Whether riding road or gravel, we love speed. So everything on the RaceMax frame is engineered for that. The end result is the first gravel bike that:
- Looks like a road bike
- Rides like a road bike
- Rips through gravel
Best of all, the very same RaceMax frame can be built up with a focus on pure speed with 35-42mm WAM tires in 700c can also be turned into an unstoppable machine with very wide tires p to 61mm WAM. Handy for that epic ride or trip abroad. And with two wheelsets, you can switch between the two setups easily. That’s RaceMax.
IT ALL STARTS WITH THE TIRES
To make the fastest possible gravel bike, you need to start with the tire. Tire choice determines comfort & grip. But it also determines how you can shape the frame to redirect the airflow.
To aerodynamically engineer the frame around the tires, you need to know what their REAL measurements are. Not what’s on the label, but how they really fit. That’s REALFAST aerodynamics. But it’s not easy, as the tire dimension depends on the rim you use, the pressure and of course how accurate the manufacturer’s claimed size is.
So we took hundreds of measurements to know the real tire widths (which we call WAM - Width As Measured and RAM - Radius As Measured) and use that to engineer the frame around.
REALFAST AERODYNAMICS
Starting from our favorite tires, we then engineered a perfectly fitting rear wheel cutout (with mud clearance of course) and a closely trailing downtube to catch the airflow coming off the front tire. We added a super-narrow headtube (yet with a big steerer inside it), a multi-shape fork and aero details from seatstay to seatpost and from the shielded water bottle to the direct-attachment brake mounts.
Most importantly, we engineered this for realistic riding speeds, wind speeds, tire widths, bottle positions and even for mud. We don’t care if it is theoretically fast in the windtunnel with a fantasy spec. We care if it is fast the way you ride it in real world conditions.
GEOMETRIES
| Size | XXS | 51 | 54 | 56 | 58 | 61 |
| Rider Height* (cm) | 145-160 | 157-171 | 168-180 | 176-186 | 183-195 | 192&Up |
| Rider Height* (inches) | 4’9”-5’3” | 5’2”-5’7” | 5’6”-5’11” | 5’9”-6’1” | 6’0”-6’5” | 6’3”&Up |
| Stack | 520 | 542 | 564 | 584 | 604 | 632 |
| Reach | 355 | 366 | 377 | 385 | 393 | 404 |
| Fork axle-crown | 370 | 370 | 370 | 370 | 370 | 370 |
| "Road" headtube** | 125 | 147 | 161 | 180 | 201 | 232 |
| Head angle | 69.0 | 69.5 | 71.0 | 72.0 | 72.0 | 72.0 |
| BB drop | 79 | 79 | 77 | 77 | 75 | 75 |
| Seat angle | 74.5 | 74,0 | 73.5 | 73.0 | 72.5 | 72.5 |
| Seattube length | 436 | 463 | 490 | 518 | 545 | 572 |
| Toptube length | 506 | 526 | 546 | 566 | 586 | 606 |
| Wheelbase | 998 | 1008 | 1008 | 1014 | 1024 | 1044 |
| Front center | 596 | 606 | 606 | 611 | 621 | 641 |
| Rear center | 415 | 415 | 415 | 415 | 415 | 415 |
* Rider heights are approximations. For more accuracy, compare stack/reach with your current bike or visit your 3T retailer.
** RaceMax FORK length is equal to a standard road bike, so this HEADTUBE length can be compared to road bikes. To compare to gravel bikes with standard gravel forks, deduct 25mm from these “road" headtube lengths for a proper comparison.