Routt 45

Moots Routt 45 - freshly updated model of their gravel bike Considering the mad geniuses at Moots are located in the heart of the Colorado Rocky Mountains, it’s no surprise that they keep coming up with new ways to create bikes that can make the most of their epic surrounding gravel routes. Their updates to the Moots Routt 45 clearly indicate that they love to ride their bikes as well as have their ears to the rails in terms of what tweaks will most satisfy their devotees. For one thing, the whole gravel sector in bikes has been exploding, not only in popularity but also in terms of materials available. So that means that in the years since the Routt 45 was first introduced, component brands like SRAM and Shimano have been developing gravel wide-specific groupsets. Don’t think that a gravel-specific groupset is simply a way to ply more cash away from your bank account; they aren’t just expanding gear ratios. These are groupsets that actually move the chain ring or double chain ring o