Crust Bikes Evasion Review

Yeah he has a sword.

Crust bikes evasion review. The evasion lite is as the name suggests a stripped back version of the original evasion. This highlighter green crust evasion frame lovingly nicknamed gravedigger came into john s life a couple years ago when he was invited to vermont to ride the xvt cross vermont bikepacking route with friends including matt from crust bikes. Yesterday we took a peek inside flat track coffee and cycleast. May 30 2020 when it was released the crust bikes evasion was a true to form game changer for production bikes but even then some games should be changed up a bit.

The evasion frame is designed around 26 26 x 2 8 can also fit 3 tires on 45mm rims for when you want to take those roads less traveled which may or may not really be roads but it s just as happy on a 650b tire 27 5 up to x 2 4. Matt from crust bikes has been leaking this project for a while. Components shifters derailleurs. This salmon color nor easter belongs to crust bikes founder matt whitehead.

This stripped back version is quite the frame. As john didn t have a suitable rig at the time matt promised to bring him a cool. The crust evasion review note. Plus a q a with matt about crust bikes.

Evasion lite details when it was released the crust bikes evasion was a true to form game changer for production bikes but even then some games should be changed up a bit. Ene ciclo 11 speed thumb shifters 175 00 add to cart. 58cm evasion lite demo 3 250 00 add to cart. Path less pedaled reviews the evasion lite.

Let s look at it in detail below. While hanging out there getting caffeinated and catching up with the shop employees i got to chatting to corey one of the mechanics at cycleast. We re featuring hanson s crust bikes evasion lite a less burly lighter evasion. Brakes levers components.

The fork features internal brake and dynamo routing has fender mounts and anything cage mounts. Dia compe long. This review is for the older version and i ve since gone down to 26 2 8 tires. I should post an updated review huh.

A stripped down lighter ish yet just as capable evasion dubbed the evasion lite. The first thing we did was design a straight 28 6 1 1 8th carbon fork around the frame. And he s also got a bong hanging danglin from this bike. A stripped down lighter ish yet just as capable evasion dubbed the evasion lite.

The evasion lite s most noticeable feature is the straight 1 1 8 crust bikes carbon fork with internal dynamo routing and brake cable routing. The frame still shares the same geo and. Silver bar end shifters 105 00 add to cart. The evasion geometry has been updated for 2018 and there are some important changes to be aware of.

This bike is designed for dirt touring bike packing and all round getting loose. Specifically about the sword on his crust bikes evasion. Matt from crust bikes has been leaking this project for a while.