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Gravel/All-road
Dirt-road Touring
Fat-bike
The Crust Stupid Tourist is a new mini-velo from the Richmond, Virginia-based team creating skate- and BMX-inspired bike frames and parts. With clearance for a 20 x 2.6″ tire, disc or rim brake options, and the ability to fold the frame during travel, the Crust Stupid Tourist might be the perfect travel bike…
New to the Virginia bike company’s lineup this year is the Crust Stupid Tourist—a mini-velo designed with the Ritchey Breakaway system for maximum packability. Despite its obvious benefits, Crust is uniquely poised for a mini-velo, and I’m surprised it took them this long to put one out. Given founder Matt Whitehead and several employees being close to or very intimately involved in the BMX scene, a mini-velo just makes sense for Crust due to the similarities in design and function. However, it should be said that Crust is first to remind potential customers that the Stupid Tourist isn’t an actual BMX bike, and buyers should be cognizant of that when hucking it off four stairs and the like.
Unintended functions aside, the Crust Stupid Tourist features the Ritchey Breakaway system, which allows the bike to be split into several pieces. This makes traveling with the bike easier, as the structure is less rigid. It also comes in a rim or disc option, can clear a 20 x 2.6″ tire and, according to Crust, is designed with the largest inner triangle possible to accommodate a large frame bag.
There are some differences to note about the two distinct frames (rim or disc) in that the disc is single-speed compatible through it’s rocker dropouts, whereas the rim is not. And the rim brake option features additional bolt bosses on the top of the down tube and bottom of the top tube and is compatible with cantilever or V-brakes. Both models have internal routing for a dropper post.
While I’m not the biggest fan of mini-velos, it’s nice to see Crust expanding their lineup of bikes with something more out of the box. With a barrage of new frames coming down the pipeline this year, I think each and every one of them will fill a specific niche really well. Applying the Ritchey Breakaway system to a smaller bike just makes sense, and I’m not sure why more bike in the genre don’t do the same.
Crust Stupid Tourist Geo
| Measurement | Small | Large |
|---|---|---|
| Top Tube (Effective) | 21.7 | 23.6 |
| Top Tube (Center to Center) | 20.9 | 22.5 |
| Top Tube Slope | 16° | 13.5° |
| Seat Tube (Center to Top) | 15.7 | 18.7 |
| Head Tube Angle | 72° | 72° |
| Seat Tube Angle | 73° | 73° |
| Head Tube Length | 10.9 | 13.3 |
| Stack from Bottom Bracket | 21.7 | 24.0 |
| Reach from Bottom Bracket | 15.2 | 16.1 |
| Chainstay Length | 16.3 | 16.3 |
| Bottom Bracket Height | 11.4 | 11.4 |
| Bottom Bracket Drop | -1.0 | -1.0 |
| Standover | 28.7 | 31.3 |
| Rake | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Trail | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| Wheelbase | 40.1 | 41.8 |
For more on the Crust Stupid Tourist, visit CrustBikes.com.
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