Bowman’s debut bike, the Palace – an alloy chassis with handling at the centre of its design ethos – gained the UK brand a great reputation.
The speed-oriented steed was named for the famed circuit races at London’s Crystal Palace. In keeping with Bowman’s riding-focused philosophy, the two new bikes, the Pilgrim (named after the ancient Pilgrim’s Way route across southeast England) and the Footscray (named after the longest running British cyclocross venue) both aim for the same goal.
Pilgrim: versatile all-road workhorse
The Pilgrim is described by Bowman head honcho Neil Webb as a ‘Road+’ bike. He told us he sees road bike design moving into a similar series of types as mountain biking has.
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“You have the lightweight 650b carbon hardtail, or short travel full-sus for the racing crowd at one extreme, and at the other the big-travel downhill racer,” Webb told BikeRadar. “In the middle is the trail bike, which most people will naturally gravitate to ride – and that’s what we’ve done with the Pilgrim’.
The Pilgrim's bottom bracket shell is forged and includes a neat channel for routing the internal cabling around the shell
Footscray: cyclocross-based marauder
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