Specialized Sequoia
bmxboy10
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Stumbled across this today. Seems to tick a lot of boxes for an adventure bike especially being steel. Does anyone have one or does anyone have any experience of riding one? I can feel the urge......
https://www.evanscycles.com/specialized ... e-EV279834
https://www.evanscycles.com/specialized ... e-EV279834
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Will use it as winter hack, then for long 100k dartmoor rides in the summer.
Its not slow or fast anywhere.. basically it's a diesel.
How do you find the fork? Does the steel fork make it heavy? Also how are the TRP brakes?
You have to spend £1500 on the Elite and upwards to get the carbon fork, the base model at £950 has a steel fork.
Colnago CLX 3.0
Colnago Dream
Giant Trinity Advanced
Italian steel winter hack
I have owned a Croix de Fer and used it for a bit of everything, from off road to the hilliest of sportives. As above, it does everything, but nothing very well and the sheer weight of the thing resulted in me developing knee problems, which (in case you doubt) have pretty much disappeared the day I sold it.
With smaller gears, they can make decent worldwide tourers... ideal to cycle in Pakistan or Alaska, although I wouldn't choose fancy things like thru axle to go in places where they might not know what it is, likewise hydro brakes.
For a stroll in the local woods at speed there are lighter bikes which are more fun... for a ride to the pub there are cheaper bikes which are less appealing to thieves... for a road ride there are faster, lighter bikes.
The point of heavy duty steel is that if you load it on the back a pick up van and it falls while you drive at 50 mph, you will still be able to ride it, so it's about convenience if you travel in remote locations... will the OP do that?
Has it in the colour linked and it looks pretty good.
I think I may need to rethink as the Diverge or something else may be the better option.
Steel is nice if it is nice steel tubing... my 853 Fugio is a very nice frame.... CrMo tubing is not a million miles from gas pipe... the ride is dull... if you also have a steel disc fork, that makes it even harsh
Nice looking gravel/adventure bike too.
Colnago CLX 3.0
Colnago Dream
Giant Trinity Advanced
Italian steel winter hack
Need to cool off
Just been out in the snow in my rear wheel drive BMW. Convincing myself I need an adventure bike is like saying a need another car - a Landrover - and thants not gonna happen either
Yes, it is heavy, certainly when you lift it up, but it doesn't feel that way when you ride it.
The fork is steel on my model, but I didn't want to spend over a grand which ruled out the carbon forked 105 model. Actually the cable brakes are very good and are dual pivot which I think means that the pads grab the disc rom both sides rather than one side pushing the disc into the other. I wanted cable disc because I can't change pads on my hydraulic brakes on my stumpjumper cos I don't have the knowlege or tools to bleed brakes.
Genesis cdf was my choice until this came out but glad I waited as I am brand loyal having had many specialized before, plus prefer the wider wheels and tyres, body geometry saddle, unique bars and think through axles are the future.
Did an urban ride of about 25 miles all on the road on Tuesday, and only a few minutes slower than the Tarmac, and happy to lean a bit further or brake a bit later on wet roads.
I like it.
l did also consider a diverge .. obviously I suppose, but my thoughts were that there would be too many times when it didn't really make much difference which I used. Also really think the sequoia will make me appreciate the Tarmac more, whereas thediverge would make me wonder if I needed both.
Of course, most reading this may not be lucky enough to have more than one bike, in which case the Diverge could well be the better choice.
Article here about the new carbon version
http://road.cc/content/tech-news/215436 ... ravel-bike
http://road.cc/content/review/122355-ni ... ravel-bike
How bout this?