Steel
We chose air hardened steel because it’s malleable and it allows us to craft the tubing to the exact spec’s we need. Our steel is heat treated to give high strength and durability, and its compliant nature ensures a comfortable ride for long days in the saddle. Plus, all our steel tubes are butted so that the walls are thicker where it’s welded and thinner in the middle. This reduces weight while ensuring you have the strength needed for welding the tube ends.
Carbon fork
A new carbon adventure fork, with added tire clearance for 700*55c (650*2.4"), triple cage mounts for fenders and panniers, 398mm Axel to Crown and an adjustable offset of 47mm or 52mm.
Butted tubing
All our steel tubes are butted so that the walls are thicker where it’s welded and thinner in the middle. This reduces weight while also ensuring you have the strength needed for welding the tube ends. In addition, we know you’re going to push this bike hard in all weather conditions, so we applied an ED anti-corrosion coating on the interior and exterior of all our tubes.
Progressive geometry
Utilizing our mountain bike expertise, we wanted to offer a bike that felt comfortable on both short and long-haul rides, as well as multi-surface terrains. We designed the Cache with a longer front center and a shorter stem to ensure it had optimal handling to expertly manage technical corners, while still being predictable, stable and comfortable on epic adventure rides.
Human Centric Sizing
We have always believed in human centric sizing and design our bikes to deliver optimal reach, standover height and geometry for a broad range of riders.
Design
Knolly craftsmanship
Of the seven Cache steel tubes (two top tubes, two down tubes, seat tube, chain stay and seat stay), all are custom and most of them required new or modified production tooling. In particular, we wanted to highlight the Cache seat tube. Instead of being completely straight, our Cache is curved, butted and follows the shape of the wheel. This elegant tube not only looks stunning but it also provides tire and fender clearance and vertical compliance through the seat post to the rider.
Utility
Versatility with intuitive features
Our riders wanted one bike that could deliver the highest level of performance, reliability and durability. The Cache steel features a DT Swiss RWS rear axle, custom CNC’d dropouts, supports 1by or 2by, 3 water bottle mounts, rack mounts, and external cable housing with cable guides along the downtube to ensure easy and quick service-ability. This ride is offered in two great colour options: Beere Blue, and Pablo Grey. We’re proud of the Cache steel, as we know it will deliver strong on your next gravel, single-track or urban adventure.
