While most of us know Devinci for their Split Pivot enhanced full suspension mountain bikes like the new Hendrix and Troy introduced at Crankworx and Eurobike, the Canadian brand also makes quite a few road and commuter bicycles, including those used for plenty of bike share programs around the world.
Now, they’ve combined features of many of those into the new Hatchet alloy gravel multi-use bike, their first (but not last) entry into the growing off-pavement drop bar market. It’s a looker, and the price may make you do a double take…
The frame uses shaped alloy tubes led by a carbon fork with tapered alloy steerer.
Fender and rack mounts on the rear make it a “multi tool bike”, and fender mounts up front let both sides of you stay clean.
There’s clearance for up to 700×40 tires.
They stick with traditions threaded bottom brackets to keep it simple, but internal cable routing through the downtube gives it clean, modern look.
And that downtube is big, widening as it goes down to fill the width of the BB shell. No chainstay bridge keeps it wide open for great tire and muck clearance.
The Hatchet line Starts at just $1,100 with a Sora 2×9 group and TRP Spyre brakes. This one is the top build at $1,400 with SRAM Rival 1×11 with non series alloy cranks and house brand cockpit and wheels with Formula hubs. Claimed weight is 22lb for medium. On additional build sits between these two, and all three are available now.
A bike to ride on gravel? Revolutionary.
That looks to be a lot of bike for under $1.5K. Wish it had a BB30 variant, or was in some other way cleanly singlespeedable.
Why bother with BB30 when BSA is around? Simple, easy to maintain, silent – what’s not to like?
Unfortunate name. I am not sure I would want to ride an a$$ hatchet.
I think sspiff likes a creaky sound when he rides his bike
@WG – Going off what sspiff said, because there are eccentric bottom brackets available for BB30 that let you tension the chain on a singlespeed without an external chain tensioner.
Like this one: http://wheelsmfg.com/bottom-brackets/ebb/ebb-bottom-brackets/eccentric-bottom-bracket-for-bb30-24-22mm-sram-truvativ-cranks-red.html
@sspiff
I was thinking the same thing, too bad it doesn’t have Paragon rockers/sliders.
love the BSC BB. what precludes BSC from being run SS?
If it were a BB30, then sspiff could’ve used something like the Wheels Mfg BB30->eccentric BB to run single speed without a tensioner.
that’s a hell of a price point!
Bingo – a great option That Rival model looks like a solid B bike.
@ Ryan & dl
Ding ding! I know people knock BB30, but the WMFG or BEER style eccentrics made to fit them just rock. I actually prefer them to both the quill and set screw dedicated EBB setups. Besides, I give my press-fit bikes enough love (eccentric or no) that a creak rarely, if ever, develops. If it does, it’s a nice reminder the bike needs attention.
Nice bike, but rear fender fitment isn’t going to be perfect because it’s lacking a chainstay bridge to bolt the forward edge of a full-length rear fender to. Most likely solution is zip ties.
Which, I guess, brings me to ask – Is the presence or absence of a chainstay bridge a big deal for gravel bikes? I know it’s not ideal for cyclocross, since the chainstay bridge is just one more place where mud can build up and eventually stop a rear wheel from spinning. We don’t really have a large gravel riding presence where I’m from, hence the question. Thanks in advance for any replies.
@Bluefire – I’m not sure why your comment was directed at me, but thanks for the reply. I know there are adapters like this. By the way, Trickstuff make one as well.
Wow. That’s a hell of a deal.
Nice looking bike, good price point, but really nothing new to look at here. Thru-axles would have been a nice addition. And an interchangeable rear dropout system of some sort. Looks like a good commuter though.
@TypeVertigo
It’s impossible to tell from the photos, but maybe they put a fender mount on the back of the BB, in which case you can run a long bolt with a spacer to get the correct fender line but still keep the clearance.
So everyone gets saddled with a creaky pressfit bottom bracket, just so that a couple of hipsters can run singlespeed? What a s***ty thing to do to your customers — and your brand.