“ With its ability to accommodate both 700c x 40mm and 27.5×2.1in tyres, the Atalya Gravel is the frame for riders who want everything. Sounds like the early mountain biking days eh? The closer you look at this frame, the more you notice all the details that set it apart from many other Ti frames. There was however this rather lovely 1×11 titanium gravel bike called the Atalaya, which has clearance to run 27.5×2.1.in tyres, and the capability of running a dropper post – how very 2011 XC! And yet it comes with a rigid fork, drop bars and steady geometry that’s designed for all-day comfort for exploring fireroads and wooded singletrack while getting as far away from the bitumen as possible. The Tomir was one of those bikes, though it hasn’t been updated since we tested and reviewed it, so there was nothing new to see there. Werner was on a two week tour of the UK to meet new and existing dealers, and was wrapping up the trip at the London Bike Show where he had a number of models on display for both press and public to ogle. If you like titanium, chances are you know this name well.ĭuring the 2018 London Bike Show, we caught up with Werner Coolen (first name pronounced ‘Vurner’, second name pronounced……Coolen) who is J.Guillem’s Sales Manager and spearhead of a very exotic demo fleet. If you’re interested in how it rode, you can check out Jason Miles’ review here. Shortly after that news story, J.Guillem sent us in a Tomir a full-blown XC race bike crafted from a collection of round and hydroformed titanium tubing, with high-tech cast features including the head tube, dropouts and bottom bracket junction. Particularly impressive also was the order process: Jan-Willem mailed almost as soon as I’d ordered to talk over some particulars of the sizing – although my nominal frame size is 58cm, having a long torso I’d ordered a 60 cm frame to provide enough reach along the top tube – and with the 10 cm stem Jan-Willem recommended the reach to the bars is exactly what I wanted.We first came across J.Guillem’s gorgeous titanium bicycles back in 2016, when founder Jan Willem Sintnicolaas (formerly of Van Nicholas fame) launched the brand out of his new homeland in Majorca (we’ve heard it’s a horrible place to live). Having moved on from Van Nicholas, J.Guillem is Jan’s current venture into the world of titanium artistry, which as of right now includes five models that stretch across the road, gravel and XC genres. It’s also an incredibly beautiful bicycle: titanium is such a remarkable metal, and the fabrication of the frame by J.Guillem is simply faultless. I ordered the J.Guillem Major a couple of weeks ago, and it arrived yesterday and I’ve got to say: it’s perfect.
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