Soma San Marcos
Soma’s San Marcos framesets have arrived at shops. This is the new sport-ish road frame designed for Soma by Grant Petersen of Rivendell and built overseas using Rivendell lugs. Here’s an excerpt from Grant’s description:
The San Marcos is a sporty road bike, a frisky bike suitable for any road riding on the planet—-fitness rides, club rides, centuries, brevets, riding over to Lucy-Jo’s house, anything you can do on a bike on a road, you can do on this bike.
I/Grant had total freedom with the geometry, and nothing got compromised along the way. It’s a bike any dealer will have access to (through Merry Sales, not through us), and we’ll sell it, too.
The San Marcos is definitely not a touring bike, but it has a few touring-type details that we like so much for commuting:
- Good tire clearance
- Rack and fender braze-ons
- Kickstand plate
- Pump peg
- Longish wheelbase
This is a pretty frame that could be built up into a very nice, light sport tourer/commuter. It’s available in 5 sizes (see the geometry chart) and will retail for around $900 for frame and fork.
