When a gravelbike is very stiff I believe its because its meant to accellerate very fast on tarmac, and this is a good thing for commuting on mixed surface. Fast accelation is fun and I presume you have to sacrify some compliance and comfort to get that. My gravelbike is the opposite, heavier with lefty and kingpin damping. Both bikes are cool, but different. This stiffnes is positioning the Colnago G4 x between my superstiff and fast Wilier Gran Tourismo roadbike and my gravelbike. Not a bad position.
Any video of it doing trails and getting muddy, what’s it capable of. We need it tested to the limit. Still, no in-frame storage like my trek checkpoint at half the price 😂 also let’s see the other side once you talk about the logo. Com’n man, you killing us here!
Hot take: extremely high-end drop bar bikes like this need to stop providing provisions for mechanical drivetrains. Almost no one is going to be building up this frame with a mechanical groupset and eliminating these provisions will make the frames simpler.
U do know that its not a colnago frame, its a scam that its that expensive. Its never been in a colnago factory - its a fugazi that its so expensive for what it is. This has nothing to do with the pogy race bike. It’s a marketing stunt to make u thing that the stiffness was needed. No it’s not - it’s stiff because it’s build in a sweatshop factory. Sorry Colnago - back in day its a dream bike - now its a too expensive knockoff design bike :( sorry for the rant here boys and girls. It’s too much.
They are basocally using race bike frames, super stiff and aggressive, with ture clearance, and they call them gravel race. They are just heaby race bikes. Ridiculous
I'm not a fan of the logo cut in half....the top tube looks way too high....frame looks like a generic Chinese frame but with less tire clearance. Yoeleo G21 comes to mind.
Both are pretty stiff race bikes. The Crux is lighter and has space for wider tyres. That latter point helps to offset the frame stiffness on chunkier gravel. The Canyon has a nicely integrated front end which seem to be what most people like these days and as it takes some tube shapes from the V4Rs, it might be more aero. Personally I prefer the Crux, especially if you can get one on a discount.
Hummmm considering you can get a sram red group set currently at retail for little a little under 2k if you look around (and they will paying less than that i'm sure) and those wheels for around 850 rrp (again they'll be getting them fair bit cheaper there "cheap" wheels) .I fail to see how they arrived at 9k figure for that bike. you mean tell me that frame and handle bar comb cost 7k there ore there about's? thats 2k more than a C68 frame set. Come on! you'd have to be a mug to by this off the peg
Pure race bike yet come in 1 x on the top model which seems like a odd move to me as one would assume that a bike like this would be used on the road as well.
@@bikeradar geez, I was keeping my money in my pocket for the time being but you've just spoiled that Liam. Thanks to you both, I'll still be looking forward to that review! (And buying it in the meantime lol)
Yet another gravel bike fail with it's stupid 71.9° HTA and 73.0° STA and too short front center and wheelbase. You shoud try a proper race bike like 2023 UCI Gravel WC winning Merida Silex II CF2 piloted to victory by Matej Mohorič. His race bike has 69.5° HTA and 75.0° STA and much longer fc and wb.
