New MASON Macro32

At Bespoked Dresden 2026, we unveiled our new Macro32 adventure hardtail. Since that time, it has undertaken rigorous rider testing at the inaugural Taurus Mountain Race in Türkiye.

Development is ongoing, and it will become available for pre-order as part of regular small-batch production in Italy in early 2027.

WHY NOW?

The official MASON title is ‘Mason Progressive Cycles’. Right from the start in 2014, we have remained closely in touch with riders and riding styles, along with advances and progression in materials, components, and riding accessories.

Our guiding pillar is ‘RIDE DRIVEN DESIGN’. We follow ‘advances’ very closely, but they will not find their way onto a MASON unless there is a practical benefit to your riding life.

So, we watched 32” wheel progression from afar. I was sceptical and didn’t want to jump in because it was the ‘next BIG thing’. It’s no good making an adventure bike with rare wheels and tyres that you can’t find a replacement for if disaster strikes in the middle of a big ride.

I also wasn’t happy that the ‘gravel bike’ format worked very well with this wheel size. Tall/narrow wheels, with compromise on geometry, clearance, rider size and tyre choice just wasn’t allowed by ‘RIDE DRIVEN DESIGN’.

My feeling was that this format would have real advantages for fast, long distance adventure bikes, like our MASON ‘ISO’ and Macro.

Now, at the tail-end of 2026, it seems like critical mass has been achieved. We are seeing a really useable selection of 32” tyres in various widths, from most of the big makers, along with the emergence of suitable suspension forks from brands like DTSwiss.

WHY THE MACRO?

The ‘Fast, light, configurable, long-distance adventure’ nature of the Macro, lends itself perfectly to the inherent advantages of a large fast-rolling wheel. Also, the long adventure-hardtail geometry works much more naturally with the very large overall diameter of 32” x 2.4” wheels.

We can design 3 sizes - XL, Large & Med (and will be looking to develop a Small in the future) without using ‘tortured looking’ geometry and making compromises in rider fit, riding efficiency and clearances.

The Macro32 draws on what we have learnt from the development of the existing Macro29, using similar aluminium tubing from Dedacciai in Italy, but uses totally new geometry. 32” wheels offer big potential, but also have unique design challenges.

New seatstay, chainstay and seat tube design were all necessary, once again carried out in conjunction with our master tube makers at Dedacciai, Italy.

THE FORK

Our MASON ‘HotShoe2’ carbon fork is a vital part of the Macro32 design. Originally conceived for the MASON ISO, it was developed for large wheel adventure cycling and required the capacity for 29” x 2.6” or 27.5” x 3” wheels and tyres. Unique to MASON and designed and tooled for by us, this fork also has the clearance for the ‘Shutter’, our special load-bearing fender. Along with our ‘Condenser’ rack, the accessories fit direct to our crownmounted ‘Tri Mount’ system.

Because we built in huge clearance for the fender and large tyres, the HotShoe fork has plenty of capacity and clearance for the current crop of tyres, up to 32” x 2.4”.

Crucially, the crown height is not too high, meaning the 32” frame design does not require a very short head tube to keep stack height under control. It is also not too low! Meaning we can accommodate a short travel suspension fork without adversely altering geometry. It also means that we can design viable geometry for smaller sizes. 

The HotShoe2 fork is refined and strengthened over the V1 version, and we have ‘double over tested’ for fatigue and all mounting points, so we are absolutely confident of its durability and performance for 32”.

HUNT & MASON

We have worked closely with UK wheel brand HUNT since the first days of MASON in 2014. We developed Endurance Road bikes before good disc-brake wheels were available, so HUNT provided a wheelset specially designed for us - The MASON x HUNT 4Season Disc. Then we developed a gravel bike for 650b before the wheels were readily available, along came the MASON x HUNT AdventureSport Disc 650b.

Now, we are very proud to be the brand to help introduce the HUNT Proven 32” development wheelset. Once again, we were thinking along similar lines and working on boost-spacing MTB spec 32” wheels for fast adventure

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SHOW BIKE SPEC

MASON Macro32 XL frameset, with DT Swiss development 32” suspension fork. Built to ride-fit dimensions for MASON Supported Rider Josh Ibbett.

• HUNT Proven 32” Development carbon wheelset.
• Schwalbe Race Pro, Rick Speed 32x 2.4” tyres.
• Ritchey Switch stem and Superlogic carbon bars.
• Shimano XTR/XT build with 28t chainring and 10/52t cassette.
• New Tailfin Speedpack 32”
• New ProcessWhite colour: Introduced for Macro32 and now also available for Macro29.

Basic Geometry [mm] for Macro32 Development XL [subject to change]:

• ST C/T: 505
• VTT: 631
• HT: 125
• Stack: 635
• Reach: 482
• HA: 67º
• SA: 76º
• Rear Centre: 455
• WB: 1212
• BB drop: 93
• Fork A/C: 485.6

Weight: For XL Macro32 as shown [with pedals and front rack/without Tailfin Speedpack] - 11.5kg