Small bike brand, Shand, has become known for hand-building steel bikes of all kinds with durability in mind, and today, it has revived the Stramash. As before, it’s a do-it-all gravel bike, capable of road, fireroad bashing, and singletrack, but it’s got a few neat tricks up its sleeve.
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The new Stramash is Shand’s take on the modern gravel bike, and the brand is brave enough to state that it blurs the lines between gravel and mountain bikes. As expected of Shand, the gravel bike features a full Columbus steel construction with space for up to 50mm tyres, and there’s a fancy UDH system going on here.
I say that because we’re told that the Stramash can run T-Type drivetrains, Rohloff speed hubs, and belt drive systems, pleasing calls from all corners of the cycling world for lesser maintenance. As well as that dropout, Shand has included an interesting multi-fit bottom bracket shell. That means that the bike can play ball with T47 threaded BBs and eccentric bottom brackets. The former allows for the use of traditional cranksets, whereas the latter acts as tensioning for belt drive options.
With a new lease of life comes a refreshed geometry. In its large size, expect a 70.5-degree head tube angle, a 73.5-degree seat tube angle, and a 382mm reach. There’s then a 435mm chainstay, and of course, the geometry is corrected for a suspension fork, if that’s your flavour.
Shand doesn’t state the specific wheel size that the bike runs, rather it suggests that it can run those 50mm tyres on 700c wheels.
The build
The Shand Stramash will be available in only one build, but with options to run whichever drivetrain you want. Hung onto the TIG welded grame is Shand’s T1000 Carbon fork with mounts and routing for a Dynamo, and the bike can be picked up with SRAM Rival, Shimano GRX 820 or Gebla Roh Box shifting, with the latter available in the Rohloff build.
The wheels are somewhat drivetrain specific, too, with NU Components Carbon rims on either Hope’s Pro 5 hub, Rideworks’ hubs or a Rohloff rear hub. Those wheels will come wrapped with Schwalbe G One all round 40 tyres.
As for the cockpit, Ritchey has that covered with a flared alloy bar and stem combo.
Prices start at £4,595 and go up to £7,194.
