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2020 CyclingTips Gravel Bike Field Test, Bike and Frame Reviews, Features, gravel bike, Mercury Wheels, Product reviews, Shimano GRX, Tech, Viathon, Walmart - April 22, 2020

Viathon G.1 GRX 600 gravel bike review: Carbon at alloy pricing

Does spending more get you a faster gravel race bike? That’s exactly what we sought to answer with the high-value Viathlon G.1, a carbon gravel bike that’s backed by the biggest of big retailers – Walmart. Walmart’s immense buying power and pre-existing online sales channel means that for just US$2,298 (shipped, within the United States), …

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Cervelo Aspero gravel bike review: Fast, light, and sleek, but also bumpy

Of all the bikes we tested at the Gravel Bike Field Test, none strayed as far into proper road bike territory as the Cervelo Aspero. It looks the part, and feels the part, but it also boasts very generous tire clearances that raise its capability level far above what you might otherwise expect from a …

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2020 Salsa Warbird Carbon GRX 810 gravel bike review: Ready for migration

There are few brands more influential in the gravel world than Salsa Cycles. And while it wasn’t Salsa’s first gravel bike, the Warbird was the model that helped kick off the market for performance-focused bikes designed to ride gravel, fast. We haven’t had many Salsa bikes through the doors of CyclingTips, however, our inaugural Gravel …

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How to buy the best gravel bike under US$2,000

Note: All prices in this post are in US dollars. Even as the cost gap between affordable bikes and top-tier bikes widens, the performance gap is closing. Affordable bikes are better than they’ve ever been. This is particularly true with gravel bikes. A good $1,500 gravel bike gets you almost all the key attributes that …

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2020 Giant Revolt 2 gravel bike review: The $1,000 workhorse

The Giant Revolt 2 is not fancy. It doesn’t take many chances, either in geometry or spec. It’s a workhorse. It is not designed to be the best bike it can possibly be; it is designed to be the best bike it can be at a very specific, and very low, price. Can you get …

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Viathon G.1 GRX 600 gravel bike review: Carbon at alloy pricing

Cervelo Aspero gravel bike review: Fast, light, and sleek, but also bumpy

2020 Salsa Warbird Carbon GRX 810 gravel bike review: Ready for migration

How to buy the best gravel bike under US$2,000

2020 Giant Revolt 2 gravel bike review: The $1,000 workhorse

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