A fair amount has changed since I rode the original Argonaut back in 2019, although as Argonaut founder Ben Farver explains, the RM3 is more evolution than redesign.
‘We increased the diameter of the chainstays and went from independent stays to more of a yoke style, which resulted in a torsionally stiffer frame but with pretty much the same vertical stiffness. The top tube is more ovalised to increase horizontal stiffness, and we added some carbon top and bottom to retain vertical bending.’
The seat clamp is now just a single integrated bolt and all routing is internal, but otherwise the RM3 is quite similar to its predecessors, which is a bold statement. Few
