Love those wheels. Literally gonna bag one of these you've tipped me over the decision point.😊

@DaveNoakes

Жыл бұрын

They are dead good!

I've got a Sirrus X 4.0 with a few upgrades (wheels, GRX crankset, wider bars). It's my go to for everything that isn't a smashy road ride and it's great fun. I just call it a hybrid, it floats between so many types of bike that it gets annoying to try and categorize it 😋 As long as you get out and enjoy riding your bike, call it whatever you want!

@jayel27

10 ай бұрын

Curious what wheels you’ve put on the bike. I’ve recently added MB pedals to my Sirrus X and an SRAM S300 crankset (48t) for more resistance and speed. Looking to add these wheels because I like the look but also considering some budget options with spokes.

To me it’s a mix of a hardtail mountain bike and a hybrid bike, gets you from A to B which is all good 👍

Dave, that bike has the same geometry of the BMC URS AL; is a Gravel Bike with progressive geometry. The only difference is the flat bar and the suspension.

Great video, could you tell me the make and model of those rims, I’m assuming they’re super expensive, but they look sweet

Judging from what you’re doing with it I’d call it a “high-end recreational Atb”. 😉😋 Yes children - the All Terrain Bike is back from the 80’s

Looks a fun mach8ne Dave👍🏽 Well done for full-on Dad-stuff too.

It’s a hybrid marketed as a flat bar gravel bike to make it sound cooler.

It’s a bike that becomes a label depending on how you choose to ride it, main thing is you had fun !👍

@DaveNoakes

Жыл бұрын

Exactly 👍🏽👍🏽

Its a high end hybrid. Looks fun though... I'm not sure how i feel about the wheels.

6 spoke is awesome! can you test that wheel @dave on some proper trails? wanted to hear your thoughts how strong that wheelset is on the single track! awesome video

The best bike is whichever one your riding. Pick the bike that suits the terrain your predominately going to ride and get on with it. 😃

Thanks Dave....no worries ! A bike is a bike is a bike....they are all fun . Road and off road ? Horses for courses , eh ?

I did notice the fancy wheels when our paths crossed under Penn Inn on Saturday morning...

Love the wheels. Reminds me of Mag wheels from the 80's.

Like the wheels, type of bike depends on what you want to do, mtb, gravel, road, like them all!!!

@DaveNoakes

7 ай бұрын

Thank you. Good point, everything but Road really. I’ve recently given this bike a make over, I think the end result will surprise you.

Tenacious D joke had me 😂😂 I love your reviews because they are real

What size tires have you been able to fit and what brands?

@DaveNoakes

6 ай бұрын

2.25 from Goodyear I haven’t tried others yet.

Good to see the cows again! Oh and RIDE ALL THE BIKES!

2:30. What is all those leaves about. Is it autumn already.

Welcome back!

Which bike is this?

Sorry but yes, it's an XC mountain bike. Modernized. Suspension with drop bars is just wrong. That is a nice all-around bike. Cheers from sunny Florida! 😁

Dude, to be honest, I don't care about the bike. I just came to see how capable are those wheels. But since I saw what you did with them, I guess they are legit for riding off road, and I think you just sold them in the best way to the public, because the other rims that look similar are the ones from bike ahead bi turbo and nobody made a video riding them like you did+ they are like 2000€ more expensive than the Chinese ones, so thanks for the video. That's how you market a product to the public 😊

@DaveNoakes

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏🏽

Brands categorise their bikes for hype and sales. If you enjoy riding your road bike down a mountain bike trail, who cares, it’s for your enjoyment not anybody else’s. If you really want to put the bikes into a category then I think the best term is ATB (All Terrain Bike) that way is a generalised term for lots of categories of bikes and there’s less room for arguments. But then again this is on the interweb, the home of hate and arguments. With regards to the actual bike Dave, I love it, especially with those wheels on and as you said it made you happy to ride it.

The only drop bar gravel bike that a suspension fork looks right on is the Cannondale Slate with the lefty. You mentioned the word 'cross, so as well as the obligatory #crossiscoming I was wondering if you were gonna go and video or compete at the masters worlds CX this December? It's in the UK again this year (Suffolk?)...

@stephenwaters5134

Жыл бұрын

Was looking at a used slate and opted with this beauty. Pulled the trigger after seeing Dave ride it. I think of it as a middler or ATB. Spec and geo and ride feel: it mosdef isn't a hybrid or a gravel bike. Dave's right, it's just fun! Commuter, climb and descend, bit of single track, bike packing bike at 25lbs. Who cares! It's perfect for me! Whatever you ride if you wake up looking forward to getting on the saddle does it matter what it's called?

5:13 COWS! Lmao! I have the most fun on my crossbike. It seems to fit me best. I don't know, I was sorta thinking drop handlebars would look good on that bike. It still needs a Kiddo Van Gogh paint jpb though.

It’s a Hybrid bike! …and i love it😜🤘🏼

most fun bike is for sure a rigid mtb or a big tire gravelbike. i still love my fullsize (180/160, 17kg) enduro. if it gets rough every trailbike sucks and bikeparks without a dh or enduro suck as well. so maybe u need two. a heavy undestroyable enduro and a light fun xc/rigid/gravel racer.

Looks like a modern hardtail plus.

Those handlebars that throwing you off!

@DaveNoakes

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣

Way too many rules around gravel/cross/action/hybrid. Looks like a great bike and the wheels are a nice upgrade and look great. What does the gravel bike have that this doesn’t? Aside from dropbars and maybe some extra mounts? I have a flat bar bike so I’m curious how dropbars or even geometry is going to differ. I have no issues on the road or on gravel so far.

all rounder bike

@DaveNoakes

Жыл бұрын

Sure is

i guess this type of wheels would look super with a lauf fork 🙂 in some weeks i should get some and than i can take a closer look on it how it looks.

@DaveNoakes

Жыл бұрын

Ohhhhh that would be a funky combo!

@cronos_78none47

Жыл бұрын

@@DaveNoakes thats for sure and i had till now not see any fotos of this combo. have to see how it will be than :D

@cronos_78none47

Жыл бұрын

@@DaveNoakes small update today i had become the wheels , some weeks faster than it should be :D so maybe today or tomorrow i can start with a clean up and install all what is needed :)

Get it entered in Devon Grit next weekend and thrash it round Woodbury Common👍🏻

Gravel bikes for the win (for me) and you're right about suspension forks... A massive NO. At the end of the day, if you enjoy riding it, who cares. Oh, and those wheels... Nah mate 😂

No apologizing for being a Dad. Nice bike. Maybe it's just an off road bike. Not a road bike!!! To many categories of bikes. Ride where they'll go. Take care, Al

It's a.... Wait for it..... It's a bike! Ride it!

The frame dimensions looks like my 1993 Giant Acapulco but thinner

Fair Play Dave. 😎👍 What is it 🤔🤔🤔🤔😵‍💫😵‍💫 I Still don’t know 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 but hey It looks like a fun bike which is cool 😎👍

A gravel bike is a bike for roadies to dip their toes into off roading without losing face with their roadie mates 🤭

@aperfectcircle63

Жыл бұрын

😂

@kris4645

Жыл бұрын

Exactly 😆

I totally see why you'd choose this bike as a first gravel bike if your experience is with gravity mtb. You can't really get sendy on a rigid carbon fork on a drop bar gravel bike. I think if you want to test more bikes on stairsets the place to go is coalchester, but maybe that's only if today is going to be epic.

a gravel bike is a bike that you ride on gravel "by definition" although that would mean that my full sus trail bike has been a gravel bike lately and also my XC Hardtail...... oh and my gravel bike that i take on single track and some mtb trails.... wait a minute. not a fan of a sus fork on drop bar bike myself but each to their own i guess

Is it an Adventure bike? - every/any ride can be an adventure.

Josh Tomac rode a drop bar xc bike in the 1990 world championships kzread.info/dash/bejne/f2l-rseciq7doNo.html Mountain bikes are definitely the best smiles to mile ratio but I do love riding my fixed gear around. Am saving up for a gravel bike

@johndef5075

Жыл бұрын

John Tomac. I actually got to see him race downhill a couple times in late 90s!

I call that just hybrid bike... but those wheels are soooooo koool

Is it a touring bike or perhaps a bikepacking bike ?

Let’s just call it a Grountain bike eh!!

Make it yours be happy it’s a experiment bike !

@DaveNoakes

Жыл бұрын

Exactly

No gravel around here. Road and mountain are it. No need for a custom blended bike without an identity.

Recreational hardtail? All terrain bike? or just Mountain bike 🤪

gravtain bike

Posh Urban bike 🙂👍

It’s a groutain bike

@DaveNoakes

Жыл бұрын

I like what you did there!

gravel bike all day long dave I have sold my mtb

It’s a bike that is meant to get dirty!

A mountain bike 🚲

Just ride, i just ride my road bike x country.

I love em tho……don’t care what ya think 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Suspension fork on gravel bike noooooooooo

@DaveNoakes

10 ай бұрын

But is it a gravel bike?

bars don't determine what qualifies as a gravel bike, the surface the bike rides on does imho Think this is the most logical gravel bike you have for conditions in the UK and it's substantially cooler than your drop bar bike.

I don’t care what you think … more importantly, what do you guys think 😂

The bike is not annoying, this guy is.

Just ride it and enjoy it for what it is rather than the label it comes under. Its all about the ride. Suspension fork or rigid I don't mind, same with the bars, although I reckon drop bars should have rigid forks.

In today's Woke world we need to accept this bike for what it is, it's the bike equivalent of transgender.

@r.davies2702

Жыл бұрын

If it identifies as a bike, then it's a... Well, it looks like a bike. Just a little different.

@CyclingAdventuresUK

Жыл бұрын

@@r.davies2702 True, it looks like a bike but is it? What is a bike? What is a woman? All unanswerable questions.

Bike insustry just trying to reinvent the wheel by putting susp fork on gravel bikes imo

@Hjorten93

Жыл бұрын

But then i prefer a gravel bike Thats more towards a road bike than a mtb

Who in the world,needs a gravel bike?? Hardtail!!! That's all you need! Those drop bars on the trail/fire road,are just ridiculous 🙄🤣

aah yes more shitty techno music to ruin the video

@DaveNoakes

4 ай бұрын

What music would you prefer?

@tusk6489

4 ай бұрын

@@DaveNoakesNo music whatsoever people want to hear the ratchet rear wheel hub sound when ur riding. The last thing anyone wants is some garbage music ruining what is otherwise a perfect ride in a perfect scenery.

@DaveNoakes

4 ай бұрын

@@tusk6489 I also like the sound of a hub but you won’t hear it over the wind.

What bike is it?

@DaveNoakes

Жыл бұрын

It’s the Marin DSX FS