Thanks to UCI-sanctioned racing and the fact that it’s still a relatively new genre, gravel is constantly evolving, and over the last year or so, it has moved beyond its adventure-based roots and become increasingly focused on race-ready machines. However, Fara aims to push the racy boundaries while harking back to what makes gravel special with the all-new Gr4. Here’s everything you need to know.
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Claiming to be an evolution of the F/Gravel, one of the earliest bikes to feature 50mm tyre clearance and a racy silhouette, Fara’s new Gr4 plans to expand on that bike’s forward-thinking premise. And the first morsel of evidence is that the Gr4 is set to run up to 2.2in tyres, firmly categorising it as a modern gravel bike.
It’s not just about fat tyres as the brand has tinkered with its carbon fibre. Now using high modulus Torayca T1000 and M40X fibres with a refined layup, Fara reckon it’s dropped over 200g from the F/Gravel’s frame weight. The brand didn’t stop there as it brought such tweaks to its fork, seatpost and its standout modular cockpit, reducing the system weight by 500g, apparently. That means that a medium Gr4 is slated to weigh 970g, without anything bolted to it, of course.
As Jeff Webb, Fara Cycling’s founder says, “We didn’t want to force riders to choose between a bike that’s built for racing and one that’s built for exploration,” the Gr4 gets the full gamut of cargo mounts as well as hidden fender mounts, so we can expect speedy bikepacking trips and hell-for-leather gravel efforts.
The brand has tweaked its downtube storage system too, in a bid for aero gains, and the T47 bottom bracket is co-moulded into the frame.
As for the geometry, a size 56 bike boasts a 574 effective top tube, a 74-degree seat tube angle, a 71.2-degree head tube angle and a 425mm chainstay length.
The modular cockpit gets more modular
As well as the introduction of an all-new bike, Fara has unveiled tweaks to its interesting-looking Modular Cockpit. With the view of making it more ergonomic, adaptable and more comfortable, the handlebar benefits from increased flare angles that are proportional to the chosen width. So the narrowest bar gets an eight-degree flare, whereas the widest gets a 12-degree measurement.
Moving onto the integrated stem, it’s adjustable. Using four bolts for fastening, users can adjust the stem length in a range of 10mm. These bolts can also be used to mount accessories, such as Fara’s Aerobars.
That cockpit can be found on all of the Gr4 models, as well as CeramicSpeed bottom bracket and headset bearings.
Prices start at €5,200 for the frameset and go up to €9,900 for the SRAM Red XPLR and Zipp 303 SW XPLR-equipped range topper.
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