{"product_id":"4130-road-v2-sea-foam-8-speed","title":"4130 Road v2 - Sea Foam - (8-Speed)","description":"\u003cstyle\u003e\n  .rd2-pdp { font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; color: inherit; }\n  .rd2-pdp h4 { font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 30px 0 8px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e0e0e0; padding-bottom: 4px; }\n  .rd2-pdp p { margin: 0 0 12px; }\n  .rd2-pdp ul { margin: 0 0 12px; padding-left: 22px; }\n  .rd2-pdp li { margin-bottom: 5px; }\n  .rd2-pdp a { color: #0055cc; }\n  .rd2-pdp .note { font-style: italic; font-size: 13px; color: #555; }\n  .rd2-divider { border: none; border-top: 1px solid #e5e5e5; margin: 32px 0; }\n  .rd2-callout { border-left: 3px solid #111; padding: 14px 20px; margin: 20px 0 16px; background: #fafafa; }\n  .rd2-callout .ec-headline { font-size: 15px; font-weight: 700; color: #111; margin-bottom: 6px; }\n  .rd2-callout .ec-body { font-size: 13px; color: #444; line-height: 1.6; }\n  .rd2-name { display: block; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; margin-bottom: 6px; }\n\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"rd2-pdp\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWe took our best-selling 4130 Fixed Gear and made it a road bike.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSame timeless look. Same double-butted chromoly. Same simple, approachable feel. Now with gears, drop bars, and the range to handle a much wider slice of everyday riding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis isn't trying to reinvent the road bike. It's doing the opposite — bringing it back to the parts that actually matter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"rd2-callout\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ec-headline\"\u003eSimple on purpose.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ec-body\"\u003eBikes have gotten complicated and expensive. There's absolutely a place for that technology, but not every ride requires it. This is a road bike stripped back to a great steel frame, comfortable tires, enough gears, simple brakes, and good ergonomics — at a price that makes sense. Good enough looking that you'll want to ride it. Not so precious that you'd be afraid to lock it to a rack.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"rd2-divider\"\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eWhat it is\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA classic steel road bike built on the 4130 chromoly platform this company was founded on. It's for people who want a real road bike without needing electronic shifting, hydraulic brakes, carbon everything, or a four-figure price tag.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFamiliar and timeless to look at, functional and modern where it counts. Commute on it. Ride it around the city. Take it out for thirty or forty miles on a Saturday. It doesn't need to be overthought.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"rd2-divider\"\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eThe frame\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDouble-butted 4130 chromoly, TIG welded, with a matching chromoly fork.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSteel is durable, comfortable, and has a ride quality that just feels right on rough city streets — it takes the sting out of cracked pavement in a way aluminum doesn't. It also has clean, traditional lines that aren't going to look dated in two years, which is a bigger part of this bike than the spec sheet suggests.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo water bottle mounts, a 1-1\/8\" threadless steerer, and a 68mm English threaded bottom bracket shell. Nothing proprietary anywhere on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"rd2-divider\"\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eNew 8-speed drivetrain\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe biggest change from the last generation: \u003cstrong\u003ethe shifters moved to the bars.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVersion one used down tube shifters — charming, and a reach every time you wanted a gear. This one runs Sensah Reflex integrated drop-bar shifters, so shifting happens where your hands already are. It's more precise, more intuitive, and it means you shift when you actually need to instead of when it's convenient to let go of the bar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe rest is deliberately uncomplicated:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e1x8 drivetrain\u003c\/strong\u003e — no front derailleur, no cross-chaining to think about, no front shift to fumble on a climb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e42T CNC-machined chainring\u003c\/strong\u003e paired with an 11–28T cassette\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEnough range\u003c\/strong\u003e for commuting, city riding, and rolling terrain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFewer parts\u003c\/strong\u003e to adjust, maintain, or replace — eight speeds means a cheaper chain, a cheaper cassette, and more tolerance for a slightly-out-of-tune derailleur than a twelve-speed will ever give you\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"rd2-divider\"\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e38mm tires, because real roads aren't perfect\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost road bikes at this price ship on 28mm tires. We're putting 38mm CST Metropolitan Escapes on it, and it's the single best decision on the build.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePotholes, cracked pavement, construction plating, rough bike lanes, the occasional gravel shortcut — that's what most people are actually riding. A 38mm tire at lower pressure absorbs all of it, adds grip in the wet, and dramatically reduces the odds of a pinch flat on a curb you didn't see.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd it doesn't make the bike feel slow. Wide tires at correct pressure roll about as fast as narrow ones on real surfaces — the speed penalty everyone remembers from skinny-tire road bikes was mostly a comfort penalty in disguise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"rd2-divider\"\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eRim brakes, and why that's fine\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRim brake bikes aren't dead. They're light, simple, inexpensive, and they work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA dual-pivot caliper has maybe six moving parts. You can see all of them. Pads cost a few dollars and swap in minutes with an Allen key. There's no fluid, no bleed kit, no rotor to true, and nothing that requires a shop visit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor a bike designed to be ridden, locked up, and ridden again, adding hydraulic complexity just to check a box doesn't serve anybody. There's something genuinely refreshing about a bike where almost anyone can understand how every part works.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"rd2-divider\"\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eBuilt on standards you can actually build on\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSimple doesn't mean disposable. Every interface on this bike is an established, widely available standard — which means you can work on it, and you can change it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display: flex !important; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px; align-items: stretch; margin: 14px 0 8px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex: 1 1 250px; min-width: 230px; border: 1px solid #ddd; border-radius: 10px; padding: 14px; box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"rd2-name\"\u003eFrame \u0026amp; Cockpit\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"margin: 6px 0 0; padding-left: 16px; font-size: 12.5px; color: #444;\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1-1\/8\" threadless steerer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e31.8mm bar clamp\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e27.2mm seatpost\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e68mm English threaded BB\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex: 1 1 250px; min-width: 230px; border: 1px solid #ddd; border-radius: 10px; padding: 14px; box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"rd2-name\"\u003eDrivetrain\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"margin: 6px 0 0; padding-left: 16px; font-size: 12.5px; color: #444;\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSquare taper cranks, 110 BCD\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStandard 8-speed freehub\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStandard derailleur hanger\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSwap the cassette for more range anytime\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex: 1 1 250px; min-width: 230px; border: 1px solid #ddd; border-radius: 10px; padding: 14px; box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"rd2-name\"\u003eWheels \u0026amp; Brakes\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"margin: 6px 0 0; padding-left: 16px; font-size: 12.5px; color: #444;\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e100mm front \/ 130mm rear QR\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e700c double-wall alloy, 32h\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDual-pivot caliper, 55–72mm reach\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDecades of rim-brake wheels available used and new\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBuy the complete and ride it exactly as it comes. Or start with a frameset and build your dream steel road bike. Upgrade the wheels, the drivetrain, the cockpit, the tires — make it as basic or as ridiculous as you want.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are still a lot of excellent rim-brake road components in the world, and comparatively few new platforms to use them on. This is one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"rd2-divider\"\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eSizing\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e49 cm:\u003c\/strong\u003e Riders 5'5\" – 5'8\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e52 cm:\u003c\/strong\u003e Riders 5'7\" – 5'10\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e55 cm:\u003c\/strong\u003e Riders 5'9\" – 6'0\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e59 cm:\u003c\/strong\u003e Riders 5'11\" – 6'3\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e62 cm:\u003c\/strong\u003e Riders 6'2\" – 6'7\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"note\"\u003eSizes overlap on purpose. If you fall between two, the smaller size gives a more nimble, upright fit and the larger one stretches you out. All sizes share a 425mm rear center and 45mm fork offset, so handling stays consistent across the range.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"rd2-divider\"\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFrame:\u003c\/strong\u003e Double-butted, TIG welded 4130 chromoly steel, two water bottle mounts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFork:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4130 chromoly steel, 1-1\/8\" threadless steerer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHeadset:\u003c\/strong\u003e SBC 1-1\/8\" threadless\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBottom Bracket:\u003c\/strong\u003e Sealed cartridge, square taper, English threaded, 68mm x 110mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCrankset:\u003c\/strong\u003e Forged 6061 aluminum, 42T, 110 BCD\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCassette:\u003c\/strong\u003e SunRace CSM86, 11–28T, 8-speed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eChain:\u003c\/strong\u003e KMC Z8, 8-speed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eShifters:\u003c\/strong\u003e Sensah Reflex, 1x8, drop-bar integrated\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRear Derailleur:\u003c\/strong\u003e SunRace RD-R81-SD, 8-speed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBrakes:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dual-pivot alloy calipers, 55–72mm reach\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRims:\u003c\/strong\u003e 700c double-wall alloy, 27mm depth, 32h\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpokes:\u003c\/strong\u003e Stainless steel, 14 gauge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHubs:\u003c\/strong\u003e Sealed bearing, 100mm front \/ 130mm rear, quick release\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTires:\u003c\/strong\u003e CST Metropolitan Escape, 700 x 38c\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHandlebar:\u003c\/strong\u003e Aluminum drop bar — 420mm width, 125mm drop, 80mm reach\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStem:\u003c\/strong\u003e SBC 3D-forged alloy, 31.8mm clamp\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSeatpost:\u003c\/strong\u003e SBC aluminum, 27.2mm x 350mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSaddle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Polyurethane with steel rails\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBar Tape:\u003c\/strong\u003e EVA\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePedals:\u003c\/strong\u003e Nylon flat pedals, included\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"rd2-divider\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"rd2-callout\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ec-headline\"\u003eIf you love the 4130 Fixed Gear but want gears —\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ec-body\"\u003ethis is basically that bike. Same frame material, same aesthetic, same philosophy. Just built for the road, with eight speeds and tires that can handle whatever the city puts under them. It's the 4130 you already know.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"rd2-divider\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"note\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWant to get technical?\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.statebicycle.com\/pages\/size-charts-full-specs\"\u003eFull Geo \/ Specs here\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"State Bicycle Co.","offers":[{"title":"49cm (Riders 5'5\"-5'8\")","offer_id":44200373387351,"sku":"731416174947","price":649.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"52cm (Riders 5'7\"-5'10\")","offer_id":44200373420119,"sku":"731416174954","price":649.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"55cm (Riders 5'9\"-6'0\")","offer_id":44200373452887,"sku":"731416174961","price":649.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"59cm (Riders 5'11\"-6'3\")","offer_id":44200373485655,"sku":"731416174978","price":649.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"62cm (Riders 6'2\"-6'7\")","offer_id":44200373518423,"sku":"731416174985","price":649.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0232\/3305\/files\/4130Roadv2-SeaFoam-_8-Speed_-1.jpg?v=1787854797","url":"https:\/\/www.statebicycle.com\/products\/4130-road-v2-sea-foam-8-speed","provider":"State Bicycle Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}