Molino
The Molino is the next step in the evolution of gravel bikes. As the contrast between mountain bikes and road bikes become more stark than ever, the Molino splits the difference. The perfect gravel bike, scaled up.
Unmistakable elements
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Twin Moose Stem
While certainly not a mandatory item, the Twin Moose stem is a unique feature that has both perfect function and an unmistakable form, that mirrors the seat cluster.
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Twin Bone Seat Stays
Not only is it a beautiful, repeating design that matches the Twin Moose stem, each frame is built with tubing chosen and bent specifically for each rider’s maximum comfort, using a selection of proprietary benders. This allows for a finely tuned ride that just isn‘t possible with off-the-shelf options. Form and function become one.
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Fillet Brazing
This construction technique yields the most opportunities while building a bike frame. With a combination of smooth seamless joints and hard square edges, you’ll get a bike like looks and rides like nothing else out there.
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Art School Dropouts
Dropouts are an important interface, not just between the frame and the wheel, but also between you and your bike. The Art School Dropouts are designed for an ease of ownership as much as a safe and reliable way to maintain power from the pedals to the wheel.
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Swinger Dropouts
Designed by Black Cat Bicycles way back in 2005, this is the best way to adjust chain tension, bar none. Easy and secure, it’s no wonder it was copied throughout the industry. Choose this option for the best looking and best working single speed on the market.
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Original paint
From a one-off logo, to a full-blown freakout. No two Black Cats are finished the same. Let’s make your bike a perfect reflection of you.
Details
Up to 29 x 2.2” tires on a 25mm wide rim
Built for a steel, carbon, or gravel suspension fork
Modern geometry for a slightly longer top tube, shorter stem
420-440 chainstay length, depending on rider height
12 x 142mm Swinger or Art School Dropouts
1x drivetrains with 49mm chainline w/ up to 40t round chainring, depending on chainstay length
30.9 seatpost size, “stealth” routing, exiting toward the bottom of the seat tube
Can be built with a radiused seat tube to shorten chainstay length
Brazed-on zip tie steel routers or Paragon Machine Works bolt-on aluminum routers, along the bottom of the down tube
37mm straight headtube for steel forks, or 34/44 tapered headtube for carbon and suspension forks
English threaded bottom bracket
Starts at $4900 for frameset (frame, fork, stem),$4700 frame and fork only, comes with a single color powder coat and single color logo or panel. original artwork starts at $1500
