Open is a manufacturer of performance

gravel bike A gravel bicycle is a type of bicycle intended for gravel cycling, including gravel racing. They are also sometimes known as "adventure bicycles", particularly ones intended for harsher off-road terrain. While bicycles have been used for riding ...

and

road bike The term road bicycle is used to describe bicycles built for traveling at speed on paved roads. Some sources use the term to mean racing bicycle. Other sources specifically exclude racing bicycles from the definition, using the term to mean a ...

frames based in

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. Founded by Andy Kessler and

Gerard Vroomen Gérard Vroomen (born 20 July 1971, Nijmegen) is a Dutch-born mechanical engineer and the owner of Open Cycle. He was previously the co-founder of Cervélo & the now-defunct Cervélo TestTeam Cervélo TestTeam () is a former professional cycl ...

in 2012, the company debuted with a single model, the O-1.0. It was claimed to be the lightest 29-inch production hard tail on the market. The Company's current line-up includes two all-road / gravel frames, the OPEN U.P. and OPEN U.P.(P.E.R.), a pure gravel frame OPEN WI:DE, and a classic road bike frame, the OPEN MI.ND.

Special editions

Open have sold frames with paint designs created in

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with various other companies.

References

External links

Official OPEN website
Cycle manufacturers of Switzerland Swiss companies established in 2012 Manufacturing companies based in Basel {{cycling-stub