2016 NINER RLT Steel 56cm white red

Too many bikes in the garage!

This is my 2016 Niner RLT Steel built from the frame up. First I must say I am sad to get rid of this awesome build, I did some amazing rides on the frame including the Oregon outback which is a 360 gravel ride across Oregon, and a couple other long 200- 300 mile rides. I loved the red white color way tried to match it with chrome accents in the wheels and brakes I think it turned out great and made for great photos. The draw of this bike was the sturdiness of the thru axles the ride of the best reynolds 853 steel and just being able to mount alot of gear very easily to the bike. At one point i did a 90 mile stretch through the Ochoco mountains with no place to fill up water that is where the 5 water bottle mounts really came in handy.

I mostly used this bike for bike camping as you can tell from the stories above, and i really think this is the best choice on the market for mixed road/gravel tours. Its steel, huge tire clearance (can fit a knobby 44 cm tire). Has mounts for racks front and rear and fenders front and rear. The geometry is sort of a fire road geometry as described by niner. I would say that it feels like endurance geometry road bike on the tarmac still dancy and light, but then you can really sit in on the gravel and handle the higher speed descents thanks to the lower bb. The bike has this torsional stiffness that comes from the thru axles which encouraged me to get out of the saddle and hammer, it was still very responsive despite all of its off road stability.

Couple call outs here on the parts.
love the outboard chinch style BB after ponied up the $90 for it and had it installed i will never buy a press fit bottom again. IT is SO Smooth! Feels like a square taper bb. I want one for every one of my bikes now.
The DT Swiss wheels were also expensive (about $700) but worth it. ratchet has a nice note to it, tubeless and wide which is where you want to be with a modern set of hoops. Any tire you put on these wheels will be more comfortable due to the width of the rim.


Frame
Reynolds 853 steel 56 cm frame 142x12mm thru axle rear, mounts for 3 waterbottles
Fork
Niner carbon tapered steerer Fork 100x15mm thru axle with 2 bottle mounts and fender mounts.
Drive
Shimano 105 11speed complete (shifters. fd,rd,cass, crank, chain). 50/34 chrainrings, 11-32 cassette. All less then a year old.
Bottom bracket
Wheels Manufacturing outboard pf30 abec 3(soooo smooth, almost no resistance)
Brakes/rotors
TRP SPYRE mechanicals, Shimano direct mount rotors
Wheels
DT Swiss R23 spline db wheels, tubeless, direct mount rotor style, measure 18mm wide internal 23mm external which is nice and wide and comfortable
Tires
(YOU CHOOSE) Specialized trigger 42mm tires or Specialized turbo Gripton tires 28mm.
Stem
120mm Arrowhead Stem
Handlebar
42cm Specialized
Seatpost
Ritchey Flex Logic WCS Carbon Seatpost (awesome compliant seatpost)
Cages
TI cages!

Items that DON'T come with the bike pictured are
POWER SADDLE(my favorite saddle to date) I will put on a fizik arione or a bontrager paradigm for free or your favorite saddle if you bring when you come to buy the bike.
and
spd Pedals(need these)

I also have some shorter stems to fit the bike a bit better to some one that doesn't have monkey arms like myself

andrew
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