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Stine rarely plans a ride very far ahead.
Most of the time it starts after work. An hour and a half with Morten or Jens. The Amager loop, the coast, sometimes alone.
There is usually no bigger objective.
She rides because being outside creates distance from everything else.
The bicycle is simply the way out.
The brief was never to build a gravel bike.
It was to build something quiet, capable and easy to live with.
Fast enough when the road opens. Comfortable when it doesn't. Stable on gravel without feeling like a gravel bike everywhere else.
Nothing on it needed to announce itself.
The bicycle should make sense slowly.
Quietness
Stine didn't want a bicycle that constantly reminded her of itself.
That led us towards the Campagnolo Levante - its quieter freehub and understated character suited the way she rides.
Everywhere
The rides around Copenhagen rarely stay on one kind of surface.
40 mm GravelKing Semi-Slicks give enough volume and grip for gravel paths, broken roads and wet winter surfaces, while still feeling quick on asphalt.
One tyre for almost everything, rather than a bicycle built around changing conditions.
Simplicity
A 44T chainring gives Stine the range she actually needs without making the bicycle feel undergeared on the road.
No power meter. Nothing to monitor.
Just one less layer between riding and the reason for going out.
Position
There was no reason to preserve the aggressive position the platform allows.
The bicycle was built around where Stine wants to spend an evening, rather than where a race position says she should sit.
Colour
Slate Grey reveals more as the light changes.
It doesn't explain the bicycle immediately.
That felt appropriate.
Frame
Aurum Manto - 54
Veleta
Drivetrain
Sram Red XPLR AXS
Fraezen chainring - 44T
Sram XPLR 10–46T
Wheels
Campagnolo Levante
25 mm internal
Tyres
Panaracer GravelKing SS - 40 mm
Tubeless
Cockpit
Aurum Manto Carbon
40 cm / 38 cm at the hoods
Seatpost
Aurum Carbon
Saddle
Selle San Marco Shortfit Superleggera
Bottle Cages
Silca Sicuro Titanium
Final pricing depends on component choice, wheel system and individual build decisions.
Build Price Range
6.000 - 10.000€
Cadence is constantly in touch with brands, builders and partners well beyond the names on this page.
If another model feels right for your project, we probably know who to speak to.
And most probably, we can make it happen.
Heeresbäckerei, Berlin-Kreuzberg. Kneister, Arenberg & Böhm, 1888–1890. Photographed on location.
