3T introduces the Primo2 WPNT, updating the Exploro with cable integration and SRAM UDH

3T has launched the Primo² WPNT, updating the Exploro to incorporate features typical of modern gravel bikes.

The WPNT suffix denotes ‘we paint’, with the new frame painted in-house at 3T’s headquarters near Bergamo, Italy.

The original 3T Exploro was groundbreaking when it was launched in 2016, offering wide tyre clearance and aerodynamics in a gravel bike. It's spawned a whole family of 3T gravel bikes with ever-increasing clearance and more extreme geometries.

The Primo² WPNT updates the design of the original Exploro with more modern features, which weren’t typical in gravel bikes – or drop-bar bikes in general – back in 2016.

So the Primo² WPNT has internal cable routing rather than external cabling from the bar. There’s also a swap to a Universal Derailleur Hanger, another item that’s increasingly specced on modern bike frames and which opens up compatibility with SRAM’s Full Mount 13-speed XPLR groupsets.

The frame is compatible with both 1x and 2x groupsets, and either mechanical or electronic shifting. 

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Same geometry but with increased bar height

What 3T hasn’t changed, though, is the geometry. It says that the Primo² WPNT has exactly the same handling and ride feel as the Exploro and Primo, although it has raised the bar by 15mm to accommodate the cable integration and provide a more relaxed ride position.

The frame is aero optimised for tyres between 35mm and 45mm wide. 3T’s line-up caters for the wider tyres that are increasingly popular on gravel bikes with the Extrema Italia, which enables you to fit tyres up to 57mm wide.

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Along with the frameset modifications, 3T has a range of four new colours, with the Italian names Gesso, Fumo, Salvia and Orchidea. 

There are paint colour updates, too, for the Extrema Italia, Racemax WPNT, Strada Italia and Strada WPNT. There’s an update to the 3T logo across the range too, reflecting 3T’s overall rebranding. 

3T Primo² WPNT outline specs and prices

You can buy a complete 3T Primo² WPNT bike in three specs:

• 1x12-speed Shimano GRX plus Fulcrum Rapid Red wheels: £2,800 / $3,699 / €2,705
• 1x13-speed SRAM Rival XPLR AXS plus Fulcrum Rapid Red wheels: £3,478 / $4,599 / €3,360 
• 1x13-speed SRAM Rival XPLR AXS plus 3T Discus 40|30 wheels: £4,072 / $5,359 / €3,934 

There’s a frameset-only option, complete with 3T Apto stem, priced at £2,035 / $2,799 / €1,966.

Quoted prices are exclusive of VAT.