Lots of tire clearance, just in case.
Sharp, but smooth. Fast, but comfortable. Gravel all day, pavement whenever you want.
LIBRE CR DL FRAMESET
This is the second generation of Libre. The original raked in accolades from all corners of the cycling media – Bicycling magazine, Gran Fondo, Peloton, Road Bike Action, Grit CX, Adventure Cycling, The Path Less Pedaled, to name a few.
The new Libre builds on the stellar reputation of the original, tightens focus slightly, and leans into a more edgier performance stance without sacrificing versatility.
There are fender mounts and room enough for both fenders and 700x45mm tires. The acclaimed geometry is refined ever so slightly; shorter chainstays, a touch steeper seat angle, a smidge less stack, a hair more reach, more sizing options. Fully guided internal cable and hose routing keeps things quiet. A 27.2 seatpost diameter adds some compliance. UDH rear hanger, flat mount brakes and PF86 bottom bracket evolve with the times.
We’ve all been there – training blindingly hard, pushing our limits, gasping for sustenance. Kona Factory athlete Hannah Simms thrives in that weird place –– though you’d never guess it from her always-calm composure — even during the most insufferable grinds. While some dread hanging out in the “pain cave”, Hannah sets up shop in there – kicking off her shoes, settling onto a nice couch, and offering up a snack plate.
Just like Hannah Simms, you need a racy gravel bike to go sweat out your demons in Emporia, Kansas. But you also need something with enough tire clearance to tame the messiest of potholed urban hellscapes, and you need a commuter that can run fenders and all that commutery stuff. But don’t forget fast! Like, real fast. There’s just the bike for that. We call it the Libre. Lee-Bray. Not Libra. Not Lieber. Libré, as in freedom.
The Libre set a high mark when first introduced; a supremely capable and versatile adventure bike, it garnered accolades from one end of the cycling media to the other. Now it’s time to meet the next generation Libre, and usher in a whole new era of gravel and adventure performance. It’s every bit as versatile and capable as before, but now it’s lighter, tighter, stronger, faster and more responsive.
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