IN BRIEF
Moots adds the County Line to its range: an “all-road” titanium bike, designed around a 38 mm tyre and able to take 42 mm. The brand positions it between the pure road bike and big-tyre gravel bikes. It gets a new Moots carbon fork whose brake hose runs through the titanium stem, and titanium UDH dropouts machined in-house. Welded and finished in Steamboat Springs, it starts at 5,499 dollars as a frame kit, and goes up to 12,999 dollars as a complete bike.
| Price | from $5,499 (frame kit); complete bikes from $9,999 to $12,999 |
| Frame | titanium, welded and finished in Steamboat Springs |
| Fork | Moots all-road carbon, D-shaped steerer |
| Tyres | designed for 38 mm, clearance up to 42 mm |
| Drivetrain | 1x (50 teeth max.) or 2x (52/36 max.), electronic |
| Brakes | flat-mount, 160 mm rear and 180 mm front rotors max. |
| Bottom bracket | threaded BSA 68 mm |
| Sizes | 8, from 48 to 62 cm |
| Warranty | limited lifetime |
Moots, the titanium workshop in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, is expanding its drop-bar range. The County Line is a road bike that does more without becoming a gravel bike: the brand describes it as a bike that fills the space between a pure road bike and today’s big-tyre gravel bikes. Its official product page sums it up with a tagline: “ROAD, WITH MORE RANGE.”
The Moots County Line, built for 38 mm
It all starts with a tyre size. Moots designed the County Line around a 38 mm tyre, with room for up to 42 mm. The official product page describes geometry that is more stable than a classic road bike’s, for riding confidently on dirt and broken tarmac without losing the speed that keeps it at home on the road.
Escape Collective places the newcomer within the range: the Vamoots for tarmac, the Routt, 1x and with 57 mm of clearance, for “pure” gravel, and the County Line for those who like both. The site also states a 3Al/2.5V titanium frame.
An in-house carbon fork and a clean cockpit
The County Line gets a new Moots all-road carbon fork. Its D-shaped steerer lets the front brake hose run inside the Moots titanium stem. The brand sees this as a clean cockpit without moving to a proprietary one-piece bar and stem. At the rear, new titanium dropouts machined in-house adopt the UDH standard, for drivetrain compatibility and long-term serviceability.
The rest follows proven standards: a 68 mm threaded BSA bottom bracket, flat-mount brakes with rotors up to 160 mm at the rear and 180 mm at the front, and a 45 mm road chainline. The bike takes a chainring of up to 50 teeth in 1x, or a 52/36 double in 2x, and it is designed for electronic drivetrains. Mudguard mounts come as standard, rack mounts as an option.
Eight sizes, two fork offsets
Moots offers eight sizes, from 48 to 62 cm, and two fork offsets: 52 mm on the small sizes and 45 mm on the large ones, to keep the same handling across the whole size range. The official product page states that each frame is welded and finished in Steamboat Springs, and covered by a limited lifetime warranty.
The County Line is sold as a frame kit or as a complete bike. The product page lists its prices in dollars: from $5,499 for the frame kit, then $9,999 with SRAM Force XPLR, $10,599 with SRAM Force, $12,499 with SRAM Red XPLR and $12,999 with SRAM Red. As of 16 October, a price in euros could not be established: Moots’ online shop charges in dollars, and the brand also sells through dealers.
