I concider myself as a mountainbiker, but during the covid years Istarted commuting on a gravelbike. An Trek Checkpoint alr5 came to the stable. On my first real bikepacking trip (tuscany trail) I definitaly found the limits of the bike. I needed a more mtb orientated gravelbike. When the new Merida Silex was presented and I had seen one at the Merida HQ in the Netherlans I ordered the bike. Looking forward to that! What you do not see in the video, because of the color, is the nice shape of the tubes on the Merida Silex. That surpriced me the most.

I've been riding Cannondale Topstone 0 (Topstone Alloy) for the past two seasons. It's a perfect gravel bike at a good price and in a gorgeous colour - Champagne, which is very nice for ladies.

Thanks for this! The Silex is firmly on my radar as I am a fan of Merida in general. Have you reviewed the Sonder Camino? I'd love to hear your views. I am also interested in a comparison of the Fox and Reba gravel suspension forks if you get a chance, Cheers!

Hello Arthur, is it possible to mount a classic (back)rack like a Tubus rack to the Merida Silex?

Thanks for the video David, at 69deg head angle does it have a lot of wheel flop at low speed say compared to a Revolt?

Do you think the pressfit BB will make problems on the willier? What do you think about PF vs. Bsa?

Please make a Review of the new Bianchi Impulso

Compare the Stigmata V4 with the new Silex would be interesting

love that wilier

Merida Silex or Trek Checkpoint? I choosing my next bike between these two.

Of the two, the Merida please. I would change the seat post and the fork.

The older merida silex sounds like a better option. Merida says it can clear up to 42mm tire but I know couple of guys rocking 45mm without no problem. The cables through headtube is a nono for me.

@simonlyndsey503

4 күн бұрын

I got an older silex with 45mm tyres. No chance you could go bigger than that as there's absolutely minimal clearance between the tyre and frame.

Argon 18 dark matter?

3:54-3:58? So the Wilier does a better job of the routing up front than the Wilier? I´m guessing you mean the Wilier better than the Merida, but I´m not quite sure.

Let's be honest. Riding trails on a gravel bike is a marketing gimmick. Other than that it's a pretty versatile bike 😀

@davidarthur Great video. So merida win. Bad there are no options for wireless transmission on the merida. Soon you make a video on the your best gravel bikes you tested in last years ? So i can choose my new bike 😂

@davidarthur

6 ай бұрын

Did you see my best bikes of 2023 video? Revealed the best bikes in it…

Wasn't this video released yesterday with a totally different title?

@nannenon

6 ай бұрын

misses "Bikepacking Gravel Bike" at the end on the original title.

@davidarthur

6 ай бұрын

Yeah there was a small issue so reuploaded it, sorry about that

call me shallow but merida lacks the sexyness

Better not best

Silex looks way better

Ouch.... Nice movie, but. - Overall.... you're comparing apples and oranges.... The Merida is a Gravel bike the Wilier is the adventure bike. - But litle nice movie... / And try replacing the Merida's front fork with a suspension fork..... / It's correct that is your opinion.

@davidarthur

5 ай бұрын

IMO they are both gravel bikes are the adventure flavour

Neither.

Bikepacking bikes need UDH...

The most successful gravel racer on the planet races one of the slackest gravel bikes on the planet. Stetina routinely chose Canyon's Grizl over their Grail until they pushed the newest model on their team. Gravel bikes are getting more progressive and fitting wider tires because the data says its faster. Because smooth is fast. And on long 5+ hour gravel races, comfortable is also fast. This notion of a gravel "race" bike vs "adventure" is meaningless, esp in the US where gravel races blur the line with XC MTB. This is just roadie-centric, European-design baggage that is irrelevant to the sport.

@walterhofer937

5 ай бұрын

Nonsens

Both beautiful bikes slightly biased to Merida I own 2 MTB's from them. Bang for buck I will go with Merida but that Wilier bike looks beautiful as well you cannot go wrong with these two awesome bikes. 🍻🍻🔥🔥🚵🚵