Earlier this month, Viral Bikes announced the release of the new Dérive CR. This new version of their bikepacking model is a 4130 triple-butted chromoly version of the titanium Dérive.

Which of course isn’t true, because it is made of welded double-butted 6061 aluminum tubes, but it just looks so perfect in every joint that you’d almost never know.

The bike that the Gravel Bolivia references was “originally designed in 1947 by Harry Rensch, the frame was unique for its split seat tube, oversized down tube, twin top tube, and bi-laminate ...