Teased at the Master Bike Builders Show last week, the new Corvid Cycles Curiosity is a made-to-order adventure bike designed for long-distance tours and events on mixed terrain. With features like a custom titanium frame, a Pinion Smart.Shift gearbox, and more, it has all the fixings for a versatile dream bike. Check it out here…

Owned and operated by Chad Corbin, Corvid Cycles is a custom framebuilder in Boulder, Colorado. Corvid has nine (now ten) models listed on the website, but every bike Chad builds is fully customized for its owner. For those who want to learn more about Chad and his process, Lucas and I spent a day at the Corvid shop getting to know the brand and more about Reroot Outdoors, a custom bikepacking bag company run by Shan Wo under the same roof.

  • Corvid Curiosity
  • Corvid Curiosity

The Curiosity is the newest model from Corvid Cycles. It’s a titanium drop-bar adventure bike that’s equally suited for big gravel rides and singletrack rips but excels on long-distance tours and races. It’s designed to fill the gap between the MAP (drop-bar MTB) and the GRT (drop-bar gravel bike), where more tire clearance is needed but a dedicated drop-bar mountain bike is overkill. Although it’s available with any type of drivetrain, Corvid launched the Curiosity at the 2024 Master Bike Builders Show with the Pinion Smart.Shift system and TRP HYWIRE brifters to create a do-it-all drop-bar adventure bike.

Corvid Curiosity

Corvid Curiosity Standard Specs

  • Pinion C1.12i Smart.Shift and Gates CDX Drivetrain with TRP HYWIRE electronic brifters.
  • Clearance for 29 x 2.3″ or 27.5 x 2.4″ tires
  • Designed for forks with 405-430mm axle to crown
  • 135/142mm rear spacing
  • Adjustable dropouts with ISO, flat mount, post mount, 10mm bolt and 12mm thru axle options
  • Two bottle mounts and top tube bag mounts included; optional bag, bottle, rack and fender mounts
  • Optional bolt-on top tube, frame and down tube bags by Reroot Outdoors
  • Optional dropper port
  • US Manufactured Pinion bridge, head tube, dropouts and fittings
  • Aerospace grade 3Al-2.5V CWSR tubing
  • Internal rear brake and shift cable routing
  • Internal battery mounting with extended charging cable

    • Corvid Curiosity
    • Corvid Curiosity
    • Corvid Curiosity
    • Corvid Curiosity
    • Corvid Curiosity

    Here’s what Chad had to say about the Curiosity: “I’ve been wanting to build this bike since I started Corvid Cycles, but I’ve been limited by the availability of a good drop-bar shifting system. The new Smart.Shift gearbox and HYWIRE shifters have finally made it possible to build my ideal mixed-terrain drop-bar bike. It blends handling characteristics of gravel and mountain bikes, with set-it-and-forget-it stability when touring, while still being nimble and responsive when things get more technical.”

    Every Corvid is custom built, one at a time, with geometry and features to fit the rider and riding style. The base frame-only price starts at $3,600 USD; the frame with a Pinion Smart.Shift gearbox, Gates CDX belt, and TRP HYWIRE controls costs $6,400; and a well-appointed complete build with a Wolf Tooth headset, Whisky Parts bar, stem and carbon post, Ergon saddle, and Onyx hubs on Astral rims costs $8,575.

    Corvid Curiosity

    Head over to CorvidCycles.com to learn more.

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