Most of you would call this a gravel bike frame but when the tires get close to 2" wide I call it a drop bar MTB. Back in 1986 there were lots of people running drop bars on their mountain bikes- it was a fad that maybe lasted a year. Now the trend is back but it is not going away any time soon. With much better wheels , brakes and tires a bike like this can really move along compared with something from almost 4o years ago.
This one also has the UDH , which is gaining in popularity as people adopt the new rear der. standard. I'm still getting used to the difference in fixturing and learning a bit more every time I mess with one of these Paragon setups. There's more than one version but this is the one I choose for now. It is the lightest of the few out there and it welds up in a similar style to what I already use. Oh yeah- this one will take 700x47 tires but I'll bet you will be able to run 50's. The fork will be an Enve adventure version which has lots of tire room.
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