I'm starting a series of review on Niner's new full suspension gravel bike, the MCR9 RDO. In this video I show the bike up close. Ride videos and more reviews to follow! Follow me on Instagram: @clintg37 To support the channel: / clintg
I've been complete full suspension convert. My lower back says it mandatory. Have said this was needed years ago. So I'm really excited. Will be watching intently.
@@FelipeLuizDickmann it did to a point. If I hit a large root or something similar, the energy would still transmit up to my lower back. A few of those knocks and ride would slow to crawl.
Agreed. I have been watching Clint's vids for awhile now. Other than being slightly limited on verity of brands, I enjoy watching his reviews on bike I don't even have an interest in due to the information given.
Great overview ... I own Niners old steel hardtail which was also known as the MCR.... hard to wrap my head around the idea the name is now for their gravel bike, but it is fitting...
Really stoked you have one to check out, I was having a hard time trying to figure out why I’d ride something like this over an XC hardtail. Really curious as to how this rig will fit into your riding.
1. To be in aggressive road position that is way more aerodynamic. 2. To go faster by soaking up the gravel chatter and reducing rolling impediments. Also the benefit of less body fatigue from the chatter. I bet Clint will find this bike to be faster on rough gravel roads. On smooth gravel, maybe the rigid is faster.
I'm no expert, but it looks like you're right about the brakes. Flat mount caliper on the rear got the GRX and post mount on the fork is SLX. I still don't fully understand the whole flat mount thing...more of an MTB guy but got a gravel bike recently - enjoying it when the local singletrack is too muddy to ride. I'm really looking forward to seeing what this bike is about and if it's going to be worth it to have full squish on a gravel bike. I used to ride my hardtail on gravel before and I miss the fork taking some of the impacts from my hands and arms, but I'm not sure about the rear so it'll be good to see what your impressions are vs the RLT9.
Not sure why this has taken so long but good to see someone making the leap. I've been wanting to build a proper full suspension gravel bike for years but due to funds I haven't. Still on my list. This bike looks great but still not what I would want. Just a matter of time before this is a normal category.
The bike is heavy no doubt. Over 24 pounds for a Gravel bike it is a lot to push. These days you can get a lighter hardtail MTB at about 20/21 pounds for that price.
MTB fork on a Gravelbike looks weird to me and i guess full suspension makes it pretty damn heavy too. Besides, what you're gonna do with just 50mm of travel?
This bike is really impressing me on how it absorbs lots of little bumps. For what it’s designed to do, it’s pretty impressive. I’ll cover all that in my upcoming reviews.
feels like a death by a thousand cuts - in theory not that heavier or slower than any other gravel bike, but these things add up. It feels like it'd make a great long distance adventure bike but maybe the added complexity is not so good when you're far from everywhere...
H'mmmm, thoughts: 1. I suspect a dropper post would make this bike even better. I am actually surprised they don't have one on there, although, did I see an extra port on the frame for one?? 2. From a suspension point of view, I wonder it Trek's new short travel XC (60mm travel) would be a good starting point for a gravel bike design (I'd be surprised if Trek hadn't been playing with that). Nice stuff though. d
I'm sure that bike has its place. I can't see it where I ride tho. Things go from pretty tame to knarly pretty quick and I'm just gonna reach for a xc bike if it gets bad. I bet it would be nice on fast washboard tho. Something like Assault on Mt Currahee here in a couple weekends would be the perfect place for it. fast downhills then evil climbs over and over single track road gravel rutted out areas.
Quite a unique bike...amazing the niches bike mft are finding to fill....this bike ought to be fast on non technical single track mtb trails with the right tyres...only thing not crazy about the color but then if the bike is one you feel good on and you ride it who cares.. look forward to seeing how you deploy this new machine.
I thought about this and: 1. No storage space in the frame triangle, 2. more complex, more things to break when you're far out, 3. heavier. So not sure why you'd pick it over a simpler, more lightweight bike...
not sure if i missed you saying what the wheel and tyre sizes on this bike are? i like those g1s but they look fatter than the 700x35s i have on my bike.
Interesting piece of kit and sure it's great for gravel. Not the gravel bike for me though because it sacrifices the versatility of being a good winter road bike/commuter, and I like the simplicity of no suspension to maintain.
Why did you delete the Gemini Lights video? I'm just curious. I own the same 2 that you made the video on and I love them so far. Was there a problem with them?
Reposting tomorrow. I realized I was calling the 2200 the "Titan 2200" when it's the "Duo 2200". As a perfectionist it was bothering me. Sorry. Juggling a lot with RU-vid and the real job ;).
Specialized Turbo Creo is 11kg with batteries and engine. Perhaps the ultimate bike is a full suspension gravel e-bike that weights 12kg but rides like a 6kg road bike thanks to the assist.
@@matthewmancewicz1852 that was just my initial reaction. I think a Niner is actually going to hold its value better than other bikes. Generally all mountain bikes are worth about half of retail after riding them for a year.
I wasn't trying to quote it exactly, but here is the quote: Some people say, "Give the customers what they want." But that's not my approach. Our job is to figure out what they're going to want before they do. I think Henry Ford once said, "If I'd asked customers what they wanted, they would have told me, 'A faster horse!'" People don't know what they want until you show it to them. That's why I never rely on market research. Our task is to read things that are not yet on the page.
Why not just get a mountain bike? So much marketing bullshit . Let's create 10 different categories of bike to juice our profits. This bike looks like it doesn't know what it wants to be.
If you need that much of suspension you better stop "gravelling" and start "mountain biking" because with that kind of frankenbike you just get the worst of both world. Well at least you’re following the trend and full suspension sure help to not spill the venti lattefrapuccino you’ve just bought
Charles Hazen most of the time I don’t buy what I don’t like and I certainly don’t care about what other people ride since I’m happy with my steed. But since that bloke show the bike on the internet i feel free to express my opinion about it. If you don’t like it don’t read it and stop caring about what other people think specially when you don’t seem to agree with them. But feel free to spend your huge salary on a internal routed PFBB carbon whaterverbike you wan’t, there’s a whole industry, journalist and youtubers counting on gullible folks like you.
Gravel biking is officially dead. USA cycling tried to incorporate this discipline into the U.C.I with no defining rules. It was rejected meaning it will NEVER BE A OLYMPIC SPORT. Not only that but USA cycling wanted a bizarre criteria to run the series including riding all night. It more or less looks like a game somebody invented because they couldnt compete in the other game the children were playing. It also looks like certain manufacturers had a hand in creating this one off game. This isnt a joke either. There is some serious coin being wasted on gravel bikes. You should explain to your viewers WHO IS COMPETING IN GRAVEL BIKING. Hate to be debbie downer here, but there is no such thing as gravel biking from a world perspective anymore.
I'm not sure what lens you are looking through to come up with this perspective, but the way I see it, it is the complete opposite. Gravel riding is the fastest growing segment of cycling in my area. Many of the guys who used to ride and race on the road have converted over to gravel for the adventure and because it is safer than riding on the road. The gravel events in my area receive the most turnout. Unfortunately, cyclocross racing has not taken off the way I would like to see, but not so with gravel. This weekend is a 106 mile gravel event in my area that will draw a lot of riders from all over. What makes gravel riding so popular here is the spirit of adventure. Most of the people who ride gravel are not concerned about racing. The grassroots events where we are given a GPS course to follow and then we head out are popular and super fun. My eyes really don't focus on gravel racing, but more just the riding and exploring. I enjoy gravel riding today more than ever and have no plans of slowing down. Gravel riding dead? I see it becoming more and more alive.
@@ClintGibbs Its a activity with no specifics for manufacturing. The U.C.I rejected the mountain bike gearing because they already have xc. It was then suggested there be some kind of night endeavor, which was rejected as well. USA cycling couldn't present any attainable criteria for a surface either, because that was covered by xc as well. Then there was a body fat content proposed for participants to separate ultra endurance road cyclist from competing. Its a mess, AND WILL NEVER BE A OLYMPIC DISCIPLINE. Like fat bikes or extreme free ride it will be a activity that was promoted by manufacturers as a way to broaden their bike range. Too many of these disciplines are beginning to fall on deaf ears as competitive cycling, and the U.C.I agrees. You and many others may participate, but as a actual internationally recognized sport its D.O.A.
