This review first appeared in November / December 2024 Adventure cyclist the magazine. Click here to get more information.
After producing high-level carbon cycling components for years, Convert Finally, in 2021 he decided to try his hand while setting up a full bike. The result, geometry, paint and components were a special way to adapted to every rider. Soon the formation of melie and every way, and last year, the firm finally left a gravel rig: mog (Mother of gravel) was reviewed here.
Although only available as a chassis, it is a framework for sale, hook, headphones, carrots, steering, steering and seat post, a testament to bequeath, mogun bright design, bike builder. It is also a joy to ride. Founded on 700C wheels with clearance for tires for 50 mm, it is quite comfortable for long tours, but is fast enough for the race. “The average consumer does not need a special bikepacking bike and a special race bike,” said Jake Pantone, Enve Vice President and President of the Consumer Experience. “It’s a bike that can do everything you want with a gravel bike and you can do it well.”
To prepare the ID of MOG, prepare a demo fleet with various geometes, which is aimed at the road and changing from Mountain Bikey. Then they sent employees to the snake around the Ogden, Utah, Office, Tea-Altedlord and mountain roads. The version they take is in the middle of those two extremities. Effective and stable in the rises. On the open roads, straight on the roads and holds your line with a minimum vibration and it also points out when I focus on local mountain bike paths and forest roads. In fact, I inspired so much confidence in the laptown Headtube angle that I would explode faster than I was faster than I had previously.
There are some interesting design options. First, the framework is designed only for 700C wheels without choosing a tendency, which grows in gravel design, 650B hoops. Then there is storage. There are many parts of the plenty of mountain bikes, sections installed in brokers, but MOG is one of the first gravel bikes to watch the suit. It’s about time. When drops in the gravel cavity gave more products, security bags have become less practical because they can hit all of the places, protective coverings, even in your seat. Pipe storage is not only affected by your bike but also the form comes out of your pockets. With six liters of space, the bay of the cargo is large enough to close both neoprene gearboxes, but also two neoprene gear bags. Better yet, the section allows you to quickly access the adjustable capture belt to prevent the built-in cable route and noise.
When a standard seat tube is preferred to ensure that the bike is the most shooters, the rest of the frame is aero and wires and cables are directed through sticks and roots to correct the cockpit. The version I tested had an integrated root of the company aero. His fall looks aggressive, but I saw comfortable thanks to the increase in gaps. If you need more rising, you can also offer the route oil root in Enve and increase the steering wheel of the fork, save the steering wheel for a long time or increase the height of the stem.
Another prominent part of the mog setup was G-series wheels coming with Enve’s Innerdrive Premium hubs. In order to protect the bearings from dirt and debris, it combined with an external seal in full contact with an internal seal that is not in contact with the slowdown. They were the lowest resistance wheels I slipped and my walking friends could be forever until the pedal. I also liked 40mm G-series drops, which is a reverse design, that is, the arm is integrated into the saddle compression instead of resting in the seat tube. This allows you to add a security pad without just wearing a dropper’s cover, but you can make the Lake post of Dropper as a normal seat child. Additional stability given to me, but the drop was still small I can still pedal. Sometimes when you climb upright, I even even lower a scosh to maximize my tension.
If it sounds like your type of your type, you will find a seller on Enve’s website. Because because chassis is sold, but you will not be able to touch the full-built Mog, but the shop will help you fit your body and build a bike to your taste. When you start the framework size, then you will help you choose a ceiling headphone, sap, seat and steering and steering kit. After that, it is up to you and your shop to get your bike beyond. (Enve will not allow you to leave the seller only with chassis.) Just don’t put your sights on a campannedolo group. My tester’s 13-speed Ekar Drivetrain of Italy, now offers Scram and Simano.
The frame storage is something that will be said to draw a high-level carbon frame when resisting the desire to overload with “innovations”. There are no flip plugs, alternative wheel sizes, no choices for the fair and suspension of the disc brake. Instead, MOG is what the gravel bike is: fast and comfortable. A few months later in the saddle, I fell in love with the light, responsible behavior and the best, my stability, I reinstall the speeds I want to ride.
Photo by Russell Burton
