Gravel / road 50/50 bike choice
neilkav1
Posts: 91
Hi folks,
Didn’t receive any opinions on this choice in road bike forum, didn’t realise there was a cyclocross forum lol!!! Copied and pasted below, any opinions much appreciated.
It really comes down to personal choice now, as I say I want it to be a 'little special' as it's a 50th gift, we (she is!) are happy to spend the £1500 budget, and I have narrowed it down to 3 choices, as follows (the Rose choice is 2 colour schemes as shown cant decide between the 2).
Would be great to have opinions on components, geometry (added at the bottom - test ridden canondale and I know that type of geometry would work for me), looks!! yes very important, and any opinions from owners. Whatever button I press I'm going to have a great bike, and feel very lucky to be able to make this choice for my second bike. proper looking forward to getting off road and riding our crappy roads without worrying too much lol.
1)Orbea, love this blue colourscheme
https://www.orbea.com/gb-en/bicycles/ro ... a-h30-d-19
2)Rose (2 colours to choose from - decided against black even though it seems de rigeur these days!)
https://www.rosebikes.co.uk/rose-pro-cross-105-2671643
https://www.rosebikes.co.uk/rose-pro-cr ... Sand-Black
3) Kona, Last years model but carbon (any opinions on carbon for this type of use?)
https://www.wiggle.co.uk/kona-major-jak ... road-bike/
Didn’t receive any opinions on this choice in road bike forum, didn’t realise there was a cyclocross forum lol!!! Copied and pasted below, any opinions much appreciated.
It really comes down to personal choice now, as I say I want it to be a 'little special' as it's a 50th gift, we (she is!) are happy to spend the £1500 budget, and I have narrowed it down to 3 choices, as follows (the Rose choice is 2 colour schemes as shown cant decide between the 2).
Would be great to have opinions on components, geometry (added at the bottom - test ridden canondale and I know that type of geometry would work for me), looks!! yes very important, and any opinions from owners. Whatever button I press I'm going to have a great bike, and feel very lucky to be able to make this choice for my second bike. proper looking forward to getting off road and riding our crappy roads without worrying too much lol.
1)Orbea, love this blue colourscheme
https://www.orbea.com/gb-en/bicycles/ro ... a-h30-d-19
2)Rose (2 colours to choose from - decided against black even though it seems de rigeur these days!)
https://www.rosebikes.co.uk/rose-pro-cross-105-2671643
https://www.rosebikes.co.uk/rose-pro-cr ... Sand-Black
3) Kona, Last years model but carbon (any opinions on carbon for this type of use?)
https://www.wiggle.co.uk/kona-major-jak ... road-bike/
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Sorry should add I’ve test ridden the caadx 105 54cm and it suited me fine, just looking at these three other slightly more exotic choices!0
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https://off.road.cc/content/news/first- ... -bike-3277
In a similar category I reckon these new Bergamont bikes look pretty special.0 -
MrB123 wrote:https://off.road.cc/content/news/first-look-bergamont-grandurance-6-gravel-and-all-road-bike-3277
In a similar category I reckon these new Bergamont bikes look pretty special.
They do indeed only problem is I much prefer 2x rather than 1x gearing, tried apex 1x and there were too many gaps for me, not gonna be racing so not so critical to have 1x.0 -
Hi,
Have you have considered this very "different" road/gravel/cx bike from French company Sunn?:
http://www.sunn.fr/produit/special-s1-4/
And, ..no: it's not electric despite the looks :-)))
TravelSprint
https://www.instagram.com/travel_sprint/0 -
It's going to be pretty rubbish for CX with that low top tube...travelsprint wrote:road/gravel/cx bike from French company Sunn?Pannier, 120rpm.0 -
Thanks, went for the Orbea in the end, arriving soon fingers crossed.
https://www.orbea.com/gb-en/bicycles/ro0
