Off GridCarbon Gravel Frameset Black/Olive

For city types, being ‘off grid’ means turning off the smartphone; for survivalists, it’s a tin-foil helmet (to stop those folks in Area 51 reading your mind). For Pearson, it’s our most versatile adventure bike yet. The carbon frame is light and tough, while our Pearson House Design (PhD) fit system guarantees optimum geometry. A dropped chain-stay offers extra clearance for either a 700 x 42c or 650b x 55 wheel and reduces an element of ‘chain slap’ in smaller rear sprockets. Wide rims provide strength and give tyres a more rounded profile.

Quick thoughts

The Off Grid has proven to be an answer to those who yearn for one bike to do it all (despite them already having a road and a folding bike anyway). It’s versatile enough to ride through the streets one day, and then into the wilds, kitted out with adventure bags and coffee flask the next. Superb fun to ride and a markedly relaxing experience versus grinding pure road miles.

Will Pearson.