REEB Cycles just announced the revamped 2020 Sam’s Pants with geometry updates, more mounts, and room for 29 x 2.2″ tires. In addition, they released the all-new REEB Lickskillet, a 700C all-road bike built around a snappy gravel geometry. Find all the details here…
REEB Cycles just announced their fully updated 2020 “The Sam’s Pants” as well as the all-new Lickskillet, a 700C all-road bike named after the steepest gravel road in Boulder County. Both models are designed around modern, non-suspension-corrected forks, and are offered in size-specific, lightweight, butted, and heat-treated steel or hand-selected, butted titanium. And both are made in the USA and fully customizable. Here are all the details…
New additions at REEB
Straight from the press release: REEB has invested in industry experience by adding future MTB Hall of Fame rider/tester Jeff Lenosky and Butch Boucher, an industry veteran with 30 years experience as co-founder of Co-motion Cycles and 21+ years with Moots. In addition to adding industry experience they have engaged engineer Steve Ziegler and added depth to their fabrication team anchored by Adam Prosise, pushing revisions to all 2020 models. These two models represent a specific investment in the all-road/gravel bike/adventure bike arena with the addition of Boucher and fabricator/gravel bike nerd Sam Robinson. “It’s been a big investment in a committed team of people that ride and relentlessly test our bikes, it’s bringing continued innovation to the entire line and we’re undoubtedly putting our best bikes to market.” Tim Moore, sales director at REEB Cycles.
2020 REEB Sam’s Pants
REEB describes The Sam’s Pants as “a dirt road rippin’, monster crossin’, adventure tourin’, backcountry bikepackin’, daily commutin’, all-rounder we did it with a mountain biker’s thirst for singletrack and self propelled backcountry adventure. Load it down with all your gear and get lost. The perfect bike for Sub-24hr bikepacking or an assault on the Bikepacking Triple Crown.” We’ve yet to test one, but it’s on our list! The 2020 Sam’s Pants features clearance for 29 x 2.2″ tires and a third pair of cage mounts on the downtube for extra water and gear. REEB also updated the frame with a 31.6mm seat tube and internal routing to work with a modern dropper post.
A couple of other tweaks to the 2020 Sam’s Pants include improved standover and larger triangle space. They accomplished this by adjusting the geometry for a shorter 415mm AC-height fork, like the recently announced Whisky No9 MCX (as shown in these photos). This allowed them to provide a little extra standover space while maintaining a large triangle for a sizable frame bag. Find the full highlight reel below.
2020 REEB SAM’S PANTS FRAME HIGHLIGHTS
- Redesigned for 2020 for better standover and large frame bag
- REEB selected lightweight butted steel tubeset for optimal strength and stiffness
- Also available in Titanium Dedacciai butted tubeset for lightweight strength and supple ride
- 44mm head tube for all tapered steerers
- Designed to be used with NEW forks using a 415mm axle to crown
- Clearance for a 29″ x 2.2″ tire
- 3 sets of water bottle bosses standard (3rd set on bottom of downtube)
- Rack and fender mounts stock
- 73mm wide English (BSA) BB shell
- Flat mount disc 160mm rotor (can be adapted to fit 180)
- 142mm x 12mm rear spacing
- 31.6mm ø dropper compatible
- 5 stock sizes / 3 stock colors
The 2020 REEB Sam’s Pants frame is available from $2,299 with complete GRX builds starting at $4,699. Learn more over at REEBcycles.com.
2020 REEB Lickskillet
The 2020 REEB Cycles Lickskillet is brand new to their lineup. Available in either a lightweight, butted, and heat-treated steel, or butted titanium tubeset, the Lickskillet is designed around balanced handling and snappy acceleration for mixed surface rides. Here are the details.
2020 REEB LICKSKILLET FRAME HIGHLIGHTS
- REEB selected lightweight butted steel tubeset for optimal strength and stiffness
- Also available in Titanium Dedacciai butted tubeset for lightweight strength and supple ride
- 44mm head tube, tapered steerer compatible
- Clearance for a 700c x 45 mm tire
- 3 sets of water bottle bosses
- 68mm wide English (BSA) BB shell
- 1x or 2x Drivetrain Compatible
- Flat mount 140mm or 160mm compatible
- 142mm x 12mm rear spacing
- 27.2mm ø seat post compatible
- Designed around the 395mm axle to crown length
- 6 stock sizes / 3 stock colors on steel frames
- Polished logo with bead blasted satin finish on Ti frames
- CUSTOM OPTIONS AVAILABLE
The 2020 REEB Lickskillet frame is available from $2,299 with complete GRX builds starting at $4,699. Learn more over at REEBcycles.com.
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