Cyclocross Bikes

All In to Go All Out A pure gravel race machine focused on one thing: taking the lead and staying there. Ok, two things… Model Description Ready, Set, Thrash. SuperX 3 channels Cannondale’s racing pedigree, turning every stretch of gravel into a proving ground. The carbon frame is as light as it is tough, paired with DT Swiss GR1800 wheels and Vittoria Terreno tries to make short work of gravel and dirt. Shimano GRX 820 delivers crisp, consistent shifting, and flat-mount hydraulic brakes ensure steady control. Vittoria Terreno tires bite into loose terrain, keeping you fast and focused from start to finish. SuperX 3 turns every race into an opportunity to leave your mark. What it's for Elite gravel racing, KOM hunting, Going like hell Highlights - Super light, low-drag, SuperX carbon frameset, backed by our Lifetime Warranty - Crisp, reliable shifting from Shimano’s GRX 820 gravel groupset - Powerful, controlled braking from Shimano GRX 820 hydraulic disc brakes with CL800 rotors - DT Swiss G1800 Spline wheels with DT 370 hubs offer precise handling and ride-anywhere durability - Our sleek Conceal stem works with our Delta Steerer to route cables cleanly through the headtube - Vittoria Terreno T50, 700x40c, tubeless ready tires offer unparalleled speed and capability across a wide range of surfaces Fast & Light Our KOM-winning road tech meets Unbound-winning engineering. SuperX is super aero and light to stay ahead of the pack in this rapidly -evolving era of high-speed, elbow-to-elbow gravel racing. With gravel race speeds averaging well over 35 km/h, SuperX brings a whole lotta free speed over any distance. Gravel Glider, Not Grinder SuperX’s sophisticated carbon construction smooths out the rough, floating above the gravel to keep you cranking. Specially constructed flex zones in the seat tube, rear triangle, and top tube work as a system with the D-shaped seatpost to absorb shock and vibration, keeping your mind and body fresher longer. Handle It Take the faster line. Pass on the inside. Lay off the brakes and let 'er fly. With its race-proven geometry, OutFront steering design, and finely calibrated frame stiffness, the SuperX’s handling blends stability and precision in a way that takes the drama out of clutch moments, letting you hold your line while staying on the gas. Built to Take It. Tuned for You. SuperX’s Proportional Response carbon construction is tailor made for gravel racing and for you. Fully customized by size, precisely oriented layers of different types and moduli of carbon fibers deliver an ideal balance of weight, stiffness and durability for every rider. All backed by our lifetime guarantee.? Get ‘Crossed Up Is cyclocross your thing? SuperX has you covered. Throw on some 33c tires and hit it. With its straight-line speed, planted handling, and massive mud clearance, SuperX loves to battle it out between the tape. Oh, and the flat top tube is pretty nice on the shoulders too.

Straggler is a bikepacking-inspired road/gravel bike mostly at home on pavement but ready for trail duty when called. Born on Gravel. Raised on Pavement Straggler is tuned for cross-over exploration on a wide variety of terrain conditions. It's a day-tripper and a weekender. It's a "rough road" road bike, a cyclocross bike with no pretense about racing, a utilitarian townie, a light-duty touring bike and an all-weather commuter. It's a steel gravel bicycle that thrives on the road. Think of it as a "mountain biker's road bike." If you only have room for one bike in your life, Straggler can (and should) be your one and only. Straggler's capabilities go well beyond asphalt. It also lends itself well to light touring setups. We're talking frame bags, seat bags, and "credit card touring" rather than full-blown touring. Straggler also handles our 8- and 24-Pack Racks well, so you have some heavier-duty loading options. - Accommodations for racks and fenders - Forward-exiting horizontal dropouts for singlespeed compatibility and wheelbase adjustability - Clearance for 650B x 41mm tires with fenders!

Straggler shares all of the Cross-Check's braze-ons for fenders, racks and bottle cages, and like the Cross-Check its ready to take you just about anywhere. It's a day tripper and a weekender. It's a 'rough road' road bike. It's a cyclocross bike with no pretense about racing. It's a utilitarian townie. It's a light-duty touring bike. It's an all-weather commuter. And when you get tired of one set up, you can swap parts around and turn it into something else. - Fender eyelets at the dropouts, front and rear rack bosses and dual water bottle mounts, downtube shifter mounts - 100% Surly proprietary 4130 chromoly tubing. TIG-welded, double-butted main triangle - Forward-exiting horizontal dropouts with adjusters give you singlespeed compatibility and wheelbase adjustability to help you fit the tires and fenders you want to run with that drivetrain you want to run. - Frame is ED Coated for increased life expectancy

Straggler is a bikepacking-inspired road/gravel bike mostly at home on pavement but ready for trail duty when called. Born on Gravel. Raised on Pavement Straggler is tuned for cross-over exploration on a wide variety of terrain conditions. It's a day-tripper and a weekender. It's a "rough road" road bike, a cyclocross bike with no pretense about racing, a utilitarian townie, a light-duty touring bike and an all-weather commuter. It's a steel gravel bicycle that thrives on the road. Think of it as a "mountain biker's road bike." If you only have room for one bike in your life, Straggler can (and should) be your one and only. Straggler's capabilities go well beyond asphalt. It also lends itself well to light touring setups. We're talking frame bags, seat bags, and "credit card touring" rather than full-blown touring. Straggler also handles our 8- and 24-Pack Racks well, so you have some heavier-duty loading options. - Accommodations for racks and fenders - Forward-exiting horizontal dropouts for singlespeed compatibility and wheelbase adjustability - Clearance for 700c x 41mm tires with fenders!

Straggler shares all of the Cross-Check's braze-ons for fenders, racks, and bottle cages, and like the Cross-Check its ready to take you just about anywhere. It's a day tripper and a weekender. It's a 'rough road' road bike. It's a cyclocross bike with no pretense about racing. It's a utilitarian townie. It's a light-duty touring bike. It's an all-weather commuter. And when you get tired of one set up, you can swap parts around and turn it into something else. - Fender eyelets at the dropouts, front and rear rack bosses and dual water bottle mounts, downtube shifter mounts - 100% Surly proprietary 4130 chromoly tubing. TIG-welded, double-butted main triangle - Forward-exiting horizontal dropouts with adjusters give you singlespeed compatibility and wheelbase adjustability to help you fit the tires and fenders you want to run with that drivetrain you want to run. - Frame is ED Coated for increased life expectancy

DESIGNED TO HELP YOU REACH THAT PODIUM, THE BRAVA ADVANCED PRO IS AN AGILE RACE BIKE CREATED TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONAL HANDLING AND MAXIMIZE ACCELERATION. KEY PERFORMANCE FACTORS Built to Perform Advanced-Grade Composite open triangle frame design makes shoulder carrying easy, while the V-shaped down tube efficiently sheds mud. Commanding Control OverDrive 2 steerer combined with a D-Fuse seatpost offers a lightweight, responsive and agile ride with precise steering. Race Ready Tubeless set-up, 1x drivetrain, and up to 45mm tire clearance makes this lightweight race machine daring enough to take on any cyclocross course. TECHS & FEATURES: ADVANCED COMPOSITE TECHNOLOGY Liv’s High-Performance Grade raw carbon material is used to produce this frameset in our own composite factory. Using state-of-the-art materials and manufacturing techniques, Liv’s Advanced-Grade Composite frames are designed to offer lightweight and stiffness with optimal compliance. D-FUSE SEATPOST The proprietary "D" shaped composite seatpost damps vibration, resulting in a smooth, compliant ride. OVERDRIVE 2 The most advanced steerer tube technology in today’s Liv and Giant bikes. Designed to offer unprecedented front-end steering performance, the system’s oversized headset bearings (1 1/2" lower, 1 1/4" upper) and tapered steerer tube work in harmony to provide supreme steering stiffness.

We custom build OPEN bikes to your specs. Call (651-644-2354) for full build pricing. For simplicity and to stay true to their focus on frames alone, Open Cycle offers their bikes as framesets only. This means that every Open bike you see being ridden is a fully custom build. There are a lot of fancy builds out there for the U.P.P.E.R., but in our experience we’ve found that most riders are just looking for performance and reliability within a reasonable budget. We enjoy walking our customers through every step of the part-selection process, but for cyclists who would rather spend time planning their next ride instead of picking out components, we’ve put together a complete OPEN U.P.P.E.R. build that we would be proud to ride. Introducing our OPEN U.P.P.E.R. Ultegra Bike. Because the U.P.P.E.R. is such a versatile bike that can be ridden on any number of surfaces, we’ve hand selected parts that offer reliable, powerful performance on road, cross, gravel, bike packing, and more. A detailed parts spec is listed below, but for the important stuff, we include a full Shimano Ultegra mechanical or Di2 11 speed group with Shimano hydraulic brakes. The cockpit features lightweight alloy handlebar, stem, and seatpost, from Fizik. For wheels, we’ve gone with two different options, both from Stan’s No Tubes. Stan’s is synonymous with tubeless wheel and tire setups, and their latest offerings combine a great blend of high quality, low-weight, easy setup and minimal maintenance. We’ve selected Stan’s Grail wheels for our 700c setup – they are a proven choice for cyclocross, gravel, or road riding. To accommodate the larger tires on the 650B setup, we’ve selected Stan’s Arch 27.5? mountain bike wheels. They’re still plenty light, but offer additional durability for rougher trails, and their extra width gives knobbies better bite and a smoother ride. Simply tell us what your favorite tires are and we can get an OPEN U.P.P.E.R. build going before your next epic ride. The OPEN U.P.P.E.R. Ultegra Complete Bike is available in four sizes, Small – X-Large (see geometry chart for details). It is available in the color Matte Black. Whether you’re heading to Salt Lake City, or prefer we ship your Open U.P.P.E.R. bike to you, we’ll do a full, professional bike build, dialing in shifting and braking, truing wheels, etc. If you’re unsure about sizing, give us a call or email us at info@contenderbicycles.com to talk through geometry and fit. And although this is a “stock bike,” we are more than happy to discuss variations of this builds.

All In to Go All Out A pure gravel race machine focused on one thing: taking the lead and staying there. Ok, two things… Model Description Precision Meets Power. SuperX 2 is a masterclass in controlled chaos. The lightweight carbon frame pairs perfectly with Reserve GR wheels, designed to sail through gravel and eat up km’s. Shimano GRX Di2 electronic shifting is lightning-fast and smooth-as-silk, and hydraulic disc brakes to keep control at your fingertips. Vittoria Terreno tires deliver maximum grip on race day, while aero tube shapes cut through wind. Every detail of SuperX 2 makes this bike a purebred racer, bound for the top step. What it's for Elite gravel racing, KOM hunting, Going like hell Highlights - Super light, low-drag, SuperX carbon frameset, backed by our Lifetime Warranty - Flawless shifting from Shimano’s top-flight electronic gravel groupset, GRX Di2 825 - Powerful, controlled braking from Shimano GRX 820 hydraulic disc brakes with CL800 rotors - Reserve’s exceptional 40 I 44 GR carbon gravel wheels with DT Swiss 370 hubs. Light, durable, and oh-so-fast - Our sleek, cable-guiding, Conceal stem, with lightweight, ergonomic Vision Trimax Aero Alloy bars - Vittoria Terreno T50, 700x40c, tubeless ready tires offer unparalleled speed and capability across a wide range of surfaces Fast & Light Our KOM-winning road tech meets Unbound-winning engineering. SuperX is super aero and light to stay ahead of the pack in this rapidly -evolving era of high-speed, elbow-to-elbow gravel racing. With gravel race speeds averaging well over 35 km/h, SuperX brings a whole lotta free speed over any distance. Gravel Glider, Not Grinder SuperX’s sophisticated carbon construction smooths out the rough, floating above the gravel to keep you cranking. Specially constructed flex zones in the seat tube, rear triangle, and top tube work as a system with the D-shaped seatpost to absorb shock and vibration, keeping your mind and body fresher longer. Handle It Take the faster line. Pass on the inside. Lay off the brakes and let 'er fly. With its race-proven geometry, OutFront steering design, and finely calibrated frame stiffness, the SuperX’s handling blends stability and precision in a way that takes the drama out of clutch moments, letting you hold your line while staying on the gas. Built to Take It. Tuned for You. SuperX’s Proportional Response carbon construction is tailor made for gravel racing and for you. Fully customized by size, precisely oriented layers of different types and moduli of carbon fibers deliver an ideal balance of weight, stiffness and durability for every rider. All backed by our lifetime guarantee.? Get ‘Crossed Up Is cyclocross your thing? SuperX has you covered. Throw on some 33c tires and hit it. With its straight-line speed, planted handling, and massive mud clearance, SuperX loves to battle it out between the tape. Oh, and the flat top tube is pretty nice on the shoulders too.