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.
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!
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.
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.
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
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 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
@@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!
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???
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 ;).
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!
