Bassi Rachel Rambler Complete Bicycle

Our beautiful Rachel step-through frame, named for the street where our flagship store is located, is back with a few improvements! Some people were using their original-run Rachels for full-on four-pannier international touring, and while the original spec was just fine for such endeavours, we decided to make some changes to make such adventures a bit easier: beefed-up tubing, more tire clearance, longer wheelbase and raised front-end for more comfort, and a few new eyelets here and there.

Step-throughs also make for great cargo haulers. Those extra tubes in the rear triangle reduce flex, and stepping through a frame will almost always look better than swinging a leg over a loaded diamond frame, which can be cumbersome and isn't always elegant.

The two smaller sizes are still designed around 26" wheels, while the two larger sizes use 700c wheels. Available in two magnificent new colours, Fondue (brown) and Monet (glue-grey).

Build Specs

• Please be prepared to accept part substitutions, it's still a bit strange in bike-world and we don't have all the parts availability we'd prefer
• Shimano/Microshift 8-speed transmission
• Bassi Narrow-wide crank 44T, for a simplified and elegant no-drop chainring
• Silver polished wheels with silver, super-tough city/touring wheels
• 11-34t cassette
• Panaracer Pasela tires with PT puncture protection, for all-day comfort and speed
• Tektro V-brakes in silver
• Bassi Rachel comfort saddle
• Tange CDS headset
• Bassi stem
• Bassi Backsweeps handlebars for a semi-upright position
• Tektro V-brake levers

Frame Specs

• Tube Type: 4130 CrMo steel (double butted top and down tubes/triple butted seat tube)
• Bottom Bracket: 68mm wide, British Threaded
• Seat Tube inner diameter: 27.2mm
• Diagonal drop-outs
• M5 eyelets on seat stays and drop-outs for rack and fenders
• 5M eyelets on down tube for 2 bottle cages
• 5M eyelets on fork for fenders, mini platform rack and lowrider rack

GEOMETRY

Legend:

• Size: Seat tube center to center
• ST: Seat tube center to top
• TT: Top Tube length Horizontal
• CL: Chainstay Length
• FC: Front to Center
• WB: Wheelbase Length
• ST˚: Angle of Seat Tube and Top Tube
• SH˚: Angle of Seat Tube and Horizon
• HT˚: Angle of Head Tube and Horizon
• RA: Fork Rake
• BB: Bottom Bracket drop
• FL: Fork Length axle to crown
• TC: Maximum Tire Size Clearance

(dimensions in millimeters)

The bicycle may look slightly different from the current picture. For technical reasons, screen colours can never perfectly reproduce paint colours, so please be prepared for slight variations from what is displayed.