First They Came For Our 26ers…
The bike industry runs on experiments.
Some succeed. Some fail. Most leave behind an idea worth stealing.
After spending a few days riding a 32-inch mountain bike, Geoff Kabush came away with a simple observation:
"The biggest takeaway was I thought these wheels would be sick on a gravel bike."
And that's how this project with the Naked Unicorn Skunkworks started.
That single thought kicked off months of conversations, sketches, geometry discussions, wheel sourcing, tire measuring, and the usual amount of head scratching that comes with trying something nobody has really done before.
Or, in Kabush's words:
"Lot of buzz about 32 MTB but I was surprised I hadn’t heard more about 32 gravel so I set to work."
The starting point wasn't how to make a 32-inch bike.
The starting point was how to make a better Kabush bike.
A bike designed to answer a question. To cover ground faster. To ride rougher trails on drop bars. To blur the line between gravel bike and mountain bike just a little further.
The result is the 32xUWC.
Built for Kabush.
Built for underbiking.
Built because nobody could come up with a good reason not to.
Sometimes that's still the best reason to build a bike.
For the full origin story and Kabush's thoughts on the project, check out his original Instagram posts:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DWkaa6OjYdH/
https://www.instagram.com/p/DXaK3IKlPDV
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