ANTHONY'S TEN-GALLON MOSAIC GT-1 I45

There are many reasons to love this build, not the least of which is the frame’s Ten Gallon Purple, in all its blueberry juice glory. 

At the heart of the build is a handmade, custom-tuned titanium GT-1 frameset from Mosaic Cycles – the Colorado brand’s flagship gravel chassis. In any configuration, it’s a heartbreaker. But in its new i45 iteration, it cleans up its act and leads with a streamlined, integrated cockpit that points towards the future and space for up to 45mm tires, measured.

Below the fold, the bike digs into the dirt courtesy of SRAM’s newest 13-speed Red XPLR group, an engineering sensation designed to lessen the jumps between gears without sacrificing a wide gear range, further expanding on SRAM’s UDH technology for crisper shifting under load.