A request to all manufacturers who browse these forums...

[conradhughes]

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE make a copy of the new Scott 32" gravel bike I'll buy it right away I promise
https://www.cyclingnews.com/bikes/pro-bikes/im-genuinely-scared-how-fast-ill-be-able-to-corner-scott-creates-32-prototype-bike-for-defending-champion-at-unbound-gravel/

[kbernstein]

no chinese manufacturer is willing to gamble on making a copy mold for a PROTOTYPE

[conradhughes]

I mean, it's basically a joke isn't it.
But I'd love it if the Chinese manufacturers were able to be first to market with these and drive innovation as I feel they have in some other areas of cycling.

[GravelMaxxer]

no chinese manufacturer is willing to gamble on making a copy mold for a PROTOTYPE

They don't need to make a copy mold, they just need to make an aero 32 inch gravelbike and it will boom.

[empathetic togue]

lets not encourage the industry (chinese or otherwise) to produce stuff that us (amateurs) don't need.

[patliean1]

There is a balance between innovation and giving consumers an excuse to spend more money. Under the guise of innovation.

[conradhughes]

They don't need to make a copy mold, they just need to make an aero 32 inch gravelbike and it will boom.

Exactly. At 197cm and 90+kg I'll take a 32" bike with a 1kg penalty any day. I nearly got a 29" full-sus MTB to replace my hardtail this year from LightCarbon but will wait for 32", which will likely just suit and fit me much better.

A 32" MTB has already won a Cape Epic stage, let's see how Cam Jones does at Unbound and go from there.

[Sakizashi]

The prototype Scott bike is basically as small as they can make it. It's going to be hard to make enough sales of carbon frames and deepish gravel wheels/tires for a bike that fits 2%-3% of the world's adult male population.

If it survives in MTB (which is far more likely) the XC rims and wheels might cross over enough for use on Gravel in some cases.

Glad to see the experiment though.