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The ENVE Adventure Fork Takes Gravel To New Levels

Today ENVE officially announced their all-new, full-carbon Adventure Fork. This fork is the result of a collaboration between ENVE and their custom frame builder partners to provide the right features and geometry for adventure-oriented gravel and bikepacking frames. The Adventure Fork features a three-pack of accessory mounts on each fork leg, axle flip-chips for ride tuning, and internal dynamo routing for lights and electronics charging.

We chatted with Thomas Callahan, founder and framebuilder at Horse Cycles in New York, who sees the new fork as a great option for those on the adventure and bikepacking side of the gravel spectrum. “The Anything Mounts are an awesome feature, especially if your not doing speed gravel or even 50/50 road to gravel riding. And with the flip-chip, you can essentially adjust the bike’s trail, allowing for better control and maneuverability while under load” said Thomas, who built this stainless steel Monster Gravel bike for a recent customer.

Like all ENVE forks, the Adventure Fork is molded in one-piece from the steerer-tube to the drop-outs. This construction, made popular by ENVE over a decade ago, continues to deliver a lightweight product that is also extremely reliable and strong – features that are invaluable to the weight conscious bikepacker and gravel adventurer. The Adventure Fork weighs in at 575 grams.

We asked the team at Moots how the new Adventure Fork may have inspired the design of the latest edition of the Routt 45. Here was their reply:

The integrated dynamo routing allows for both light and electronics charging capabilities. Like ENVE’s mountain forks, the Adventure fork features clever flip-chips that allow the fork geometry to be tuned for different head tube angles and wheel sizes. The two rakes achieved by the flip-chip system are 49mm and 55.5mm. In the 49mm position, the axle-to-crown measurement is 398mm while the 55.5mm rake delivers a 406mm axle-to-crown measurement.

Adventure Fork Key Features

  • Applications for bikepacking, gravel & cargo

  • Weight: 575g

  • Tire Clearance 

    • 29×2.1 (700×53) / 27.5 x 2.4

    • 29×2.3 (700×58) / 27.5 x 2.6

  • Axle Flip-Chips

    • 55.5mm Rake with 406mm Axle-To-Crown

    • 49mm Rake with 398mm Axle-To-Crown

  • Three-Pack Accessory Mounts

  • Dynamo Routing for Lights and Electronics Charging

  • Lifetime Incident Protection and 5 Year Factory Warranty 

Other features include tire clearance for up to 2.1” tires on 700c/29” wheel and 2.4” tires on a 650b/27.5” wheel in the 49mm rake position and 2.3” tires on 700c/29” wheel and 2.6” tires on a 650b/27.5” wheel in the 55.5mm rake position.

The ENVE Adventure Fork is now available at a retail price of $625.

Learn more at ENVE.com

All photos by Ian Matteson


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