Stinner’s Refugio Podium now comes in a 32″ option
As the bike industry continues to speedrun its exploration of 32″ wheels, many (including us) are actively wondering if gravel racing offers a more promising application than mountain biking, or at least a more easily achievable one. Stinner Frameworks appears to agree, as the brand has quietly launched a 32″ version of its Refugio Podium gravel bike, testing the waters with an initial limited run of 50 frames. With the move, Stinner joins Salsa and Chiru as one of the first brands to offer a production 32″ gravel bike.
The Refugio Podium is a stock, production-built titanium frame, essentially the middle tier of Stinner’s three-level lineup. Within any of its five models, Stinner offers full custom, stock titanium (Podium) and stock steel (Select) versions. The 32″ Podium variant is substantially similar to the 700c version, except wheel size. Notably, max tire width is a 2.4″. In a sign that builders are still figuring out sizing questions, the bike comes in five sizes, but starts at medium and goes through XXL (the standard Refugio Podium is offered in cm sizing).
Stinner will sell the Refugio Podium 32″ in three iterations: frameset, with an unbranded carbon fork (US$2,999), frameset and Stoic Carbon rims laced to DT Swiss 350 hubs (US$4,498), and as a complete bike with a SRAM Rival/ GX AXS mullet groupset and Maxxis Aspen 32 x 2.4″ tires (US$7,295). Orders are open now for planned August delivery. [Stinner Frameworks]