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Watch out! Cyclist coming through
- Thread starter k00karacha
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This is a gravel/ almost XC bike. You want room to be able to move and control the bike.
Always liked Evil bikes and would be keen to give it a shot. But its angles look to me like it wants to be more mountain bike/dirt jumper than road/gravel. Prob good fun but I'm not sure what kinda mileage I'd want to put on that thing. I love the whole gravel trend but things seem to be going full circle. Soon flat bars and bar ends will be back in style and we'll all be riding low travel hardtails.
Road bikes
Never ridden anything on a trail.
Never said that.
I said the entry pricepoint is high.
I'm not into accumulating "stuff".
Yeah, if you want a non-walmart type bike.
Canyon is basically selling you a $3k bike for $2k.
The question is, do you find cycling valuable.
If not, just get a Wavestorm bike like a kook.
Smaller frame triangle and shorter chainstays stiffen the frame, which means the force from the pedals will be transfered directly to the rear wheel without sapping the energy along the way, like a flexy steel frame would (tho some people like that).
The other thing is lower center of gravity.
Also, it's lighter since less material is used.
I never understood why early MTBs had flat top tubes or even sloping the opposite way.
Probably because of the weakened seatpost/collar.
Kona started sloping top tubes in the 90's and I really like that aesthetic. It's the norm now in MTB geometry but the gravel segment is still roadie oriented, even though road bikes are following the same trend.
If you can find a good shop I'd recommend demoing some bikes before you drop a bunch of coin. It will also give you a better idea of what type of bike you'll want for your local trails and what size, etc. Oftentimes shops will apply what you've spent on demos towards a new bike if you decide to buy from them as well.
Sloping top tubes normally look good on bikes but there's something really aesthetically odd with this one.
Maybe the proportions and the steep seat tube combined with the stupendously long seat post.
I think it's the raked out fork and the long wheelbase that make it look odd. Like a dirt jumper masquerading as a road bike. 2-3 degrees less would make it look better. But I know evil enough to assume it works.
The geometry is the same as the modern Enduro bike.
Except it's rigid and no dropper.
This is a nice Enduro build.
I think the top tube angled downward means it's a lady's bike
