With Canyon unveiling its drop bar Exceed just an hour or two ago, today is a huge day for mountain bikes with curly bars… which won’t exactly go down well with many. General distaste for new things aside, US brand Obed has thrown its hat into the drop-bar ring with its TTR, a bike that blends genres with a 100mm suspension fork, a lengthy dropper post and a drop handlebar.

The aim of the Obed TTR is to forget about categorisation or genres. But one thing’s for sure, it’s built to smash together the good bits of gravel with the good bits of mountain bikes. So that’s the multiple hand positions and possible aero gains of a drop bar, but the extra capability that fatter tyres, more suspension, and a dropper post bring.

The TTR’s frame itself draws inspiration from cross-country mountain bikes. However, it’s more than a simple drop-bar conversion; rather, the frame is built around the drop bar and shaped to work with the riding position and handling that a drop bar produces. Unfortunately, we weren’t supplied with a geometry chart, so I can’t dive into the numbers for you.

2026 obed ttr rding
2026 obed ttr rding (Image Credit: obed)

Moving on anyway, the frame offers space for 2.4-inch tyres, so yep, it fits mountain bike tyres, and it’s equipped with a Universal Derailleur Hanger (UDH). With that, Obed is offering SRAM and Shimano builds, put together with a mixture of gravel-specific and cross-country components, says the brand, which makes sense given that there’s a drop bar here. For example, a Shimano XT Di2 mech will be paired with GRX shifters, and if you want to go proper mullet, SRAM’s GX T-Type mech brings a wide spread of gears while being paired with SRAM’s Force shifters.

As mentioned before, models are available with a 100mm suspension fork and a dropper post if you’re looking to boost that capability further.

Obed says that the TTR will be painted and built to order and can be shipped internationally. Riders can pick the colour of the frame’s paint and its logo, and there are spec options available. The base build, featuring Industry Nine 1/1 Sector Alloy wheels, SRAM’s Apex Eagle drivetrain, and a RockShox SID SL Select fork, will set you back $4,499.