Bassi Le Montreal Frameset

• Oversized tubes on all sizes for better stability with a touring load (or your kid) on the rear of the bike
• Extra bottle cage mount under the downtube (that’s three total)
• More rooms for wide tires, up to 45mm on all sizes (with fenders!)
• Reduced toe overlap by using three wheel sizes across the range, also making the bicycles more proportional to the rider for more pleasant handling
  • 46cm and 49cm for small riders use 26″ wheels
  • 52cm and 55cm for average riders use 650B (27.5″) wheels
  • 58cm and 61cm (our largest frame yet!) use 700C (28″) wheels
• A return to diagonal dropouts, for singlespeed fans
• Cast seatpost collar, takes traditional keyed nut and bolt (included)
• The stiffened seatstays and top-tube not only increase its load-carrying ability, they also contribute to adding some spring to its step.

As of 2025 the Montréal frames use a cast seatpost clamp with supplied bolt. Previous years used a smooth seat tube and required a 29.8mm or 30.0mm seatpost clamp sold separately. The difference in price between the sizes is not due to that, but rather due to inflation and a 15% increase in exchange rates between the batches. We’ve kept the older run of frames at their original price, of course.

Specs

• Tube Type: Oversized 4130 CrMo steel (double butted top and down tubes and triple butted seat tube)
• Bottom Bracket: 68mm wide, British Threaded
• Seat Tube inner diameter: 27.2mm
• M5 eyelets at mid-fork, on seat stays and drop-outs for rack and fenders
• Three bottle cage mounts
• Eyelets on seat tube and top tube for shoulder strap
• Cantilever brake bosses on fork and seat stays
• Chain hanger inside right seat stay
• Forged diagonal rear drop-out, 132.5mm spacing to fit most current hubs.
• Bottom Bracket shift cable guide