{"id":1518078,"date":"2026-01-09T10:58:58","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T07:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1518078"},"modified":"2026-01-09T10:58:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T07:58:58","slug":"the-mad-genius-behind-the-worlds-most-boundary-pushing-bikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1518078","title":{"rendered":"The Mad Genius Behind the World’s Most Boundary Pushing Bikes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Updated January 9, 2026 10:59AM<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Best known for heavily modifying carbon fiber mountain bike frames and components to shave grams and hide every cable, Dangerholm set out to create two wild gravel machines based on Scott\u2019s Spark RC and Scale frames. But the real talking point is the wheels used on both bikes: fully custom carbon rims with a 45mm inner width, 52mm on the outside, and a stepped height of up to 70mm. In other words, absolutely massive. But are they too wide?<\/p>\n

Levy has Dangerholm explain how the design is essentially a hidden rim inside of a fairing, tire choices, the upsides that go far beyond aero benefits, and how you\u2019ll never know what works if you don\u2019t go a bit too far sometimes.<\/p>\n\n

Check out these builds from Dangerholm:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    Dangerholm\u2019s Super Gravel Concept: A Scott Scale Hardtail Made for Gravel<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    A Closer Look at Dangerholm\u2019s Scott Solace Wasteland eRIDE Gravel Bike<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    These Wild Prototype Gravel Wheels Push Rim Width to a New Extreme. Here\u2019s Why.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n

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    Updated January 9, 2026 10:59AM<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

    Source URL: https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/gravel\/gravel-gear\/velo-podcast-dangerholm-boundary-pushing-gravel-bikes\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Updated January 9, 2026 10:59AM Best known for heavily modifying carbon fiber mountain bike frames and components to shave grams and hide every cable, Dangerholm set out to create two wild gravel machines based on Scott\u2019s Spark RC and Scale frames. But the real talking point is the wheels used on both bikes: fully custom […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1518079,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[71],"class_list":["post-1518078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-velo-outsideonline-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1518078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1518078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1518078\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1518079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1518078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1518078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1518078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}