Retirement?
These Italian made aluminum and carbon prototypes have served their time and are ready for the archive (aka a cardboard box shoved to the back of the top shelf in our warehouse)
The development process of bringing a new model to market starts much earlier than you might expect.
When we set about refining and redesigning our Causeway frame, we gathered up notes from our own rides, customer feedback, magazine reviews and made a wish list of improvements that we wanted to address.
Then we draw up some data comparisons from other competitors products, focussing closely on those which we have ridden ourselves.
Then we design a range of geometry spanning the full size range, and overlay that on top of the previous Causeway to make sure we haven’t overlooked anything.
Often when refining geometry, a small change to one area can sometimes throw another angle or dimension out of whack and into a place that is undesirable so everything gets triple checked.
Next we use a small batch frame maker in Italy 🇮🇹 to produce raw aluminium prototype frames with the geometry that we plan to use and set about building and ride testing those frames.
In the cause of the Causeway G2, we went through 2 revisions making subtle changes to geometry, tubing positions and cable routing, then we had a carbon prototype made by hand with all of the refinements to validate everything.
The Causeway G2 was released this summer, nearly 5 years after the original model was introduced, and not only is it more refined and better fitting, but it benefits from lighter materials and construction, cleaner cable routing, increased Tyre clearance and UDH compatibility.
All of these refinements have the sole goal of making the rider experience better, more fun, and less fuss!
Causeway G2 is available now as a frameset, and in a series of complete bike builds.
