GRAK, the carbon fiber Gravel, the latest innovation from CBT Italia

The Piedmont brand presents a bike with minimalist aesthetics, clean lines and a frame that combines comfort and performance. CBT Italia announces the marketing on the European market of GRAK, its new Gravel with carbon fiber frame. A style exercise characterized by its sinuous tubes and integrated cables, for a bike whose objective is to offer optimal comfort to cyclists, without neglecting performance, which is the trademark of the Cuneo manufacturer.

Source: press release

Agility and comfort
The bike offers excellent handling and precise control in corners, making it enjoyable even for the least experienced gravel rider.
The shapes and sections of the tubes are designed to alleviate the stresses caused by the terrain and provide absolute comfort to cyclists. These solutions aim to promote the absorption of vibrations thanks to the special design of the frame and the orientation of the carbon fibers.

The result is a bike that is particularly pleasant to handle, offering stability and a feeling of security even in the most delicate situations.
The position on the saddle itself is designed to allow the back and neck to be more relaxed, in order to take maximum pleasure during long distance rides.

Carbon fiber frame for “off-road endurance”
Given its characteristics, the GRAK can be considered an “off-road endurance” bike, a combination of the strengths of two worlds.
The GRAK also features mounts for attaching luggage racks, providing maximum freedom for cyclists and mountain bikers. bikepacking.
The frame is a T700 UD-HM carbon monocoque, with graphene and Kevlar® reinforcements in the most stressed areas and with aerodynamic profiles.
It weighs only 9,250 kg in size 52.
The GRAK has its place among the specialties offered by the brand from the Piedmont region. A bike that is both agile and fast, but which does not deprive cyclists of the pleasure of off-roading, even on the most rugged routes.

Montagand bike
High-performance SRAM Centerline 2P 160mm disc brakes combined with Continental Terra Trail 700×40C tires ensure safe braking on any terrain.
The SRAM group and other components Made in Italy The equipment is completed by a Deda Gera Alloy handlebar, a seat post and seat tube of the same brand, a Selle Italia Model X saddle, as well as Fulcrum Rapid Red 900 wheels.

Also available as a frame kit
The GRAK is already available in five different sizes, from 45 to 56. Sizes 49, 52 and 54 complete the geometries.
Prices vary depending on the two equipments (one with the SRAM Apex 1 HRD groupset and the other with the SRAM Rival 1 HRD groupset) between €3110 and €3320.
In addition to the complete bike, the GRAK is available as a frameset, with fork, headset and spacers, at a price of €1499.
The GRAK can be purchased from the entire CBT Italia sales network.

More information by contacting: info@cbtitalia.com.

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Olivier Dulaurent

- 49 years old. – Freelance journalist in the written press and the Internet since 2004, author of Le Guide du Vélo Ecolo (Editions Leduc, November 2020), State-certified cycling instructor, supervisor of stagcyclists since 2005 and cycling coach - Current sports practices: cycling route and mountain biking (occasional: running) - Strava: Olivier Dulaurent

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