Moots Takes Aim at Gravel Race Scene w/ New Routt CRD, Teases MOD Carbon Components

May 22, 2023

Moots' newest gravel bike features MOD carbon components, or 'Moots Own Design.'

Steamboat Springs is the home to titanium bike builders, Moots Cycles, and today they are dropping news of a new gravel race machine in the Routt CRD (Complete Race Design). This bike is made to ride how you want, as long as it’s fast.

Moots says the all-new Routt CRD is built for pure speed in a performance-focused chassis, with integrated cable routing for clean lines and a “sweet spot for tire clearance”.

Using a decade’s worth of experience in developing versatile gravel bikes, the new Routt CRD is a culmination of Moot’s history of making gravel machines with the purist in mind.

Being the flagship of the Moots gravel line, the Routt CRD is built for speed across gravel and beat-up road surfaces while still staying true to the famous Moots ride quality… offering the rider the unicorn that is both speed and comfort.

The Routt CRD uses lighter tubing in both the seat stays and top tube to isolate the rider for all-day rides, while still maintaining efficient power delivery around the bottom bracket ad rear dropouts.

The Routt CRD is made for speed with the design optimized around 40-42c tires but still leaves plenty of clearance for options.

Moots has updated the 3D-printed dropouts and brake mount to allow the back end of the Routt CRD to precisely align for quick acceleration and tracking over the nastiest surfaces.

Using Moots’ RSL (Race Super Light) tube set to save weight, the core of the Routt CRD is the T47 bottom bracket for wide groupset compatibility and the “stiffest possible platform”.

The back of the CRD now gets UDH compatibility for current and next-gen groupsets, while the front is sporting the all-new integrated cockpit of Moots Own Design (MOD), as well as a new and improved Moots gravel fork… with no wires or houses in sight.

At the end of the day, the new Moots Routt CRD has “gravel race tendencies, all-day comfort, and long-term durability in one integrated package that is the pinnacle of the Routt family of gravel bikes. This is Complete Race Design“.

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According to Moots, the MOD component line is currently only available on Moots Bikes. Pricing and availability are coming soon.

MOD Stems:

MOD Handlebar:

MOD Gravel Fork:

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