VELLO presents for the first time VELLO Gravel, the first foldable gravel bike at the Pro Days in Paris (July 18-20) and EUROBICO in Frankfurt/M (July 24-26). With this new product, the Viennese folding bike manufacturer combines the flexibility of a folding bike with riding performance for off-road use.

So far, the VELLO had mainly been intended for the urban commuter. The VELLO Gravel opens up a whole new range of applications: foldable to pack in the car or train to access gravel routes, then unfolded for endurance sport. As a gravel bike for everyday use, it has the intakes on the frame for a front and rear rack, matching bags and other accessories, such as the VELLO mudguards - the VELLO Gravel is thus the perfect bike for longer tours. 

The VELLO Gravel is produced in a limited number and equipped, like all VELLO bikes, with high quality components. Gravel will be launched on the market in Fall 2021.

Technical sheet

• Frame: Multisize, unisex, chrome molybdenum steel frame/ shock absorber with elastomer magnetic folding
• Color: Anthracite
• Handlebars, Grips: Dropdown handlebar
• Saddle: Selle Royal, Matrix foam Seatpost: Satori aluminum 30.9 mm x 500 mm
• Stem: Fully adjustable height (VELLO BIKE Design)
• Gear System: Shimano 105 series 10-gears, non-electric
• Shifters: STI integrated shifters and brake levers, 10-speed
• Front chainring: 54T with double chain guard
• Cassette: 11-36 T (chain)
• Brakes: disc brakes
• Tires: 20’’inch 2.0 Schwalbe Billy Bonkers Performance
• Bell: light and elegant
• Pedals: Full aluminium folding pedals Weight: 11,9 kg (approx., without pedals, +/- 5%)
• Folding size: H: 57 cm x L: 79 cm x l: 29 cm
• Price: Gravel (limited ed.) MSRP 2.290,00 Euro

About VELLO

VELLO Bikes are high-performance and ultralight folding bikes made for city use. To master diverse demands, especially in the city, the product designer Valentin Vodev developed a bicycle that combines innovative technologies and a signature design that offer solutions to known urban challenges: for example, problems switching between bike riding and public transportation and theft protection.

The VELLO bike is especially light, compact, and agile and features 20-inch wheels, and a specially developed and patented folding mechanism. In just a couple of seconds, it can be carried into public transportation, loaded in the car, or taken on an airplane, and folded for storage in the apartment and office. 

The VELLO Bikes are available with or without electric assistance: Rocky, Speedster and VELLO Bike+, and now, in limited edition the VELLO Gravel.

The models are made for a variety of riding styles in the city and are equipped with top-quality city-, trekking, or racing-bike components.

In 2015, VELLO bike received the highest distinction in the design world, the Red Dot Award “best of the best,” followed in 2017 by the European Product Design Award, the Good Design and in 2019, the Austrian Design Award and German Federal Prize for Ecodesign.