The what, now? You learn that proper. REEB Cycles is bringing again The Sam’s Pants. This awkwardly named gravel bike was launched again in 2012, revised in 2020, and quickly discontinued till this restricted launch.
The Sam’s Pants is claimed to be an important bike for gravel, bikepacking, journey, or your day by day commute. It’s handcrafted within the USA with trendy geometry, double and triple-butted Columbus Zona tubing, and now, it’s additionally UDH appropriate.
Inquisitive about that identify? “We constructed our first gravel bike over 13 years in the past,” mentioned Tim Moore, REEB Cycles Gross sales Director. “On the time, nobody at REEB was certain about drop-bar bikes or skinny denims, in order that they named the brand new bike after an area store child, Sam, who launched everybody to the latter, and The Sam’s Pants was born. Whereas we’re nonetheless uncertain about skin-tight denim, one factor we’ve discovered through the years is that it’s onerous to beat the sense of journey discovered behind the handlebars of a gravel bike.”
That is the beginning of REEB Cycles’ fifteenth yr. The restricted launch of the revised 2025 The Sam’s Pants is a name again to REEB’s heritage of crafting metal bikes with easy, clear traces.
The Sam’s Pants Versatility
The Sam’s Pants is flexible sufficient that it may possibly go from working errands round city to getting a podium spot with Joe Grant on the Colorado Path Race. It sports activities sufficient tire clearance to suit a 54mm tire, and there’s a 3rd set of bottle bosses on the downtube and an enormous entrance triangle for body luggage.
REEB additionally slackened out the headtube angle whereas rising attain and shortening the chainstays, making The Sam’s Pants very succesful. REEB additionally says that the light-weight metal body was particularly designed for lengthy days on combined terrain. “Identical to Sam’s pants, this design is tight.”
Sam’s Pants Geometry
| XS | S | M | L | XL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Seat Tube (C-T) | 450 | 465 | 485 | 515 | 545 |
| B. Efficient Prime Tube | 541 | 555 | 573 | 594 | 613 |
| C. BB Drop | 75 | 75 | 75 | 75 | 75 |
| D. Head Tube Angle | 70° | 70° | 70° | 70° | 70° |
| E. Head Tube Size | 95 | 110 | 120 | 145 | 165 |
| F. Efficient Seat Tube Angle | 73.5° | 73.5° | 73.5° | 73.5° | 73.5° |
| G. Standover | 758 | 772 | 787 | 813 | 834 |
| H. Chain Keep Size | 435 | 435 | 435 | 435 | 435 |
| I. Entrance Heart | 606 | 619.5 | 637 | 660 | 680 |
| J. Attain | 375 | 385 | 400 | 415 | 530 |
| Ok. Stack | 553 | 567 | 576 | 600 | 614 |
| L. Wheelbase | 1028 | 1043 | 1061 | 1084 | 1104 |
| Rider Top Vary | 5’1″ – 5’4″ | 5’4″ – 5’7″ | 5’7″ – 5’10” | 5’10”-6’1″ | 6’1″-6’4″+ |
2025 Sam’s Pants Handcrafted Highlights
Retail: $2,499 frameset (w/ Hellbender 70 headset & Lilith Hiili carbon fork)
- Columbus triple-/double-butted 25CroMo seamless alloy tubeset
- 420mm axle-to-crown to accommodate suspension forks
- Three water bottle mounts (two contained in the entrance triangle, one underneath the downtube)
- 44mm head tube
- Clearance for 29″ x 2.2″ tires
- 68mm huge English (BSA) threaded BB shell
- 142x12mm rear spacing
- SRAM UDH hanger
- 27.2mm ø seat submit
- Flat-mount disc brake (140mm normal)
- Exterior cable routing
The Sam’s Pants could be the excellent bike to get out and unfold your wings. The framesets can be found now for pre-order with a July 2025 supply. There might be three construct kits out there, in six inventory colours, and 5 sizes (XS, S, M, L, XL).
