Time ADHX 45 Gravel Disc Brake Frameset  £3299.00

ADHX 45 COULD BE YOUR TIME IF:

• Google Maps can't figure out where you are most of the time 
• What appears to be a vicious sock tan wipes off with a wet washcloth
• You know exactly where that Forest Service road connects, and HIGHLY recommend it
• You don't own a pump gauge that goes past 4BAR
• Riders that spend the majority of their time on unimproved roads will appreciate the volume and traction offered by a 45mm tire. a 45mm tyre offers 4 times the volume of a 28mm tyre and 65% than a 38mm version. Gravel-oriented frames achieve the necessary tire clearance by thinning and lengthening the seatstays and chainstays and widening the crown of the fork. The resulting increase in frame deflection paired with the vibration absorption and traction of larger tires make light work of rough roads even as they render the ADHX 45 less suited to asphalt.
• Dyneema® has been making headlines in the cycling news for a few years now, but to date very few manufacturers have been able to incorporate this advanced material in their products. This is due largely to the limitations of prepreg carbon construction–bike manufacturers being restricted to common fibres offered by large carbon suppliers, and the high temperatures used for curing prepreg frames is above the recommended maximum for Dyneema® fibers. The tight profitability of commodities dictates that unique or expensive products that are not in wide demand are simply not worth producing. TIME is different. Because Time weaves their own braided carbon structures (BCS) they have been able to test strands of sustainable Bio-Based Dyneema® fibres since they first became available from DSM. Additionally, the lower resin temperature of the RTM injection process is well within the recommended range.

• Braided Carbon Structure (BCS) - There are two ways to make a carbon fibre bike, the standard way and the TIME way. For over 20 years TIME have been perfecting their technologies and processes.
 A core part of TIMS's unique approach is how they create Braided Carbon Structures using their unique carbon fibre braiding machine.

• THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF CONTINUOUS FIBRES - Braided Carbon Structure is TIME's term for the weaving of fibres into complex bi-directional ‘socks.’ These tubes are easy to tune with different materials – TIME currently choses from 16 filaments to perfectly tailor frame layups. This process allows something that is unheard of in the cycling world; continuous, unbroken fibres that run the full length of a structure. It’s easy to imagine the integrity of many layers of uninterrupted woven fibres running through a steerer tube and being integrated into a fork crown and even down the fork legs with minimal overlapping joints. Contrast this with standard prepreg layup where the edge of every carbon sheet is a potential weakness.

• UTILISING DIFFERENT TYPES OF FIBRE TO CREATE A BETTER FRAME - Complex “materials tuning” is possible with BCS because TIME start with dry fibres and only add resin during the moulding process. In one weave TIME can easily utilize high modulus (HM) carbon, high strength (HS) carbon or incorporate Kevlar© for reinforcement. When new materials like Vectran© become available, TIME can quickly test and incorporate them. Standard prepreg construction is limited to the few materials offered by each carbon supplier, and mixing materials from different sources is almost impossible due to proprietary resins used by each company. This means that while a top-level prepreg frame might indeed be constructed of hundreds of amazingly-complex patterned prepreg pieces, it’s rare for more than two or perhaps three different materials to be utilized – for example, the ubiquitous HM and HS unidirectional or 3K weave carbons.

Specifications

• Frame material - BCS carbon fibre enhanced with Vectran and Dyneema fibers.
• Geometry - TIME gravel.
• Sizes - XS, S, M, L, XL
• Fork steerer tube 1 1/t to 1 1/8 tapered, Vectran Enhanced
• Headset bearings 1 1/2 inch tap and bottom with compression ring for internal cable routing.
• Maximum tyre width - 45mm with 700c wheels and 50mm with 650b wheels.
• Bottom bracket - PF BB386 EVO (46mm diamteter / 86.5mm width)
• Thru axles with 1.5mm thread pitch for 120mm front hubs and 142mm rear hubs.
• Seatpost diameter - 27.2mm
• Seatpost clamp - external proprietary ADHX alloy.
• Shifting - mechanical or electronic.
• Front derailleur - suitable for 1X and 2X systems.
• Disc brake - front and rear flat mount with 160mm max rotor size.
• Forged carbon dropouts having 20X the fatigue strength of steel or alloy.