What's your favourite gravel adventure bike? Let us know!

@andrewcalbick6926

4 ай бұрын

Marin Gestalt XR

@SoManyMiles

4 ай бұрын

Great and very reasonable selection of adventure bikes! Sadly, I didn‘t buy the limited Grizl with the white DT Swiss wheels a few years ago. Looking back, it would have been the perfect adventure rig for my style of riding (plus its amazing paint job). Currently my favourite adventure bike is Canyon‘s Grizl CF SLX 8 AXS Trail in Blueberry Skin. Its spec‘s are fantastic. I would love to be able to have an option for a rigid fork (ENVE‘s adventure fork) to be flexible in its setup. Canyon uses 1 1/8. If it‘s possible to switch, I would definitely consider buying it this year.

@raOdhiOnal

4 ай бұрын

i own all three of the Nicasio's!

@yoavmiller216

4 ай бұрын

A mountain bike. Silly sods.

@user-uv2lz7gp8k

4 ай бұрын

Griiizl!☺️

Can you do a review like this for the latest e-Gravel bikes ?? Such as the Canyon -On, Trek Domane+, Scott e-Ride & Specialized Creo 2, among others I'm sure. Thanks!

Good price range picks. But I almost could not believe Canyon's 1:1 gear ratio being adequate for loaded climbing.

@magharibo

4 ай бұрын

I Ride a grizl with 10 kg of Load and stock its NOT capable of climbing. I switched to a 11/40 cassette and with 30/40 it’s way better

@imola8

4 ай бұрын

It is not adequate.

I have the Ridley Kanzo Adventure 1 (2023) and it's a superb bike. Especially since I got it for 2.000€ and it's a carbon frame. It rides great and it has plenty of mounting points.

Have just purchased Marin Nicasio for my first gravel bike. Hope to have fun with it!

@bikeradar

3 ай бұрын

Enjoy! Make sure to tell us about your adventures

I have a canyon sl8 suspension: super bike !

LOVE the Team Lampre livery on the Grizl. 😂 But that one doesn't come stateside. 😢

I'm more than happy with my 2011 Trek Cobia. Perfect adventure bike and built like a tank.

@rcg9573

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for providing zero info relevant to this vid. 😀

@bagusismujati3953

3 ай бұрын

@@rcg9573 😂

Marin is nice.. but love my Genesis CDf does everything.. and only 8.5kg 😊 ❤ 🚴🏻Condor are also awesome.. Pete

Focus atlas 6.7 best price best quality extremely reliable and then put an ultegra chain and pirelli centurato H or M 40 and it is incresible

Mgravel bikey 🚴🚲Kross Eskera 5.0

Gimma a list of best bikes of all time or even better just a list of good bikes that are reqdily available on the market new or used.

As 'cool' as the STR might claim to be, it is difficult to take a bike 'that does itself doggystyle' seriously. M sure it is comfy though.

I bought a marin four corners. Same price point as the Nicasio. Superbe Adventure geometry, incredibly careless built frame and fork. I was shocked when it arrived. One fork leg is welded 5mm below the other one to the crown. The b-screw goes beneath the derailleur hanger which is part of the frame. This bike is utter trash, absolutely shocking.

Why no Trek Checkpoint??

@rcg9573

4 ай бұрын

Not a top 5 bike. 😀

@DrewAreYou

4 ай бұрын

@@rcg9573 I guess you don't own one 😂

@Quarky_

4 ай бұрын

@@DrewAreYou It's a good bike, but definitely not top 5 (I owned one for 2.5 yrs until it got stolen)

0:55 oh come on, maybe the average viewer of this channel is more fit than I am but to me, no way is a 40-42 low gear low enough for climbing on some of the terrain gravel bikes are taken on these days. Particularly when loaded up

@grvl307

4 ай бұрын

Exactly. I have a 10-52 in the rear. And I'm changing my 40T chainring for a 36T when going to the Alps next summer. Fully loaded up, I'm hauling 110 kg up a mountain.

@rcg9573

4 ай бұрын

Go 2X, then you don’t need a dinner plate size cassette in the back and the constant moronic 1X goofy chainline angles and gear jumps. 😀

@grvl307

4 ай бұрын

@@rcg9573 what is the downside of a big cassette? why is the chainline moronic? my chain is designed to handle that. and gear jumps? when? what? My SRAM chain is 6000 km old and it's still not worn according to my chain tool. I take care of my drive train. 1X is perfectly fine for gravel

@BoxCarBoy12

4 ай бұрын

@@rcg9573 I am on 2x. But i live in a super hilly area so I've paired it with a huge 11-40 cassette and I love it. My crankset is 46-30 so i have an awesome 30-40 low gear!

'gravelistas' 😂😂

Say what, my Fairlight Secan is not on this list!? Sacrilege!

Meh, save a bunch of cash and buy a Masi Giramondo. Affordable and properly equipped for the job.

These bikes don't make any sense and Specialized Diverge STR is the best example of a dead end street. Why would anybody want to have a read suspension on a bike with road handlebar???

No salsa cuthroat really

@rcg9573

4 ай бұрын

Not a top 5 bike. 😀

@cypriano8763

4 ай бұрын

@@rcg9573 weird, since it inception the genre

You could have mentioned some Mason.

@grvl307

4 ай бұрын

This. The Mason bokeh/exposure is better than all of these. And I'm saying this while I own a Grizl...

@rcg9573

4 ай бұрын

Not a top 5 bike. 😀

What if you started with a cyclocross frame and added a mullet drive train and gravel wheels and tires? So a cyclo-mountain-gravel-road bike? And built it for $1500 and to a 21 lb weight? .... 10 years ago? Oh wait, I did that. And named it the Franken bike. Rode it in several races and on just about every conceivable surface and grades from 0% to 15%. Hey bike industry, impress me!

Typically every bike you have chosen has drop handle bars ? Most people I know use a alt bar ,plus you never even mentioned Rohloff or pinion ? Have any of you actually done adventure riding ;).

Canyon: Not recommended for anybody with the need to adjust reach due to the stem being 1 1/4'' instead of 1 1/8''.

@MiceSkillz

4 ай бұрын

Canyons stems cost like 25euros.. not bad. Also there is other stem options too for 1 1/4.

This channel should be renamed CanyonRadar.

So no innovation anywhere, just the same bikes painted in different colors. Meh.