Is the Saracen Levarg a step too far into the world of hyper specific bikes? Or is it the perfect 'do it all' off-road machine??? Let us know in the comments below.
Its actually a really cool bike. Great for riding along all kinds of paths and rougher fire roads, but it looks so weird and ugly, that nobody buys it.
The idea of putting a suspension Fork on a bicycle does not excite anyone. The extra weight will not compensate when you're climbing. Most people don't race gravel bicycles, they're just for recreation and having a good time so most people won't care. I would far prefer to see a good rigid fork with a Redshift suspension stem , it would be far lighter. The fact is I have not seen Redshift products coming on any Factory bikes which is a bit shocking considering how good they are.
@Hajime Kuma To be fair Europe does have many mountain and forest roads that this bike would suit. The big problem for this bike is that a 100mm 29er hardtail would still do the job far better.
Seeing as gravel bikes existed so far back as the 80's - but just weren't called "gravel bikes - this isn't actually new. That bike in the video on the other hand is one fugly as bike.
Gravel bikes don't need too much suspension because you want to keep it light for Mobility. Being agile is more important than being able to act like an Enduro bike.
@UA-cam User Well, kind of. Look at the Salsa Cutthroat for example. It has suspension corrected geometry, you can run a 100mm fork in it. It can clear 29 x 2.4 tyres. It's a drop bar MTB, which a lot of people will say is dumb. But I think it has it's place. If you don't have huge mountains where you live, you prefer drop bars, and you want slightly more than a gravel bike because you want to do longer rides on harsher terrain I think it's perfect. But this thing? What's the point of a 40mm suspension fork that weighs as much as a 100mm one? The thing will bottom out before it does something. I'm a 100% sure you could easily bottom it out on a rougher dirt road. I think a 2.2-2.3 tyre has almost as much "travel". Then we have the 42mm tyres... Just why. I don't know about the clearances on this thing, but that 42 looks tight at the back. Overall I think a rigid fork with bigger tyres would give you almost as much compliance. And then there is the price... 2300 pounds, for which you get freaking Apex and an aluminium frame. Look at what kind of XC bike could you get for that price from a direct to consumer brand. Or you could get a better rigid gravel bike with bigger tyres. (And I say all this as a gravel bike owner)
As a gravel bike owner, I can tell you that putting 'slick' tires on your gravel bike does not suddenly transform it into a fun road bike. (It just makes you want to ride a dedicated road bike instead)
Haha! Been there. Had two wheelsets for the adventure bike. Now, after getting a dedicated road bike, the "adventure road" wheelset holds narrower gravel tires while the original set - fat ass rubber.
I'm the opposite. I'll happily ride my gravel bike with 43s on pavement instead of a road bike. For me it's more fun for sure. Now when I go back to a road bike I don't understand why did I even bother riding them in the past. Torture.
@@HollyBoni Hahaha! The "opposite" could be "on the same side" sometimes :). My road bike is less riden. And when it's riden, that are relatively short and fast distances in ideal weather conditions and on smooth tarmac (sometimes on a rough crit route, but that one is short too). With two wheelsets for the gravel bike, I am covering wide range of distances on road/mild off road, and mild off road / light single tracks. The 27.5 sometimes goes to the front of the gravel bike from my XC hard tail .... (but I don't publicize it - please keep between us :).
what is the weight? My Cannondale Slate is under 20lbs (granted without a dropper post). Of course the Slate has a road bike geometry and gives up 10mm of front fork travel so it is a different bike altogether. The Lauf Grit fork is similar travel to the Slate, the Shockstop stem and Specialized bike give up another 5-10mm, so it is looking like the 25mm travel seems to be some sort of sweet spot. I guess the geometry changes too much on drop bars at a certain point so we are now seeing the ideal range for front suspension on gravel. There is a lot that is starting to coalesce here with this niche. It looks like road plus clearance is desired (stealing the drop stays from the OPEN to keep the rear tucked in), some sort of light front suspension, opional dropper in the rear (something that was almost a joke when Cannondale spec’d it for the Slates frame), splayed drop handlebars, 1x drivetrain, hydraulic disc, and using an SRAM 22 left lever to actuate an internally routed dropper). Like to see more and different, I think this one may be a bit niche (too heaven, the dropper may not be as practical, not sure about the geo or the lack of 700c), but if it does well, I’ll be happy.
Crazy upgrade ideas: -swap for a carbon rigid fork to save weight -swap for a non-dropper post to save weight -install some bigger wheels with smaller tyers so you'll be faster on gravel 😁👍
Meanwhile I just built up a hardtail with wide drop bars, suspension dropper post, and replaced the rigid fork I had on it with a 100mm fork. I absolutely love it, and yes I will still call it a gravel bike
I threw some drop bars, 105 shifters and gravel tires my old 29er hard tail years ago and it’s super fun. Great commuter. Beats tearing up my mtb tires on the street riding up to the trails. For me it’s only good on fire roads bc I’m older and if it’s a really rough trail on a hardtail with higher psi tires it’s like getting curb stomped.
My next bicycle will have disc brakes and some sort of shock absorbing qualities. Currently I use a Redshift suspension stem and XLC suspension seatpost which works nicely but is too heavy. When you look at gravel bicycle you're looking at hybrid Road - Cross bike with big tire clearance, that's how it all started. Many of us were riding gravel bikes 30 years ago and we never even knew it, it was just a bicycle that had big ass tires and nice gearing.
As a Cannondale slate owner I can say that it’s an incredibly fun bike. If I’m going mountain biking I’m taking my mountain bike. If I riding road I’m taking my road bike. If I don’t know what the hell im doing I’m taking my slate.
I can see a need for this. I’m more comfortable on drop bars than flat bars for long rides. Don’t get me wrong, I’ll ride my xc mtb for 5 hours but after about 3 I start wishing I had drop bars. So for anything really long (like so many gravel races these days) where a bit of suspension will be an advantage then something like this fits the bill. Ofc one could also just have a second (suspension) fork for their current gravel bike no?
I see the need for something like a Salsa Cutthroat which is essentially a drop bar MTB. I'd buy one for the reasons you mentioned. But 40mm forks that weigh as much as 100mm forks... Just why?
I have a gravel and basic XC hardtail with air fork: will not trade those two for one this, though at some extend I might cover the exact same grounds using one gravel.reverse() bike.
N+1 No bike can do it all. But I have 3 sets of wheels for my bike 700c Road 28c, Sustran 700c 32/34+ / and 65Ob 42c for Easy Trail Stuff. With Family.Perhaps we need N +2 Wheelsets, with tyre clearance ?
I wonder if the entire 'gravel revolution' could have happened ages ago, if Shimano had introduced STI's compatible with v-brakes back in the ancient days when v-brakes were storming the MTB market.
Interesting thought, but probably not. Gravel bikes like most new forms of bikes came from racing. Folk were racing longer and longer distances on CX bikes, so the CXs were made more comfy with fatter tyres and slacker angles and thus gravel bikes were born. More comfort over long distances will usually equate to more speed as you get less battered and tired. Plus they will roll faster over the rougher terrain. Though if tubeless tyres and the lower pressure you can run had come to CX/roadies some years sooner, then they would not have needed as fat a tyre.
The gravel bike as a concept is born with the idea in mind of creating an off road capable bike that didn't involve the maintenance of a performance MTB; you put a suspension fork on it, you defeat the purpose of a gravel bike. A gravel bike, should be closer to a touring bike than to a XC MTB.
It's difficult for me to see a shock on a gravel bike and not think mountain bike. Gravel bikes are relatively new to the industry and deserve new tech. IE) Something like the specialized progressive suspension to make it stand out.
They tried, but it ain't quite there. The fork is way too heavy, the dropper should have the lever in the cockpit and the drivetrain could be a 2x11 MTB one with a 40 tooth big plate for the road and a 30 tooth small plate for off-road. And the dropper, I'm not shure if a Dropper is more suitabble than a flex post like the one Canyon has. For me, the only improvements a gravel bike would need from the MTB world is the suspension and the wider range drivetrains.
Marketing genius! Take components away from a standard mountain bike (e.g. suspension) and create a new genre (gravel) then - here's the genius bit - "improve" the gravel bike by putting the components back on. Let's all upgrade to what we used to have. And yes, I have a gravel bike, but never went through the mountain bike phase.
The bike reeks of desperation by a bike business. Why dont they just concentrate on making good value, good quality bikes rather than keep trying to invent the next big thing which is normally always worse than the current big thing.
@@andypaul999 Because no one makes money from selling well designed good value items that last a life time. It's repeat business, fashion and upgrades that drive the market.
No, mountain bikers think gravel riding is lame. It's merely an evil necessity to access single track. This should be be a road bike category as roadies think this is scintillating to move off smooth pavement.
It's useless to own a gravel bike that doesn't have fender and/or rack mounts. I say this because I believe a gravel bike should be able to serve multiple functions and be used in the wet seasons, otherwise, a lightweight carbon 29'er with an XC fork and a rigid carbon fork as an option is the way to go. Owning both, I'd get rid of my adventure gravel bike before I get ride of my XC mtb.
No, no, no! Cannondale Slate is much more better! Lighter and stiffer fork with zero sag and very light frame have amazing handling. And Slate is definitely not a XC bike with dropbars, real gravel fighter. This Saracen just "not proper" XC bike
Sorry, this is getting absolutely ridiculous now! Just buy a bloody mountain bike!!! Fed of of seeing road bikes with mountain bike tyres, mountain bike gears, mountain bike brakes, mountain bike suspension and now mountain bike dropper posts!!! BUY A MOUNTAIN BIKE!!!!!
BikeRadar, can you please work on the music you use? This song would be appropriate if you were using reviewing chainsaws, but bikes, not so much, it's tacky.
i think its sexy , i think its a cross bike. i even think that bike could win champions because its build for off road use with road speed. remember i stated that lol.
Nothing wrong with suspension and a dropper on a gravel bike. I've a Lauf fork and ks eten dropper on mine. It just gives even more options when you approach those bridleways that you'd always have to pass on a 'normal' Road bike.
Well, I thought the job of a suspension fork was to help you on rougher terrain. I'm all about weird stuff. Salsa Cutthroat with a 100mm fork? Bring it on! But I don't see the point of a 40mm suspension fork that weighs as much as a 100mm one. If you actually need suspension, you need more than 40mm. You could bottom this thing out on a rough dirt road. If you want a slightly more comfortable ride, bigger tyres are a better option IMO. When my 43mm tyre bottoms out I think that's about half as much travel as this thing has... 😁
I'm looking forward to when they stop all these silly changes and start to focus on reducing price and competing for it. There still isn't an affordable carbon bike with a good groupset.
Guys using trigged as a joke is really poor form, the term triggered is already ridiculed throughout popular culture, PTSD is a real issue and there are people who experience triggers and making jokes like this is to their expense.
It's a phrase that's now in common parlance, and regularly used - seriously or jokingly - to describe feelings of upset spanning the entire spectrum from deadly serious to completely trivial. It's no more of a threat to people taking PTSD seriously than, say, describing a bike as 'insane' is to broader mental health issues. You're clever enough to understand the difference based on context, and so is everyone else.
Is the Saracen Levarg a step too far into the world of hyper specific bikes? Or is it the perfect 'do it all' off-road machine??? Let us know in the comments below.
Just get a hardtail and stick a drop bar on it
Its actually a really cool bike. Great for riding along all kinds of paths and rougher fire roads, but it looks so weird and ugly, that nobody buys it.
The idea of putting a suspension Fork on a bicycle does not excite anyone. The extra weight will not compensate when you're climbing. Most people don't race gravel bicycles, they're just for recreation and having a good time so most people won't care. I would far prefer to see a good rigid fork with a Redshift suspension stem , it would be far lighter. The fact is I have not seen Redshift products coming on any Factory bikes which is a bit shocking considering how good they are.
@Hajime Kuma To be fair Europe does have many mountain and forest roads that this bike would suit. The big problem for this bike is that a 100mm 29er hardtail would still do the job far better.
Can it beat a recumbent on Long distance gravel rides?
next big innovation from bike industry will be gravel bike with flat handlebars and 100 mm travel fork...
hahaha
And plush 26er wheels.
LOL. I have on already. It's called a Scott Scale. ; )
Seeing as gravel bikes existed so far back as the 80's - but just weren't called "gravel bikes - this isn't actually new. That bike in the video on the other hand is one fugly as bike.
Gravel bikes don't need too much suspension because you want to keep it light for Mobility. Being agile is more important than being able to act like an Enduro bike.
OMG, a 90s MTB with drop bars
it's like gravel bike designers are just slowly figuring out why mountain bikes are mountain bikes...
Very different... beyond accommodating larger wheel size and a higher front end, what is very different?
@@pedallingtomcat Geometry which simultaneously allows for ride dampening for off-road and efficient pedal strokes for on.
Well..That is the worst of both worlds..
How is it the worst? Would an xc bike with ridgid fork and without dropper be better?
@UA-cam User Well, kind of. Look at the Salsa Cutthroat for example. It has suspension corrected geometry, you can run a 100mm fork in it. It can clear 29 x 2.4 tyres. It's a drop bar MTB, which a lot of people will say is dumb. But I think it has it's place. If you don't have huge mountains where you live, you prefer drop bars, and you want slightly more than a gravel bike because you want to do longer rides on harsher terrain I think it's perfect.
But this thing? What's the point of a 40mm suspension fork that weighs as much as a 100mm one? The thing will bottom out before it does something. I'm a 100% sure you could easily bottom it out on a rougher dirt road. I think a 2.2-2.3 tyre has almost as much "travel". Then we have the 42mm tyres... Just why. I don't know about the clearances on this thing, but that 42 looks tight at the back.
Overall I think a rigid fork with bigger tyres would give you almost as much compliance.
And then there is the price... 2300 pounds, for which you get freaking Apex and an aluminium frame. Look at what kind of XC bike could you get for that price from a direct to consumer brand. Or you could get a better rigid gravel bike with bigger tyres. (And I say all this as a gravel bike owner)
@Irvin Hoover The practicaly doesnt happen. I have never even heard of someones fork loosing all its air on a ride.
@Irvin Hoover I'm guessing you're the type of guy that runs friction shifting because indexed is too finnicky.
@@HollyBoni This comment makes no sense man. I just said that leaking air forks are a thing that practically doesnt happen.
As a gravel bike owner, I can tell you that putting 'slick' tires on your gravel bike does not suddenly transform it into a fun road bike. (It just makes you want to ride a dedicated road bike instead)
Haha! Been there. Had two wheelsets for the adventure bike. Now, after getting a dedicated road bike, the "adventure road" wheelset holds narrower gravel tires while the original set - fat ass rubber.
I'm the opposite. I'll happily ride my gravel bike with 43s on pavement instead of a road bike. For me it's more fun for sure. Now when I go back to a road bike I don't understand why did I even bother riding them in the past. Torture.
@@HollyBoni Hahaha! The "opposite" could be "on the same side" sometimes :). My road bike is less riden. And when it's riden, that are relatively short and fast distances in ideal weather conditions and on smooth tarmac (sometimes on a rough crit route, but that one is short too). With two wheelsets for the gravel bike, I am covering wide range of distances on road/mild off road, and mild off road / light single tracks. The 27.5 sometimes goes to the front of the gravel bike from my XC hard tail .... (but I don't publicize it - please keep between us :).
Should I point out that 44mm offset is the standard offset for 650b, just like 51mm is for 29ers?
It's like to mix chocolate with salmon. The both are tasty but not when you mix them.
If you gonna make a small travel fork it better be lighter than its counterpart. The dropper lever under the seat? That's almost useless.
Yep, the problem with the Slate is just that; the front is so heavy that the bike, as least for me, was kind on unwieldy
Yeah, the fork is probably way over-engineered for a gravel bike. They just did not bother to develop a new version.
gravel bike in 2019: full suspension with 200mm travel, flat handlebars, dropper seatpost, 1x...oh wait
They will keep the drop bars, that's what keeps it a gravel bike.
I already saw a full suspension gravel bike...
40mm for the same weight of 100mm? Where do I sign up?
what is the weight? My Cannondale Slate is under 20lbs (granted without a dropper post). Of course the Slate has a road bike geometry and gives up 10mm of front fork travel so it is a different bike altogether.
The Lauf Grit fork is similar travel to the Slate, the Shockstop stem and Specialized bike give up another 5-10mm, so it is looking like the 25mm travel seems to be some sort of sweet spot. I guess the geometry changes too much on drop bars at a certain point so we are now seeing the ideal range for front suspension on gravel.
There is a lot that is starting to coalesce here with this niche. It looks like road plus clearance is desired (stealing the drop stays from the OPEN to keep the rear tucked in), some sort of light front suspension, opional dropper in the rear (something that was almost a joke when Cannondale spec’d it for the Slates frame), splayed drop handlebars, 1x drivetrain, hydraulic disc, and using an SRAM 22 left lever to actuate an internally routed dropper).
Like to see more and different, I think this one may be a bit niche (too heaven, the dropper may not be as practical, not sure about the geo or the lack of 700c), but if it does well, I’ll be happy.
For me this an xc bike with deflated air fork and road bike handlebars!!!
Thinking the same thing hahaha
can it take 700c wheels with a 42mm tire? does the suspension have a lockout? how much does the entire bike weigh?
Crazy upgrade ideas:
-swap for a carbon rigid fork to save weight
-swap for a non-dropper post to save weight
-install some bigger wheels with smaller tyers so you'll be faster on gravel 😁👍
Meanwhile I just built up a hardtail with wide drop bars, suspension dropper post, and replaced the rigid fork I had on it with a 100mm fork. I absolutely love it, and yes I will still call it a gravel bike
I threw some drop bars, 105 shifters and gravel tires my old 29er hard tail years ago and it’s super fun. Great commuter. Beats tearing up my mtb tires on the street riding up to the trails. For me it’s only good on fire roads bc I’m older and if it’s a really rough trail on a hardtail with higher psi tires it’s like getting curb stomped.
My next bicycle will have disc brakes and some sort of shock absorbing qualities. Currently I use a Redshift suspension stem and XLC suspension seatpost which works nicely but is too heavy. When you look at gravel bicycle you're looking at hybrid Road - Cross bike with big tire clearance, that's how it all started. Many of us were riding gravel bikes 30 years ago and we never even knew it, it was just a bicycle that had big ass tires and nice gearing.
awful. What were they thinking?
They were watching Path Less Pedaled's vids.
apro ranger full-suspension gravel bike any news on it.
Seems like these new gravel bikes are just becoming “mountain bike lites”
As a Cannondale slate owner I can say that it’s an incredibly fun bike. If I’m going mountain biking I’m taking my mountain bike. If I riding road I’m taking my road bike. If I don’t know what the hell im doing I’m taking my slate.
I’ll keep my Chisel thanks.
I know this isn't actually relevant to the video at all, but what are those bits on the cabling that looks like some type of connector?
Barrel adjusters.
@@MrBJPitt barrel adjusters for both the brakes and the single derailleur?
@@TroggyPK that's pretty sweet, never seen those before
Barrel adjusters
you can adjust while cycling, common position on CX bikes
The word "Saracen" already means "backward". The manufacturer used the word "backward" twice in the model name.
I can see a need for this. I’m more comfortable on drop bars than flat bars for long rides. Don’t get me wrong, I’ll ride my xc mtb for 5 hours but after about 3 I start wishing I had drop bars. So for anything really long (like so many gravel races these days) where a bit of suspension will be an advantage then something like this fits the bill. Ofc one could also just have a second (suspension) fork for their current gravel bike no?
I see the need for something like a Salsa Cutthroat which is essentially a drop bar MTB. I'd buy one for the reasons you mentioned. But 40mm forks that weigh as much as 100mm forks... Just why?
Is it an MTB for weight weenies?
I think the RockShox RS-1 Inverted Fork will fit well on a Gravel bike
So your getting a lower traval fork? Just get the 100mm one since it weights the same.
I love my Cannondale Slate with the Oliver lefty and my dropper post best of both worlds
I have a gravel and basic XC hardtail with air fork: will not trade those two for one this, though at some extend I might cover the exact same grounds using one gravel.reverse() bike.
N+1 No bike can do it all. But I have 3 sets of wheels for my bike 700c Road 28c, Sustran 700c 32/34+ / and 65Ob 42c for Easy Trail Stuff. With Family.Perhaps we need N +2 Wheelsets, with tyre clearance ?
It's a shame that the top of the line model doesn't have a shifter actuated dropper post. It's a 1x after all.
Reaching down for that lever sucks.
I wonder if the entire 'gravel revolution' could have happened ages ago, if Shimano had introduced STI's compatible with v-brakes back in the ancient days when v-brakes were storming the MTB market.
Interesting thought, but probably not. Gravel bikes like most new forms of bikes came from racing. Folk were racing longer and longer distances on CX bikes, so the CXs were made more comfy with fatter tyres and slacker angles and thus gravel bikes were born. More comfort over long distances will usually equate to more speed as you get less battered and tired. Plus they will roll faster over the rougher terrain.
Though if tubeless tyres and the lower pressure you can run had come to CX/roadies some years sooner, then they would not have needed as fat a tyre.
Perfect bike! One bike rule them all !
This is just silly.
A dropper lever under the seat? That’s convenient, said nobody.
It is the perfect do it all bike!
The gravel bike as a concept is born with the idea in mind of creating an off road capable bike that didn't involve the maintenance of a performance MTB; you put a suspension fork on it, you defeat the purpose of a gravel bike. A gravel bike, should be closer to a touring bike than to a XC MTB.
It's difficult for me to see a shock on a gravel bike and not think mountain bike. Gravel bikes are relatively new to the industry and deserve new tech. IE) Something like the specialized progressive suspension to make it stand out.
so you still add 1 kg over a standard fork just for little suspension....
They tried, but it ain't quite there. The fork is way too heavy, the dropper should have the lever in the cockpit and the drivetrain could be a 2x11 MTB one with a 40 tooth big plate for the road and a 30 tooth small plate for off-road. And the dropper, I'm not shure if a Dropper is more suitabble than a flex post like the one Canyon has. For me, the only improvements a gravel bike would need from the MTB world is the suspension and the wider range drivetrains.
Looks epic
Marketing genius! Take components away from a standard mountain bike (e.g. suspension) and create a new genre (gravel) then - here's the genius bit - "improve" the gravel bike by putting the components back on. Let's all upgrade to what we used to have. And yes, I have a gravel bike, but never went through the mountain bike phase.
The bike reeks of desperation by a bike business. Why dont they just concentrate on making good value, good quality bikes rather than keep trying to invent the next big thing which is normally always worse than the current big thing.
@@andypaul999 Because no one makes money from selling well designed good value items that last a life time. It's repeat business, fashion and upgrades that drive the market.
next thing you now gravel bikes will be included under mtb category next to xc, trail, enduro and downhill
No, mountain bikers think gravel riding is lame. It's merely an evil necessity to access single track. This should be be a road bike category as roadies think this is scintillating to move off smooth pavement.
It's useless to own a gravel bike that doesn't have fender and/or rack mounts. I say this because I believe a gravel bike should be able to serve multiple functions and be used in the wet seasons, otherwise, a lightweight carbon 29'er with an XC fork and a rigid carbon fork as an option is the way to go. Owning both, I'd get rid of my adventure gravel bike before I get ride of my XC mtb.
Pop a pair of 700c-45mm gravel tires and I would be in heaven. I have dreamt of building a bike just like this.
No, no, no! Cannondale Slate is much more better! Lighter and stiffer fork with zero sag and very light frame have amazing handling. And Slate is definitely not a XC bike with dropbars, real gravel fighter. This Saracen just "not proper" XC bike
Look fun, but bummer about the 650B wheels! It should have proper 700s.
Lose the fork and it would be a great looking bike. I like what they have done with the model name.
A bike you can too, from AND round llandegla. Interesting but just an n+1 from me. Not a must have untill my neck gives out anyway
How many of you tried to read "Saracen" backwards too, thinking it too read something else?
Sorry, this is getting absolutely ridiculous now! Just buy a bloody mountain bike!!! Fed of of seeing road bikes with mountain bike tyres, mountain bike gears, mountain bike brakes, mountain bike suspension and now mountain bike dropper posts!!! BUY A MOUNTAIN BIKE!!!!!
I'll buy the bike I want and enjoy, thank you very much!
@@GuyInnagorillasuit Crack on
Now a Gravity road bike, please! Oh, no, wait...a foldable Gravity road bike specific for women, please!!!! This is fun.
It’s only a matter of time before they add rear suspension! It seems that the evolution of the current day MTB didn’t happen for some people......
On paper it looks like a very odd mix for very specific terrain. Only a rather convincing test review could make me think differently.
All what they have done is just reduced rich of the MTB frame. Done, now it's gravel bike! )))
That dropper only costs $50 on amazon
Gravelgrinding is here to stay... this is a logical functional progression - you lose a bit - you gain a bit -on mixed off rd surface riding
UMM.....so the GT stands for Gravel Triggered then?
BikeRadar, can you please work on the music you use? This song would be appropriate if you were using reviewing chainsaws, but bikes, not so much, it's tacky.
Back to the future.
that fork is puny ahhaa
Easier to put some 580mm bars and a longer stem on the hardtail.
Roadies wanting to be Mountain bikers bike hahaha
Looks like Trek Checkpoint
i think its sexy , i think its a cross bike. i even think that bike could win champions because its build for off road use with road speed. remember i stated that lol.
Nothing wrong with suspension and a dropper on a gravel bike. I've a Lauf fork and ks eten dropper on mine. It just gives even more options when you approach those bridleways that you'd always have to pass on a 'normal' Road bike.
No mention of its weight. Maybe because it’s not a pretty number with all those MTB components? 🤭
This is a monster cross.
no its not... A Monstercross would need wider tires (+2.0" i would say)
That's a lot of money, you would get a much better spec Xc mtb for the money.
should have put a lauf fork
God no.
40mm travel will absorb the bump from a pebble and that's about it 😂😂
Ignorance is bliss.
Get used to it mate, the world's full it.
It's true tho. Read reviews about these 40mm forks. They bottom out before they can actually do something. A larger tyre would probably help more.
@@HollyBoni improper air pressure set up, and quite likely people bringing the bike to MTB singletracks.
Well, I thought the job of a suspension fork was to help you on rougher terrain. I'm all about weird stuff. Salsa Cutthroat with a 100mm fork? Bring it on! But I don't see the point of a 40mm suspension fork that weighs as much as a 100mm one. If you actually need suspension, you need more than 40mm. You could bottom this thing out on a rough dirt road.
If you want a slightly more comfortable ride, bigger tyres are a better option IMO.
When my 43mm tyre bottoms out I think that's about half as much travel as this thing has... 😁
There's only one thing sillier than carbon fibre. And that's suspension.
That's just XC MTB with extra steps.
i don’t get it
2:31 замят трос заднего переключателя.
A gravel bike with a suspension fork. LMAO
Just get a bloody mountain bike!
this bike is ridiculous, step by step a mountain bike
This bike is a bit derp
Not for me prefer my gravel/cx bikes rigid and fast .
That's what she said.
Probably doesn't do anything properly
Just another branch on the tree of bike evolution. Just a really small branch.
Wtf is this🤓
No,no,no,no,no and again no.
get a Salsa Cutthroat Sus instead 🤤
650B is instant deal breaker.
I'm looking forward to when they stop all these silly changes and start to focus on reducing price and competing for it. There still isn't an affordable carbon bike with a good groupset.
This is a crappy monstercross bike
stay cynical ...
Guys using trigged as a joke is really poor form, the term triggered is already ridiculed throughout popular culture, PTSD is a real issue and there are people who experience triggers and making jokes like this is to their expense.
You were triggered.
It's a phrase that's now in common parlance, and regularly used - seriously or jokingly - to describe feelings of upset spanning the entire spectrum from deadly serious to completely trivial. It's no more of a threat to people taking PTSD seriously than, say, describing a bike as 'insane' is to broader mental health issues. You're clever enough to understand the difference based on context, and so is everyone else.
I hope this is meme of you pretending to be triggered but I can’t tell
wow you're triggered af.
BikeRadar nice response.