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British brand Pipedream Cycles launch A.L.I.C.E. adventure bike

Steel-framed adventure bike with big tyre clearance and loads of neat details
by David Arthur @davearthur
Mon, Feb 27, 2017 09:57
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All-Purpose Lightweight Individual Carrying Equipment, it’s quite a mouthful. Luckily British brand Pipedream Cycles has shortened it down to A.L.I.C.E, the name for its brand new steel-framed adventure road touring bike. 

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If you’ve never heard of Pipedream, it’s a small company specialising in steel and titanium mountain bike frames and first launched way back in 2005. I reviewed their Sirrus frame when I was working at Bikemagic and liked it so much I bought it. I still had it until recently when I gave it to a friend. Since those early days, the company has retreated into the shadows of the bike industry somewhat, but 2017 signals its return and its first venture into the road market. 

With the new A.L.I.C.E. the company is tapping into the growing demand for rugged, capable and versatile road bikes ready for any sort of adventure, no matter how big or small it might be 

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Underneath the paint is a triple butted 4130 chromoly steel tubeset with an internally reinforced down tube, ovalized top tube, 44mm head tube, S-bend rear stays and 142x12mm bolt-thru rear axle with sliding dropouts, so you could go singlespeed. Cables are externally routed and there are a plethora of mounts for various bottle cages, mudguards, racks and more. 

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There’s ample clearance for up to 50mm tyres, it’ll accommodate a 29x2.1in mountain bike tyre and wheelset. It’s using a 432mm axle-to-crown rigid steel fork with thru-axle, longer than a 395mm cyclocross fork to provide more relaxed geometry, which for a size medium includes a 70-degree head angle with a 155mm head tube, 1,057mm wheelbase and 450mm chainstays. 

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The A.L.I.C.E. will be available in a choice of four sizes, 47 to 54 and comes as a frameset costing £585 or a complete bike with SRAM Rival kit for £1,795. It’s available to pre-order now at www.pipedreamcycles.com/shop/a-l-i-c-e-adventure-bike

It’s a smart looking bike packed full of nice details, and we’ll certainly be pestering them for a review bike soon.

- 16 of the best 2017 gravel & adventure bikes — super-versatile bikes that are at home on lanes, potholed streets and dirt roads

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David Arthur @davearthur

David worked on the road.cc tech team from 2012-2020. Previously he was editor of Bikemagic.com and before that staff writer at RCUK. He's a seasoned cyclist of all disciplines, from road to mountain biking, touring to cyclo-cross, he only wishes he had time to ride them all. He's mildly competitive, though he'll never admit it, and is a frequent road racer but is too lazy to do really well. He currently resides in the Cotswolds, and you can now find him over on his own YouTube channel David Arthur - Just Ride Bikes. 

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Martin1857 | 7 years ago
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Put slicks on my 1992 Saracen Traverse Elite mtn bike, excellent commuting choice for some of the worse roads in North London.

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nmanfield | 7 years ago
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All-Purpose Lightweight Individual Carrying Equipment - actually is the name used for US Army webbing. Maybe their next design will be an all carbon hydaulic disk brake aero bike called a MOLLE

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MonkeyPuzzle | 7 years ago
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I have a 1995 Marin Pine, which is my pub bike and 1st choice for tow paths and singletrack. Tange Prestige steel makes for an amazing ride at 10 and a bit kilos.

Pipedream do/did the Scion 853 which is a old-school looking mountain bike but with more modern geometry, and is really pretty. The A.L.I.C.E., stupid name notwithstanding, looks like a lot of fun.

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DaveE128 | 7 years ago
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I wonder if there's a market for modern versions of retro mountain bikes now - put some flat bars and slightly wider tyres on this and there you go! Would be a great bike for cross-country adventures 1

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ashliejay replied to DaveE128 | 7 years ago
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there's always been a market for people buying and fixing up old 90's rigid MTBs, as they are simple, low maintainance, and good fun, also it's pretty indictive there's a good market considering that fat chance cycles has came back, and that there's a fair few frame builders making short travel steel and titainium hardtails, as well as there being an okish market for steel and carbon rigid MTB forks, granted that almost all have swapped 26 inch wheels for 27.5 and 29 inch wheels.

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cyclisto | 7 years ago
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A simple bicycle with nice modern details and cool color selection. Like it!

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