Inside the 2025 ENVE GRODEO: Builder Round-Up Part 1
The 2025 ENVE GRODEO offered an up-close look at an exceptional array of custom builds from leading frame builders across the globe. The showcase emphasized craftsmanship, innovation, and the seamless integration of materials and design. Attendees of the live event experienced these artisan creations firsthand, witnessing the meticulous detail and engineering behind each build.
Part 1 of our Builder Round-Up—held during the GRODEO weekend—offers a deeper dive into the builders, their methodologies, and the bikes engineered to excel across varied terrain. It’s a tribute to the engineering, rider-focused design, and environments that inspire them.
CICLI BARCO
Province of Padua, Italy
Since the early 2000s, we’ve been perfecting the fusion of Columbus XCr stainless steel and high-performance carbon fiber—a combination that reflects the pinnacle of our framebuilding expertise.
Signature elements like the 3Days hand-printed junctions and the integrated seatpost have become hallmarks of our Quinta Strada road frames, striking a perfect balance between structural integrity, refined aesthetics, and exceptional ride quality.
This year, we set out to push the boundaries even further by embracing advanced technologies and structural innovations. We introduced our first Integrated Stealth Post, a custom-designed UDH dropout for enhanced drivetrain compatibility, and the Zero headtube for fully integrated cable routing with the latest 1”1/2 cockpit systems. To celebrate our craftsmanship and the premium materials we use, this special edition features a distinctive “Primitiva” marble-effect finish on the XCr tubeset, paired with a sleek glossy coat on the Italian UD carbon— highlighting the beauty of each element.
BINGHAM BUILT
Steamboat Springs, CO, USA
Custom Made Titanium Bikes Handbuilt in Steamboat Springs, CO.
Bingham Built frames are made solely in our shop in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, USA. We create all kinds of bikes. Gravel, road, mountain, cross, fat, tandem, commuters, and everything in between. Our frames are crafted from the bottom up, one at a time, and specifically designed for each rider. Since our bikes are not mass or batch produced, we don’t carry stock sizes or have specific models. We don’t have marketing campaigns or a sales team either. We’re just a small group of people on a mission to create amazing rider experiences and the best performing high quality titanium bikes around.
From the ground up each build at Bingham Built is fully custom. Tubeset, component, and geometry is selected based on the specific needs of the rider in fit and use. This build features the Enve In-route system with custom touches by Bingham Built Bikes at every turn.
At the core of the build is the frame which takes in parameters needed by the rider:
- Ride quality; a mix that touches on stable but able.
- 50mm+ tire clearance.
- Modern drivetrain compatible.
- Concealed routing via Enve In-route system.
Frame features:
- Size correct tube set for the frame size, rider's weight, and intended use.
- 90.5mm T47 bottom bracket for use with Dub wide crankset.
- IS52/IS52 segmented and welded headtube with proprietary Bingham Built 6/4 titanium cups.
- Bingham Built designed UDH drop outs.
- Welded flat mount (160mm rotor, no adaptor needed)
- Custom chainstays for 50mm+ clearance, short for responsiveness.
- S bend seat stays.
- Custom curved seat stay bridge, because style!
- Three bottle locations.
- Fully internal routing.
- Bead blast base finish with Cerakote work by Dark Matter.
Build Kit:
- SRAM Red XPLR
- Enve In-route gravel fork
- Enve in-route one piece AR bar/stem
- Enve IS52 headset
- Enve 4.5 SES wheel set
- Conti 50mm Terra Hardpack tires
- Bingham Built Sweetpost seat post, carbon rail compatible
BLACK MAGIC
Portland, OR, USA
ENVE MOG
For this year’s ENVE GRODEO Builder Round Up, we wanted to spotlight the raw beauty of the ENVE MOG. Our custom finish was designed to reveal and celebrate the carbon itself, using a House of Kolor Kandy to enhance the exposed carbon construction rather than cover it up. In bright sunlight, the blue pops with vibrant depth, while in lower light it shifts to a deep navy, subtly revealing the carbon beneath. Fine silver graphics provide a clean contrast and tie into the component details.
Built by Black Magic Paint, a proud ENVE custom paint partner and dealer since 2018, this bike is configured to handle everything we ride year-round, from fast-rolling mixed terrain to the rugged sections that define the Grodeo experience. Outfitted with SRAM’s new RED XPLR 13-speed group with power meter, ENVE SES 3.4 wheels, and 50mm Schwalbe G-One RX tires, the setup delivers capability and confidence without sacrificing speed. It’s a versatile, high-performance build that’s ready for wherever the route leads.
CHUMBA
Austin, TX, USA
Chumba Cenote Suspension Gravel Bike
Officially launching at the ENVE Grodeo is the new Chumba Cenote Suspension Gravel Bike .
Complete bikes and framesets are available in titanium and steel , in many sizes, with loads of customization options, and custom finishes.
This Cenote Titanium Suspension Gravel Bike, size 56, is decked out with:
- Cane Creek Invert 40mm travel suspension fork w/ lockout
- ENVE G23 Innerdrive Carbon wheels, ENVE Hex 48mm tires, ENVE Cockpit
- Wheels MFG Bronze and Blue Components
- 5Dev Titanium Crankset
- Custom anodized graphics and hand-brushed titanium frame.
For the ENVE Framebuilder Showcase, we wanted to focus on the beauty of the handmade titanium Cenote frame with the clean aesthetic of the ENVE components. So we stripped the bike down to singlespeed mode, revealing neat and tidy welds with eye-catching anodizing.
Future Proofing:
A quick change of the dropout insert and you can run UDH, T-Type, or traditional mount derailleurs. We collaborated with PMW on the UDH insert, which made even our oldest models Transmission compatible!(use image of multiple dropout inserts)
The frameset will clear a 700x50mm tire
Big chainring clearance 44T on normal chainlines
Fits common axle to crowns of all the big hitter suspension fork companies, Cane Creek, Fox, Rockshox.
Ride Character:
Following the "groad" of the ENVE Grodeo, more gravel events are combining gravel, road, jeep road chonk and singletrack. The need for a fast and capable gravel bike that both inspires confidence and is a blast to race/ride was the inspiration for adding the Cenote to our lineup.
The geometry blends concepts from our Terlingua, SL, and Yaupon models. The Cenote is built around a longer front center with a longer TT, slacker HTº and a touch steeper STº than our Terlingua Gravel Bike . The Cenote is best paired to shorter stems 50-80mm, wider bars and tires 42-50mm. The result is the ultimate underbike!
Cenote Titanium Frameset with Cane Creek Invert is $4,795.00
Cenote Steel Frameset with Cane Creek Invert is $2,895.00
Cenote name:
Is it C-Note? Is it Say-now-te? The Cenote name was inspired by the seemingly bottomless sinkhole pools around us and just the beauty of the word itself. We always enjoy words that bring up questions like this for model names, and it's fun to make the bikes mysterious and open-ended with the naming.
ENGLISH CYCLES
Eugene, OR, USA
English Cycles ultimate commuter.
Working with bikes everyday means I have little time for maintaining my own machines. But I need reliable transport for my 28 mile commute. Using the ENVE aero cockpit and wheels helps reduce the travel time. The Gates belt drive and Shimano internally geared hub provide a weather-proof, maintenance-free drivetrain. Integrated fenders make rainy days less arduous, and the built-in pannier rack provides a secure place for my laptop and gear. The rear light is integrated into the seatmast for visibility.
I built the first version of this bike in 2009, and it has lived up to it's brief, clocking up the miles and asking for very little in return, just the occasional new tire! This updated model continues the theme in a lighter, more aero and modern package, and will hopefully be similarly fine with being ridden and neglected for the next 15 years.
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HOFF CYCLES & WOLF TOOTH
Bethleham, PA, USA
Burnsville, MN, USA
The Concept:
This project came to life through our desire to dive into each and every detail and build a genre mash-up of a bike that didn’t yet exist. The geometry is informed by a World Tour proven race bike, ridden by a certain black and yellow squad at Roubaix. This DNA is applied to a steel bike that balances weight, efficiency, and speed, built with the most modern selection of tubing available, and grounded by a timeless construction method. On paper, an aggressive low stack and long reach pair with a super tight wheelbase and 58mm of trail for telepathic handling and rock solid power transfer in or out of the saddle. The BB drop and trail figures are based on a 36mm tire, with max clearance for a 40mm, further blurring the lines between a race bike and an endurance machine that is at home chasing KOMs and horizons via endless days in the saddle.
The Frame:
Fillet brazed at Adam's new shop in Bethlehem, PA, it is custom in every way possible. We hand selected tubes together with Carl from Metal Guru and Diego from Columbus at this year’s Philly Bike Expo.
We chose to present the bike this way to give the audience insight into the craft that went into creating the frame, showing off the careful mitering of complex tube shapes, the brazing and filing work, how the headtube was created, and to let the steel and the bike as a form speak for themselves without paint getting in the way and influencing the viewer.
The color we chose is a paint-to-sample Porsche Vesuvius Grey Metallic (X7J/X7), with Hoff and Enve logos painted in a brass hue to accent the fillet brazing and raw ABRACADABRA headbadge, the fork, Pro Aero cockpit, and seatpost are painted to match.
The Build:
Built around a forward, aggressive riding position, the bike features a 0mm seaback seatpost and a 130mm / 41cm Enve Pro Aero Cockpit, SES 4.5 wheels running Challenge Strada Bianca 36mm HTLR tires, a TRP Vistar drivetrain and brakes with Classified Powershift System, Classified carbon cranks, Wolf Tooth pro issue purple 52T chainring for Classified, a 10-36T cassette, and a SRAM Red rainbow chain. Finished with a newly released Wolf Tooth T47 Internal Bottom Bracket, IS52/52 Premium Aero Internal Headset for Enve IN-Route, seatpost clamp, rotor lockrings, and UDH hanger in Color Shop Ultraviolet Purple, oil slick titanium bolts, and Limited Edition Cloudburst Morse Titanium Bottle Cages. About Adam, Hoff Cycles, and That Abracadabra Head Badge.
HOLLAND
San Diego, CA, USA
Rat Rod
Inspiration:
The inspiration behind the Rat Rod build was derived from a simple photo that a long time client sent over to us. The photo was of a patinaed pick up truck from the 1960s with a big block engine and some fatter rear tires. This particular client has been a Holland Cycles supporter for more than 30 years and has a bike of every frame material that we have built with, Steel, Titanium, Exogrid, Carbon and we even built him an Exogrid Tandem! This was a fantastic opportunity for both us and the client as we were basically given carte blanche as far as details, paint, lay up, modulus and geometry. This bike is truly custom in every aspect from ride quality to aesthetic. With the wonderful assistance of our long-time painter, Joe Bell, we were able to create a unique look all the way from the frame to rims and hubs to the bottle cages, stem top cap and computer mount.
Build Highlights:
Holland Rat Rod 50th Anniversay - HC Carbon lay up with differing modulus, which is controlled in each tube through the lugged carbon design. We redesigned the rear stay for more clearance at the tire and rotor and have custom 6/4 Ti dropouts. The Busyman leather saddle and bar tape are the icing on the cake.
- HC Carbon frame construction
- Enve cockpit and 4.5 wheelset
- Sram Red
- Arundel Cages
- Busyman Saddle and bar tape
- JB Paint
- A whole lotta fun!
JAEGHER
Flanders, Belgium
Ascender Pheonix
Every Jaegher bike is crafted in Flanders, and the first masterpieces are being delivered in June 2025.
Jaegher, the award-winning Belgian custom bike brand, launches Ascender Phoenix,taking a step into the future. Explore the masterpiece at Enve Grodeo, where 3D technology and craftsmanship create a bike geometry precisely tailored to you. With the perfect bike position, performance is enhanced, discomfort is prevented, and the maximum potential is extracted from your pedal revolution.
Aesthetic Excellence: Stainless Steel Elegance
Due to the exceptional properties of the latest generation stainless steel (the perfect combination of stiffness-weight-comfort), this material is the ideal choice for building a bike.The construction of a stainless steel frame is labor-intensive and demands a high level of craftsmanship, which is why mass-market brands often opt for quickly producible and cheaper materials. With the Ascender Phoenix, Jaegher is one of the first brands to utilize 3D printing for stainless steel in a seamless way.
A harmonious blend of form and function.
The stiffness of stainless steel surpasses titanium, ensuring optimal power transfer.
Additionally, stainless steel has the natural ability to dampen vibrations. This combination results in a ride that is both exceptionally responsive and comfortable.
Key Features:
- Lighter
- Stiffer
- More beautiful and elegant
- The best performance/comfort ratio
- Seamless welds — as if made in one piece
- Perfect integration of brake lines and cockpits
- More sustainable: Local production of frame components, less waste, 100% recyclable
TRACKLINE TIME TRIAL
The Builder Round-Up included tours of ENVE's production facility and the infamous Trackline Time Trial. The Trackline's half-mile course tested the VO2 Max and bike handling skills of those willing to take the start ramp.
