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unveiled a year ago to the acclaim of critics and civilians alike, I would like to reintroduce my mid reach caliper “all road” bike for your consideration. imagine this bike powder coated if you can … imagine going out for a fast road ride and not wincing at a dirty connecter track that keeps you away from traffic. imagine a bike that you can ride all day on and be comfortably sprung along by the long seat post and plump tires. immmmmagine 🔮

these bikes were at first going to be a collaboration betwixt rons and beach club, but after a year of irreconcilable disagreements on water bottle placement, the project dried up — and now its been fully absorbed by the LaRon conglomerate.

^above are some of the mid reach road team bikes we made for our local cycling club. Darren weighing the fork. sub 700g. frames are about 1450-1530g

excited to be working with Darren Larkin of Larkin cycles just 5 miles across the CT river. Darren has built a lot of bikes for other companies over the past decade while living in California. We are so lucky to have him as a nutmeg country transplant. cheers to this being the first batch of many made by Darren for LaRon.

what is so special about this road bike? nothing, and that is what makes it special. the deign approach is nothing extra. road bikes can be the simplest form of geared bike if you let them be themselves. that being said, the sleek lines of the CR1 lend itself to both modern and classic build interpretations.

the CR1 is built around modern forward seated body position– so there is a steeper seat tube angle and longer front center. both the alumax and evoo share similar geo principles. most notably, you will note the generous tire clearances. designed around 700×33-700x39mm tires. 300×39 pictured. if you didn’t know, my tire brand Ultradynamico sells both 😉

^here is a spy shot of Troy and Balls Nutmeg Team bikes with the 700×33. gonna be hot builds! troy says his is right at 17lbs without the chain and cables. the Nutmeg team decal are only for locals, sorry. you should move here though!

this is what the down tube will say in various colors. and there is a Larkin cycles head tube badge.

as far as colors go, we will get into those options when some bikes are finished. likely will be offering 2 color choices and raw. the price reflected includes powder coat. if you want yours raw, thats fine — and you’ll save 150 bucks. but again, we will get into that in a few months.

there are a number of mid reach caliper brakes out there to chose from. I know for sure that the TRP RG957 are really nice and clear the 700×39, also the Shimano BR R600. that is what I am using here under all that road salt. the VO grand cru brakes also. you are looking for 47-57mm of arm there. caliper brakes are simple, light, easy to set up and maintain, and for road bikes, they work great. the medium reach veriaties are still plenty stiff, and offer fantastic braking in my experiences in both new England and Arizona. maybe/likley on a long rainy descent in the PNW you’d be wishing for your deli slicer discs, but overall if you survive that rainy descent, you will appreciate marvel that is the lowly dual pivot caliper brake.

speaking of rain, I considered fender mounts on this bike — but I don’t want the clutter — so, no fender mounts, sorry!

quick specs:

• 27.2 seatpost
• 1 inch and an 8th straight head tube
• 68 English BB shell
• 29-30.0 seatpost and front der clamp
• clearance for up to 700×39 tires
• production will have downtube shifter stops
• external cable routing
• 130 rear spacing 100 front
• pump peg for full length frame pump
• 2 water bottle cages (placed where iiii want)
• Columbus tubing
• made in Deep River CT
• lead time after pre order closes 4-6 months.
• deposit taken now, the rest due at shipping.
• FIT available in 5 sizes. this is sloping geo, so the top tube length is what you should be looking at. and that tt is supposed to fit you on the longer side with a shorter stem.

you can pre order these now on RONSBIKES.COM until we sell through the batch

okay let me know any questions in the comments!

XX RR