Monster Tires, Nimble Ride
The WI.DE. (Winding Detours) targets bigger tires than the U.P. without compromising speed.
Photography: @marcgaschphotography
The monster tires help you conquer the most extreme terrain. The performance geometry & narrow Q-factor keep you efficient. The steering geometry keeps
you nimble.
What is the WI.DE.?
| 1 | With 650b gravel or 27.5" mountain bike tires up to 2.4”(61mm), rutted singletrack, slippery roots and rocks disappear. |
| 2 | With 700c gravel tires up to 46mm, even the toughest gravel roads are tackled at lightning speed |
| 3 | Assembled with 700c road tires (we recommend 35-40mm wide), you have the most comfortable road bike ever invented. |
Double-Drop Chainstay.
The U.P.'s dropped right chainstay launched a whole category of bikes. The WI.DE. doubles up.
The double-drop chainstays create a very efficient box-shape behind the BB. This increases stiffness, reduces weight and boosts tire clearance.
Tire Clearance.
Fitting the biggest tire into a bike with road geometry is our favorite puzzle!
The WI.DE. maximizes tire clearance with its double-drop chainstays and front-derailleur-free design for 1x setups AND 2x setups (using Classified).
1x cranks eliminate the inner ring and front derailleur that limit tire clearance. Most of our customers run a classic 1x setup with 12-sp or 13-sp cassette. But you can also go 2x using the Classified system: light, fast, very efficient and clean.
As a result, the WI.DE. comfortably accepts up to 2.4” (61mm) tires in 650b (or 46mm on 700c wheels). Actual tire width depends on tire model and rim width, so measure instead of relying on the tire label.
Speed & Handling.
Thanks to its efficient rider position, the WI.DE. is deceptively fast on-road despite its big tires. This always surprises test riders. Great fun on-road and no limits off-road.
Equally important is the handling. The WI.DE. retains its agility with anything from massive mountain tires to road tires. Trigonometry helps us a bit here, as the trail automatically grows together with the tire size, just like you want for tougher terrain.
Our carbon layup.
So many marketing claims about carbon. Yet the truth is quite simple.
Every bike company has access to the same carbon. Compared to industries like aviation, carbon volume for bikes is too small for custom or exclusive. So all those different names for proprietary carbon are just that, names.
What matters: high-modulus carbon is stiff but brittle, low modulus carbon is more flexible but tougher. You need stiff and tough, so the best layup is a blend and the ratio depends on what is most important in each area of the frame.
In some areas (main tubes for example), the blend has more high modulus (and even ultra-high modulus) carbon. Other areas (headtube for example) use more of the tough carbon. That’s how our frames are both light and durable.
U–Turn.
The U-Turn has tire clearance in abundance. It’s also very light, thanks to another OPEN innovation: Smartmount.
Standard, the bike industry uses four bolts plus an adaptor to attach the brake caliper to the fork. This allows for flipping between 140mm and 160mm rotors.
However, SRAM and Shimano both always recommend 160mm for the front, so we remove the adaptor and two bolts to attach the caliper directly onto the fork for that rotor size.
This makes the setup lighter, stiffer, safer. (Check our Specifications for the correct bolt lengths for each setup.)
This design also cleans up the U-Turn fork legs and allows us to make a very light structure with very tunable stiffness and strength.
„Stuff Carrying Capability”.
Extra bottle under the downtube and a toolbox under the BB. Ready for every Winding Detour.
The tool box mounts are off-center to create extra clearance to the chainring. If you don’t use a toolbox, you can mount a larger water bottle under the downtube.
The WI.DE. is also designed to take a (strapless) toptube bag as well as saddle, handlebar and frame bags for longer high-speed adventures.
Design is in the details.
Reviews & Awards
“Open continues to raise the bar on how far you can take a road bike off road and still have an agile, fast rolling, rollicking good ride. The WI.DE. blows the roof off tire size options & is impressive on technical singletrack, going further than the Open U.P. ever could. I cleared large boulders and even hopped fallen trees pretty easily.”
– Bicycling
“Overall, the Open WI.DE. is pushing the boundaries of where we can take a drop-bar bike and what they shouldlook like. The crazy part is that, thanks to its aggressive geometry, it does an amazing job on the road, too.”
– RoadBikeAction
“Having been riding gravel bikes all week, it was immediately evident how much more confident the [WI.DE.] was on the challenging terrain. That’s partly down to the wider 2.4” tyres, but the geometry also seemed to play a part. The front end was lively, darting around rocks and through cracks but never in a way that disturbed the stability of the bike. The striking element of the WI.DE. though, was how much it still felt like a road bike.”
– Cyclist Magazine
“Auch verflog meine anfängliche Skepsis gegenüber des 650B Laufradsatzes nach den ersten Offroad-Abstechern in tiefsten Morast und über rutschige Wurzelteppiche und ich war schnell dankbar über das spürbare Plus an Grip und Traktion. Wirklich überrascht war ich allerdings über die Performance in der Ebene. Denn auf einem Gravelbike hatte ich wirklich noch nie einen solch breit bereiften 650B Laufradsatz unterm Hintern, der auf Asphalt dermaßen gut und schnell rollt. Love.”
– Bikeboard.at
“First impressions are… well, the WI.DE. is really amazing. I never thought that I’d want tires wider than 54 mm, but now I am riding with 24% more air.” Bicycle Quarterly video review.
– Bicycle Quarterly
“The WIDE feels planted and sure footed, it feels just so competent on any surface.”
– Podia
“With the WI.DE., the Swiss two-man-gravel-brand presents a very powerful bike. The balanced handling, huge tire clearance, and numerous mounting points for mudguards, drinking bottles and bags make it the ideal platform. The high level of comfort and safety will appeal to gravel fans of all skill levels. This frameset could be a very solid base for your next multi-day adventure bike or sporty after-work fun-rig for technical terrain. And yes, bigger is better indeed!”
– Gran Fondo
Frame Specifications.
Weight Frame-only Size M, w/o metal parts ±3%
Weight Frame-only Size M, w/o metal parts ±3%
1040g
Weight Fork-only ±3%
Weight Fork-only ±3%
390g
Sizes
Sizes
XS/S/M/L/XL
Stock colors
RTP (Ready-to-paint)
RTP (Ready-to-paint)
A clearcoat is not needed for UV protection but recommended to protect against scratches and wear. Some customers leave the frame bare.
BB standard
BB standard
BB386EVO pressfit 86.5x46mm BB shell
Recommended groupsets
Recommended groupsets
The WI.DE. runs classic 1x setups AND 2x setups with Classified hub. For serious gravel and off-road (on any brand of bike), we recommend a rear derailleur with a clutch or cage damper: any Shimano GRX, any SRAM AXS, any older SRAM 1x mechanical, Campagnolo Ekar)
Shimano crank fit
Shimano crank fit
All road cranks
SRAM crank fit
SRAM crank fit
All DUB road, Force 1 BB30
Front derailleur mount
Front derailleur mount
none, 1x drivetrain standard, 2x with Classified hub
Recommended ring shape
Recommended ring shape
Flat (for example Wolftooth)
Maximum 1x ring size
Maximum 1x ring size
General guidance: 46t (flat ring, not available in all sizes with all BCDs so check with your crank supplier), 42t (SRAM offset ring). Note: clearance depends on chainline & chainring. 2mm space is required so please verify.
Minimum 1x ring size
Minimum 1x ring size
In standard set-up: 38t (flat & offset rings). Smaller rings can work depending on cassette/rear derailleur/chain length setup
Front thru-axle
Front thru-axle
100x12mm superlight Carbon-Ti X-12
Front disc rotor size
Front disc rotor size
160mm only
Front brake caliper mount
Front brake caliper mount
Smartmount 160 system attaches flatmount caliper, without adaptor, for 160mm rotors
Rear thru-axle
Rear thru-axle
142x12mm superlight Carbon-Ti X-12
Rear disc rotor size
Rear disc rotor size
160mm only
Rear brake caliper mount
Rear brake caliper mount
Smartmount 160 system attaches flatmount caliper, without adaptor, for 160mm rotors
MultiStop internal system
MultiStop internal system
Mechanical 1x, Di2, eTap
Headset
Headset
Integrated IS42/28.6 | IS52/40 with 45x45 degree lower bearing).
For example Cane Creek BAA1131 (upper) + Cane Creek BAA1161 (lower), Chris King DropSet 2 or Token Omega A83
Seatpost
Seatpost
27.2mm diameter, standard set-up zero-offset
Fenders
Cage mounts
Cage mounts
Seattube, downtube, under-downtube, under-BB
TT bag mount system
TT bag mount system
100mm front-post-to-headset-edge
Travel Bag Recommendation
Travel Bag Recommendation
Scicon AeroComfort Road 3.0.
Scicon has an easy WILL YOUR BIKE FIT tool. Use your current bike setup for dimensions A, B & D and use the wheelbase in our geometry chart below for dimension C.
Installation information
Installation information
Assembly Guidelines (torque specs, BB installation, brake caliper specs)↗
Brake hose installation↗
Seattube collar installation↗
Max. weight (total rider+luggage)
Max. weight (total rider+luggage)
120kg / 264 lbs
EN/ISO/internal test standard
Included with frameset
Included with frameset
Headset
Seattube top clamp
Rail clamp
Thru-axles
2 RD hangers
2 MultiStops (1x, Di2, eTap)
Cable exit stop
Noise-reduction foam sleeves
Bottle cage bolts
Manual
Geometry.
WI.DE.
- Estimates; for accuracy use stack/reach of your current gravel/road bike or a fit session.
- Standover to the top of the toptube directly above the BB (varies with tire size).
- Normalized dimensions to compare to frames with standard (non-zero-offset) seattubes.
- Normalized dimensions to compare to frames with standard (non-zero-offset) seattubes.
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XS | S | M | L | XL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rider Height 1 | smaller than 165 | 160-171 | 169-180 | 178-191 | 188-205 |
| Stack | 520 | 545 | 570 | 595 | 620 |
| Reach | 346 | 358 | 370 | 382 | 394 |
| Standover 2 | 707 | 739 | 777 | 794 | 817 |
| Headtube Angle | 68° | 69° | 71° | 71,5° | 71,5° |
| headtube length | 99 | 125 | 150 | 170 | 196 |
| Fork Offset | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 |
| Seattube Length | 464 | 495 | 530 | 550 | 564 |
| Seattube Angle | 72.5° | 72.5° | 72.5° | 72.5° | 72.5° |
| Seattube Angle (Norm.) 3 | 74,5° | 74.0° | 73.5° | 73.5° | 73.5° |
| Toptube Length | 510 | 530 | 550 | 570 | 590 |
| Toptube Length (Norm.) 4 | 490 | 515 | 540 | 560 | 580 |
| BB Drop | 80 | 77 | 75 | 75 | 75 |
| Front Center | 583 | 596 | 599 | 613 | 634 |
| Rear Center | 420 | 420 | 420 | 420 | 420 |
| Wheelbase | 990 | 1004 | 1009 | 1022 | 1042 |
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