Aspect Integrale Shimano. From: £6,250.00

DEDA AR FORK

Working with Deda Elementi in Italy, we have helped develop a carbon fork to perfectly match the integrated routing of the Aspect Integrale. This new MASON x Deda AR fork has the balance of performance and practicality to make it worthy of a MASON frame. The co-design means it is a perfect match for our updated Aspect Integrale, working with our taper head tube and with clearance for 36mm tyres and full mudguards, including eyelets for stays and internal routing for brake hose and dynamo wire.

INTEGRATED ROUTING

For the Aspect Integrale, we use the specially developed Deda AR carbon fork. This allows for sleek full integration of the brake hoses within the frame, using the standard taper head tube and headset. This system works with many standard stem and handlebar options. The Aspect Integrale is compatible with eTap, Di2 or EPS electronic shifting.

T47

This frame features a T47 BB Shell which allows the brake hose and gear cables to be 100% internally routed through the frame tubing and exit through the chainstays to the rear mech and flat-mount brake caliper.

InBoard Disc-Mount

The calliper is mounted on the chain stay, this allows us to use lighter more comfortable seat-stays and gives a flex free mounting for the post-mount components to be welded to. Mounting the brake on the chain stay also keeps it cleanly out of the way of rack and ‘guard stays.

Taper Head Tubes

Our frames use modern 1-1/8” - 1.5” taper head tubes. Pioneered by composite frames, the taper head tube makes huge sense for metal frames too;

The large overall diameter provides a useful weld area. The fully integrated headset is light and has a very low stack-height. Large 1.5” lower bearing, mated to a tapered carbon fork steerer, spreads the load and gives flex-free braking and instant response to steering input.

Threaded Bottom Brackets

We choose a more traditional 68mm BSA, and T47 threaded standard for our frames because we know that it gives greater durability and creak-free reliability over many miles. The threaded BB is easier to service using standard tools and you are more likely to find a replacement when adventuring far from home. A properly lubricated, threaded BB is also an ideal interface with a metal BB shell.

Hourglass Stays

We tried many shapes before settling on this one, the wall thickness tapers from top to base and the perfect ‘hourglass’ profile gives a sublime, smooth ride with the added spring of steel keeping things lively. We add a custom bend at the base to work with the disc-rotor and calliper.

27.2 Seat Post

Our oversize seat tubes don't house oversize seat posts. The large diameter seat tube helps the 'core-stability' of the frame but large, stiff seat posts don't help rider comfort. A 27.2mm post helps to dial out road-buzz and the smoother ride means you stay fresher for longer.

Disc Brakes

This frame is designed for disc brakes. They work consistently in all conditions, pull up quicker in the wet, they don't grind your expensive rims into black sludge and in my experience they change the whole riding experience for the better, especially when coupled with modern disc-specific wheels and high-volume tyres. You’ll find yourself riding in a more confident, controlled, fluid and ultimately more efficient way.

Integrated Headset

Integrated, 41.8ø upper, 51.8ø lower, for taper head tube. Both bearings are ‘ACB’, meaning ‘Angular Contact Bearings’. The head-tube seat angle is 45º.

The headset drops into a tapered seat in the head tube and is tensioned using a headset tensioner within the fork steerer. Tensioning the headset centres it on the taper and prevents any play. The larger lower bearing allows a tapered steerer and larger crown. This gives sharper response, helps reduce flex under braking and spreads bearing load.

FlatMount Brake Calipers

Flat mount disc-brake callipers are lighter, neater, and open up more space within the dropout area for racks and ‘guards. The calliper is mounted to the dropout, allowing us to use a lighter, more comfortable seat-stay.  Up front, the calliper is mounted directly to the fork [via the brake manufacturers adaptor] and offers a cleaner and more minimalist appearance and also provides a compact packaging of the brake caliper.

Custom Tubeset

We choose each tube individually, considering the influence that it will have on ride quality and overall performance. We will use a blend of tubing types, custom shapes and bends to help us achieve this goal.

Modern metal frames draw on many of the design influences learnt from composite frames, such as oversized BB’s, taper head tubes and switchable internal routing. Teamed with our properly designed carbon-monocoque forks, the contemporary Aluminium, steel or Titanium frame is a formidable piece of kit.

Structural Surface Finish

Re-Machinable Bearing Seats

3D-Printed Ti Dropouts

We were heavily involved in the development of the highly advanced Reynolds UK, 3D printed Titanium, thru-axle/flat-mount dropouts that we use for the BokehTi and Aspect. The dropouts are extremely precise and lightweight and provide highly accurate and stiff axle retention. The interior is a highly complex structure, only made possible by using this advanced 3D ‘Additive Manufacturing’ process, internal ribs, gussets and guides deal with riding forces and guide internally routed electronic-shifting cables. Alongside the dropouts, we worked with Reynolds to create beautiful new double-bend and tapered titanium chain stays. The stays mate perfectly with the dropouts and combine to give us the tyre clearance and smooth propulsion that we require.

For you this means perfect alignment and extremely efficient power transfer, helping to give our titanium frames incredible ride quality and ultra-distance, multi-surface conquering mastery.

MASON x Dedacciai Ti Tubing

Our BokehTi, Aspect and Aspect Integrale use a full compliment of custom 3AL-2.5V/GR9 seamless tubing. Every tube is designed or shaped specifically for MASON, nothing is ‘Off the shelf’. Dedacciai tooled up for our special ‘Dform’ down tube and all other tubes have bends and profiles developed between MASON, Dedacciai and our frame makers in Italy. THIS is the key to the superb, ‘grin inducing’ ride of these award winning bikes.

Switchlever

This model uses SwitchLever Thru-Axles front and rear. This high quality axle system features a removable lever to be used with both axles. Store the lever in the front axle for quick use or remove completely for extra security and a clean, low-profile look.

8 FRAME SIZES

8 frame size options are unusual for a small bicycle company like ours. We believe that a large size range helps to guarantee an optimised fit, essential for long-distance comfort and efficiency. 48cm through to 62cm, the geometry and clearances vary throughout the size range, meaning that there will be a MASON to fit you perfectly.

DEDICATED DYNAMO ROUTING

We often fit modern dynamo lighting and charging systems to our builds, so we have added dedicated dynamo cable routing ports to the top tube, using the space freed up by refining the cable routing. This important feature means that the cable is more easily routed between front and rear lights and gives alternative mounting points, either at the seatclamp or dropout, depending on rack and bag setup and requirements.