Best Racing Gravel Bike 2024

New Force D2 (gen2 AXS) came to market with a 1x and left power (spindle). Chainrings are direct mount and not compatible with previous Force power upgrade which use a different chaining (4 bolt 107bcd). Very low inventory of the 107bcd chainings, so for my gravel bike I picked up the new Force 1x on sale, plus direct mount 46T chainring.

Also, a couple years ago I had Force 2x and added the ~$450 power meter. When I had frame issues and had to return the bike, the 8 crank-to-PM bolts had corroded in a little over 3 months and nearly impossible to remove. WTF.

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