Tout Terrain Metropolitan

The ultimate all weather commuting bike. Forget about keeping a drive chain clean and lubricated while commuting on salted winter roads. The Gates drive needs no lubrication, and outlasts steel drive chains.

Here's the Metro in brown. This photo is a fairly accurate representation of the brown paint.

Like all Tout Terrain bikes, the Metropolitan is built for disc brakes. The rear rack is an integral part of the frame, making it extremely rigid and saving weight. Tension on the drive belt is adjusted via an eccentric bottom bracket shell. The frame is designed for dynamo powered lights, so routing wires is easy, even through the rear rack to where the taillight is mounted.

The headlight is mounted right above the front wheel, for an optimum beam pattern on the road ahead. And the headlight can't hit the downtube by turning the handlebar too far, since the frame incorporates Tout Terrain's exclusive handlebar stop. The fork can't rotate more than 90 degrees in either direction, protecting both the headlight and the downtube.

The color in the photo below is not the brown in the production frames. This photo was of a prototype.

To use the Gates belt drive the frame must have an opening for the belt so it can loop through the rear triangle. Tout Terrain does this at the rear dropout. The outer surface of the dropout is part of the chainstay, and the inner surface is part of the seatstay and rear rack. The two parts are then bolted together at the dropout.

The color in the photo below is not the brown in the production frames. This photo was of a prototype.

Feeding the belt through the split dropout.

The color in the photo below is not the brown in the production frames. This photo was of a prototype.

You can buy the frame and matching fork alone, or as a kit or as a complete bicycle. The frame has the appropriate braze-ons for both Rohloff and Shimano Alfine internal hubs. We have the Schmidt SON28S dynamo hub for ISO disc, SONdelux Disc for Centerlock discs, or the Shimano Alfine dynamo hub for Centerlock disc available, as well as a wide assortment of headlights from Busch & Müller, Wilfried Schmidt, Spanninga and Supernova.

Frame, eccentric and fork costs $ 1155

The fork alone is available separately at: $ 170.00

We also stock the Schmidt fork for the SONdelux SL hub. The Schmidt fork is only available in black. $ 240.00

Complete bicycle with lights can cost from $3300 to $5500, depending on your choice of components. Shimano Alfine dynamo hub and 8 speed rear hub, halogen headlight, Ritchey headset, etc. is about $3300, Rohloff rear hub, Schmidt dynamo, Supernova or Schmidt lights, Chris King headset, etc. is at the high end.

I have a spreadsheet with many options for the Metropolitan. Assemble your own quote. Please send an email requesting the spreadsheet and I'll reply ASAP. This spreadsheet has specs for several Tout Terrain models. Be sure to click on the "Metropolitan" tab to see the Metropolitan specs.