Hi Felix, we do still offer the kit, in fact we've made a new Castelli jersey and a whole set of apparel with Assos as well. We'll have that on our site in the next few weeks.

Hi Adrian, thanks for the comments, that's a fair point. I'll talk to Matt (our webmaster) about the search function, it's on the list but it's a matter of priorities. First off are some other updates that will make it easier to find older updates though.

As for the comments, because we stopped using facebook comments and switched to this new set-up (which makes it easier to comment without needing to login and also obviously easier for non-facebook users), it meant that our old facebook comments are now gone.

Do you already have the crank? If not, then we recommend the 30mm Force 1 crank, not the 24mm GXP version. Both work, but the 30mm is a little bit nicer so that's what we use. And then any BB30 bottom bracket will work, but there are a few that are dedicated to BB386EVO. I will post a full update on crank options in the next few days, so please sit tight.

Hi Bengt, no problem asking the question. The U.P. and the Exploro are both on the same level, they are both GravelPlus bikes, but they have a different direction. Just like a road bike focusing on climbing is different from one focusing on comfort or on aero, yet they are all road bikes and they can all be "equally good". Both frames cover the range from "almost full-on road bike" to "almost hardtail mountain bike", so when people ask me "I like to do these or those events, which frame is best", the answer is usually that both will do the job. That's the nice thing with the GravelPlus frames, because of the ability to fit those 650b mtb tires they are so far ahead of most other options, that that difference is much more significant than anything else. That said, the Exploro is a little bit more racy, and U.P. a bit more "epic" if that makes sense. You see this in the tube shapes but also in the small tweaks in the geometry (the Exploro is a tad more relaxed).

As for the forks, Obviously we use a painted fork, not a black carbon fork on the U.P., just like the Exploro Team uses a painted fork, while the LTD uses the black carbon LTD fork. As for the frames, you can't really say the U.P. is like one or the other Exploro frame, it just doesn't work that way. We produce it in a different facility using different technologies, suited for the type of frame and tube shapes that the U.P. encompasses, so there is no comparison with the Exploro in that way.

The Hang Loose hanger wouldn't fit on the U.P. and wouldn't make much sense on that frame either. Again that difference between racy and epic.

Hope that answers your questions.

Those rims actually aren't that wide, so I would say that's still OK. You definitely won't touch the frame with those wheels and a Horizon 47c. Of course if you use a tire that is on the edge (like a 2.1") and you then put it on a "crazy wide" rim, then you'd have issues.