Another day, another titanium 32er. The Nordest Gimonde is billed as a downcountry frame that’s set up for bikepacking as well. Based in Galicia, Spain, Nordest got its start in 2016, producing steel and titanium frames in Taiwan and assembling them in Spain.
Nordest Gimonde geometry and frame features
We’ve seen a number of titanium 32ers drop over the past few months, and though many of the bikes look similar, the geometries are wildly different. The Nordest Gimonde stands out for its slack (by 32er standards) head tube angle, which sits at 66°. (The DirtySixer hardtail is another 32er with a 66° head tube angle.) Compare that to the 69.5° head tube angle on the Twin Six 3×2 we wrote about earlier this week, and it’s clear these bikes are designed to handle very differently. And the reach on the Gimonde, at 500mm for a size-large frame, is spot-on, if a bit long, for a modern trail bike.
With 32-inch diameter wheels, there’s no getting around a longer chainstay. The Nordest Gimonde has 468mm-long stays, and the brand says the frame fits tires up to 32×2.4″.
Nordest is offering just two sizes of the Gimonde, medium-large and large. The brand says realistically, riders need to be at least 5’10” tall to fit the smaller size comfortably.
The Nordest Gimonde is made with double-butted TI-3Al-2.5V titanium tubing. The frame features seat-stay eyelets for attaching a rack or panniers, two sets of water-bottle mounts inside the front triangle, and UDH dropouts. Size medium-large frames weigh a claimed 1,900g while the large frames weigh 1,980g.
While photos of the Gimonde show the bike set up with a rigid fork, the frame is designed to work with suspension forks as well.
“We support all 32-inch suspension forks with an axle-to-crown of up to 580mm, such as the Intend Samurai XC 32 or similar,” Pedro Jerónimo told Singletracks. “The frame geometry is built around the fork type the customer chooses — on every new order, we ask whether the frame is intended for a rigid or a suspension fork, and we redraw the geometry accordingly at no extra cost.”
Frames are priced at €1,799 (about $2,060 USD), which includes free shipping within the EU. Framesets, with a carbon fork and Chris King headset, are priced at €2,189. Nordest says frames will ship within 12 weeks.
Singletracks has reached out to Nordest for additional details about the Gimonde.
With the exception of the Thömus Lightrider, which made its debut at the World Cup last month, the 32er mountain bike releases we’ve seen so far are made from metal: titanium, steel, or aluminum. Carbon bikes require expensive molds that are not easily modified, so early 32er frame builders are using metal to rapidly prototype and produce limited runs to meet demand.
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