Time has come for me to get a proper gravel racing bike, no budget constraints really. The bike will have to serve as ocasional road bike. Here’s the current rank: Enve MOG BMC Kaius 01 Factor Gravel Ostro Scott Addict Gravel Tuned Specialized Crux S-Works Cervelo Aspero 5 Trek Checkmate Canyon …

[image] mikethg: Their best gravel race bike of 2023: The Ridley Kanzo Fast And their Best buy: The Specialized S-Works Crux I feel like they had a typo and flipped the best vs best buy. The Ridley is the heaviest bike and limited to 42 tires seems like a deal breaker but the price is low. …

This reviews excluded other bikes that were part of the original issue. Weird.

So…NBD Crux Expert [20230702_093820] This bike is really amazing and so much fun to ride. It is fast, light and compliant. It is basically in another league than my Domane on both the gravel (expected) and on the road (not expected). I frankly don’t know what wizardry Specialized employed with…

It’s a great bike, but those cables…:sweat::face_with_peeking_eye:

They don’t bother me except the shop that put it together (or Spec) made the left brake cable too long so it rubs on the front :rage: I put some protective tape there until I can take it in and have them fix it. I did get my “road” setup complete; with 303 FC/32 Corsa Next and weight comes in at 7.…

[IMG_8882] Just did 200 miles and 22k’ of climbing, bike was great

Dang dude…all black bikes don’t usually do much for me but that one looks :pinched_fingers:t3::pinched_fingers:t3::pinched_fingers:t3:

Yeah, it has a pretty cool sheen to it in person. And unlike another famous brand, the branding doesn’t cover the whole down tube and hide the paint job. :slight_smile: :grinning:

Gravel kings semi slick with inserts 38mm measure to 40. Im 200lbs i ran 35f 38 rear

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Just did 200 miles and 22k’ of climbing, bike was great

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