When the Stigmata was resurrected in 2015, we fused a number of MTB standards and design features to create our spin on the modern CX bike. Nowadays, the internally routed disc brakes, generous tire clearance and thru-axles approach that made the Stigmata famous have become more of a norm for the gravel curious and free-roading crowd, so we took a fresh look at which standards the riders of tomorrow wanted access to today.
Threaded bottom brackets remain a perennial favourite across our entire line. Its got your ass covered with neat, hidden fender mounts, and three water bottle mounts highlight the Stigmata’s ever-widening scope of purpose.
Deeper adventures, bigger tires perhaps? The frame now clears up to a 45mm 700c or a 2.1” 650b tire. Marry the latter to our Force/X01 AXS mashup kit and you’ve got yourself the kind of drop-bar singletrack rallycat we can all get onboard with.
And when it comes to good old-fashioned off-road etiquette, the Stigmata’s had some coaching at the Highball school of stiffness, handling, and offroad feel. The carbon layup and frame design produces a ride so law-abiding you’d think HR had sent it on a compliance training course.
Geometry plays a big part here too, so we’ve made tweaks to improve handling for smaller riders and reduce toe overlap. The reworking of the 52/54cm frames means the Stigmata now comfortably suits riders from 5’3” and up. Meanwhile different fork offsets—50mm for the 52-54cm sizes, and 45mm for the 56-61cm sizes—help ensure your little piggies don’t go to market on the front wheel.
Topped off with tidy details like 12mm front axle, flat mount brakes and build-specific Reserve wheel packages, the Stigmata is designed to let you decide whatever the heck you want this category to be.
SPECS:
| Frame | Carbon CC |
| Fork | Carbon CC |
| Rims/Wheels | Easton ARC Offset 25 700c |
| Hubs | F: i9 1/1, 12x100, Centerlock, 28h R: i9 1/1 12x142, XDr, Centerlock, 28h |
| Spokes | Sapim Race |
| Tires | Maxxis Rambler, 700x40c |
| Crankset | SRAM Rival DUB Wide |
| Chainrings | 43/30 |
| Bottom Bracket | SRAM DUB 68mm Road Wide BB |
| Chain | SRAM Rival, 12spd |
| Front Derailleur | SRAM Rival eTap AXS Wide |
| Rear Derailleur | SRAM Rival eTap AXS, 12spd |
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Cassette/Rear Cogs
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SRAM Rival XG 1250, 10-36 |
| Shifters | Rival eTap AXS HRD |
| Handlebars | Easton EA70 AX |
| Stem | Easton EA90 |
| Brake Levers | Rival eTap AXS HRD |
| Brakes | SRAM Rival 1 Flat Mount w/SRAM Paceline Centerlock, 160mm |
| Saddle | WTB Silverado Medium CroMo |
| Seat Post | Easton EC70 27.2 Zero Offset 350mm |
| Extras | Tubeless Ready |