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SRAM Red AXS Bike

Current lead time 8-10 weeks.

$9,255

The ABLE is our best-loved bike, and this is our no-holds-barred build. SRAM Red AXS represents the absolute cutting edge in drivetrain technology. Its wireless shifting is all-but-telepathic, the braking is ultra-precise, its overall weight is SRAM’s lightest and its finish quality is the most mouthwatering. There is no terrain and no set of conditions where you won’t feel like the hammer.

The ABLE is a high-performance off-road machine that tilts more towards the “mountain skinny” side of the gravel segment. It prefers a big tire but keeps a short rear end - in fact, it’s the same as the ALLROAD at 420mm. This is achieved by the most striking feature on the bike - the elevated drive-side chainstay.

Getting a chainstay this short with high tire volume is a packaging exercise because the chainring, chainstay, and tire all compete for space behind the bottom bracket. On mountain bikes this problem is addressed by widening the bottom bracket -- but that affects Q factor in a negative way. When we made the decision to make the ABLE 1X-specific it opened the design envelope and ultimately led to the decision to elevate the chainstay. By moving it up and out of the way we could make it extremely wide resulting in an incredibly responsive ride.

While our award-winning ALLROAD is a Swiss Army knife for a majority of mixed surface riding, when the path gets rambunctious its road-racing genes might seem lacking. We found ourselves on occasion wanting a bike that was equally engineered, but felt more at home on steeper, rockier and more rugged terrain. It was from this desire that the ABLE was born. It’s lightweight, tight, durable and agile. You can point it in any direction and go.

The ABLE begs to be ripped around on singletrack, fire roads, hardpack dirt, and chunky gravel. Proven on the brutal roads of the 2019 Unbound 200 where ALLIED athletes piloted their ABLEs to overall victory.

We offer the ABLE in myriad of options as pictured on the website, but if you have a color in mind you don't find there, contact our customer support team so we can discuss the possibilities.

Key Features

MAXIMUM CLEARANCE: 700x47 (or 650x55) front and 700x43 (or 650x47) rear
BOTTLE MOUNTS: 2x Downtube, Seat Tube and Top Tube bag (or 4th bottle)
CHAINSTAY: 420mm length, elevated on the drive side
DRIVETRAIN: Purpose-built for 1x
GEOMETRY: Geometry optimized for gravel and other off-road riding with a headtube angle of 71 degrees and a trail of 66mm for most sizes, with a stack slightly taller than the Allroad and Alfa Disc
Frequently Asked Questions

Build Kit

BOTTOM BRACKET: SRAM DUB
BRAKES: SRAM Red HRD
CASSETTE: SRAM XG-1299 Eagle 10-50
CHAIN: SRAM X01 Eagle
CRANKSET: SRAM Red 42t
HANDLEBAR: FSA K-Wing AGX Carbon Handlebar
HANDLEBAR TAPE: Arundel Gecko
REAR DERAILLEUR: SRAM XX1 Eagle AXS
SADDLE: Selle Italia Novus Boost EVO Superflow
SEATPOST: FSA K-Force Light Carbon Seatpost
SHIFT LEVERS: SRAM Red AXS
STEM: FSA K-Force Light 2.0 Stem
TIRES: WTB Resolute 700x42 TCS 120tpi SG2
WHEELSET: Industry Nine UL250 Carbon CX

Sizing Guide

	XS	SM	MD	LG	XL
Crankset	170	172.5	172.5	175	175
Handlebar	40	40	42	42	44
Stem	80	90	100	100	110

Frame Geometry

	XS	SM	MD	LG	XL
A. Headtube Angle	70	71	71	71	71
B. Seat Tube Angle	74	74	74	73.25	73.25
C. Head Tube Length	120	143	160	180	200
D. Effective Top Tube Length	531	544	553	576	591
E. Seat Tube Length (c-t)	470	520	540	560	580
F. Chainstay Length	420	420	420	420	420
G. Stack	533	559	575	597	615
H. Reach	376	382	387	396	405
I. Bottom Bracket Drop	70	70	70	70	70
J. Wheelbase	1009	1019	1029	1040	1055
K. Standover Height (w/700x43)	750	780	800	820	840
L. Fork Rake	51	51	51	51	51

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Features

Elevated chainstay

Building a chainstay this short with high tire volume is a packaging exercise because the chainring, chainstay, and tire all compete for space behind the bottom bracket. By moving the ABLE chainstay up and out of the way we could make it super-wide resulting in an incredibly responsive ride.

Elevated chainstay

1x Crankset

A 1x drivetrain is quickly becoming the industry standard for gravel: You’ll always find the right gear at the right time. The ABLE is 1x-specific, which allows us to elevate the chainstay for tire clearance without resorting to a super-wide mountain bike-like Q-factor.

1x Crankset

Tire clearance

The ABLE is designed around a 700x42c: This is the tire size we recommend for optimum BB height and steering (remember: tire size affects steering geometry.) But if you ride in really chunky rocky terrain the ABLE can adapt with 650c wheels and tires as big as 47mm in the rear and 55mm in the front.