Name: Polyvalent - Low Kicker
Brand: Velo Orange
SKU: FR-0102-S
Price: 595.0 USD
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Introducing the Polyvalent by Velo Orange—a true jack-of-all-trades frameset that's ready for anything! Whether you're dreaming of epic tours, smooth daily commutes, comfy all-day rides, or gnarly gravel adventures, the Polyvalent is your perfect companion.

The graceful, swoopy top tube of the Polyvalent, known as the Low-Kicker, is designed for ease and comfort. Perfect for mounting and dismounting a fully loaded bike, this lowered top tube also makes frequent stops in urban environments a breeze. For those with limited flexibility, the Low-Kicker offers a practical and stylish ride with modern features and generous clearances—something that's been missing until now.

The Polyvalent Low Kicker boasts impressive tire clearance. With fenders, it comfortably fits 650b x 48 or 26 x 2.3” smooth tires. If you skip the fenders, it’s ready to tackle 650b x 2.1” or 26 x 2.3” knobby tires.

The Polyvalent features star reinforcements on almost every braze-on, ensuring durability and strength. The rear brake routing is internal, with a brazed-in tube that makes installation a breeze—no more fishing for housing!

You'll find dedicated rack and fender mounts on the rear, perfect for all your cargo needs. The fork, with its elegant French-style bend, includes braze-ons for versatile mounting options. Whether you want to attach rando-style front racks, side-mounted cargo cages, or low-rider pannier racks, the Polyvalent has got you covered.

The integrated seat collar adds a touch of elegance to its robust design.

And, of course, it wouldn’t be a Velo Orange frame without the perfectly aligned fender mounts, ensuring flawless fender installation every time.

Get ready to ride in style and tackle any terrain with the Polyvalent!

Here are the specs:

Frameset material: 4130 double butted chromoly steel
Fork: 1 1/8" threadless, 4130 chromoly steel with elegant bend
Wheel Size: 650B or 26"
Tire Clearance: 650B x 48mm, 26 x 2.3" (either with fenders) / 650b x 2.1 or 26 x 2.3 knobby
Rear Spacing: 12 x 142mm, thru-axle with replaceable hanger (included)
Fork Spacing: 12 x 100mm, thru-axle (included)
BB: English threaded 68mm
Brakes: IS mount disc, 160mm or 180mm rotors suggested
Seatpost: 27.2mm
Front Derailleur Size: 28.6mm
Water bottle mounts: Triple on top of downtube, one set on underside of downtube
Fender bosses: seat stay bridge, chainstay bridge, under fork crown
Frame Eyelets: Double eyelets on rear dropouts for racks and fenders. Internal eyelets on seat stays
Fork Eyelets: Double eyelets on fork dropouts for racks and fenders. Triple thru-bosses on the blades for lowrider racks for cargo cages. Hourglass braze-on for front racks like our Randonneur Front Rack.
Rear Brake Routing: Easy internal routing for rear brake cable housing/hydraulic tubing
Paint: Metallic Glacier Blue

and the geometry:

If you are getting a VO Headset along with your frame, you can get it installed for a reasonable fee. Simply click here to navigate to the installation page, and add the fee to your order before checkout.

Free Shipping for Retail customers with subtotals over $150: Velo Orange offers free shipping to the lower 48 States for retail orders with a subtotal of at least $150. Use the coupon code 150SHIP when you check out to get the deal.

Free Shipping for Wholesale customers with subtotals over $400: Velo Orange offers free shipping for wholesale orders to the lower 48 States with a subtotal of at least $400. No coupon code required for this deal.

Oversize international shipping: Large products including (but not limited to) frames, fork, fenders, handlebars, racks, and rims may incur oversize shipping charges. We will notify you of additional charges.

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Great gravel bike for an old man with short legs.

I wanted a flatbar gravel bike for bad roads and easy singletrack. I have short legs, and having passed the age of Medicare, my once-impressive flexibility isn't what it was. For those awkward mounts and dismounts when that easy singletrack isn't quite as easy as I had thought it was, I wanted one with a relatively low standover height, 700 mm or less. (Curiously, both Marin and Salsa had several models that met my spec on their web sites, but they didn't seem to exist in real life - nobody could get one in stock in the Denver-Boulder area where there are approximately 83 million cyclists and 400,000 bike shops.)

The solution was to buy the Low-Kicker frame with its 600 mm standover and have a local bike shop (Treehouse Cyclery in Denver) build it for me with:

Shimano Cues 1x10 drive train, 40/11-48, 170 mm cranks
Tiagra mechanical disk brakes
Jones Loop handlebars
VO Sabot platform pedals

For now, I have Kenda Drumlin 27.5x1.75 tube tires, but they are sort of heavy and I may switch to wider tubeless tires some time.

After a dozen or so rides, I have things dialed in, and I'm pretty happy with it. I can't claim I have the expertise to judge that it's better or any worse than any other steel frame for comfort and handling, but it works for me.

A minor issue: on the size medium frame with 27.5x1.75 tires, you may find that your size 9.5 shoes hit the front fender if pedaling while cornering. (The center-to-center dimension from the bottom bracket to the front axle is shorter than on any of the five 26" or 700c bikes in our fleet.) For this reason, I got the sort of mud guard that clips to the down tube instead of a regular front fender. If you get the smallest frame and want fenders, consider building it for 26" wheels.

Low Kicker

Right now my beautiful bike is at the bike shop getting built. Hopefully, it will be done this week. Can’t wait to go for a ride.

Meral

Nice geometry for the mixte version.
These were invented by the French firm MERAL. (https://forum.tontonvelo.com/viewtopic.php?t=11999)
https://cycles-meral.fr/lhistoire-de-meral/

I have to admit, I wasn’t sold on the color but now I know it’s going to turn heads and elicit admiration in a world of boring grays, blacks, and whites. Long graceful seatstays and chainstays and a relaxed central frame. It’s a beautiful frame and worth every penny!

Very nice metal!

It presented a few surprizes on build up because I am used to classic road bikes but frame configuration will keep this senior rider riding longer.

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