No. 22 and Bridge Bike Works highlight 2022 Builder Round-Up

Canadians show off shiny bikes at ENVE event

Photo by: ENVE

Terry McKall June 28, 2022

ENVE’s Builder Round-Up returned for its fourth year of highlighting custom gravel bikes from around the world over the weekend. As in years past, Canadian brands featured prominently in the mix of all-road and almost-mtb builds.

Last year Mariposa and Naked Bicycles added a maple flavour to the custom gravel bike show. This year it’s No.22 and Bride Bike Works representing the north.

Check out five of the best bikes from ENVE’s Groadio, ranging from Canada to the U.S. and as far away as the Czech Republic.

Bridge Bike Works – Surveyor (Toronto, Ont.)

What would it look like to design and build a carbon fibre frame in Toronto? Well, something like Bridge Bike Works. This new Canadian brand is bringing production home, actually laying the carbon fibre for its boutique frames right in its Toronto facility. The project is the work of Frank Gairdner and Mike Yakubowicz and, judging by the stunning sand-coloured frame on display at this year’s Grodeo, they’re well on their way to making the dream a reality. Local looks good with this carbon gravel shredder.

Bride Bike Workds. Photo: ENVE

Bridge makes its frames right at home in Toronto

A 2x chainring in 2022? Yes please.

Bridge Bike works stylish head badge

Nice subtle branding.

Mirrors what's up front on the head tube

Bridge Bike Works.

Clean frame and matching bottle cages

Bridge Bike Works Surveyor

No. 22 – Drifter

Born in Canada, No. 22 rolled into ENVE’s Builder Round-up with a new take on its Drifter titanium all-road rig. The 2019 NAHBS Best In Show-winning brand isn’t resting on its laurels. With a little SRAM AXS dropper post and drivetrain and Cane Creek eeWings titanium cranks to match the frame material, it’s a mix of metal and futuristic wireless tech. No. 22 also revealed a few new future features on the drifter, like smooth new 3D printed drop-outs and the brand’s own custom gravel fork.

No. 22 Drifter titanium

A new look from No. 22

More subtle newness at the back end of hte bike

eeWings and AXS make for one heck of a drivetrain

Details from No. 22

Low-stack fork is neat.

No. 22 Drifter

Mosiac (Colorado)

Mosaic showed up with a stunning blue/grey ~~mountain bike~~ flat bar gravel bike, decked out with 2.2″ Donnelly tires and Shimano XTR brakes and drivetrain. Forget Portland, the dream of the 90s is alive in Boulder, Colo. Bonus points for putting a bird on it.

Mosaic. Photo: ENVE

Blue and Orange in honour of the Oiler's play-off run? Probably not, but it looks good.

Full XTR and 2.2 tires pushes this Mosiac pretty far off road.

How cute is that little bell?

Put a bird on it

Geo-adjust chip in the fork

Bonus stripes

Flat bars and fat tires

Mosaic's rigid gravel bike

Mosaic

Weis (New York)

A dirty showbike is a happy showbike. Brooklyn’s Weis rolled into the Builder Round Up with an off-road take on its trademark off-set seatstay design. The truely unique design is immediately eye-catching. But its look changes from every angle. Add Cane Creek’s eeWings titanium cranks to match the titanium Weis frame, an integrated seatmast and big tires and this is one distinctive gravel bike.

Weis titanium gravel. Photo: Ian Matteson 2022

Tatanium cranks and thick ti dropped chainstaysIan Matteson 2022

Wouldn't be a Weis without off-set seatstays. Ian Matteson 2022

XTR and a well-loved drivetrain. Ian Matteson 2022

Clean and distinctive. Ian Matteson 2022

A long integrated ti seatmast runs all the way to the bottom bracket. Ian Matteson 2022

Made in NYC. Ian Matteson 2022

Subtle labeling on the Weis. Ian Matteson 2022

Weis ti gravel rig. Ian Matteson 2022

Festka – Element (Prauge)

All the way from the Czech Republic, Festka delivered with this seamless red-orange-silver fade build. More speed-focused than some frames on display, this Festka’s running 2x SRAM Red AXS wireless shifting and relatively narrow tires. Add a beautifully integrated seat mast, to keep the colour theme consistent, and a faded stem, and this Euro bike looks as fast as it rides.