I don’t know if you need to call it “race geo”, but certainly some geos won’t work for some riders. There is literally not a Revolt that I could ride…they are too short and too tall for my current position.
Call the geo whatever you want, but Revolts don’t work for me.
New Mondraker Arid: 50mm clearance, fairly aggressive geo designed around a shorter stem, in-frame storage, threaded BB, semi-hidden cables, UDH, round 27.2 seat post (which I consider a plus). Not explicitly aero tube shapes but not terrible per eyeball wind tunnel. Competitive pricing too, $2200 for a frameset.
Downsides would be 1x only and at least for me the distribution/dealer network is nonexistent; not sure I’ve ever seen a Mondraker in the wild, including MTBs.
Yeah, I saw the article on Escape re: the Mondraker. Ticks a lot of boxes for me in terms of geo, but I would still likely need a longer-than-spec’d stem. Not sure if that would be an option.
the seatstay / seatube construct also kinda offended my aero sensibilities. 
But I would definitely expect more bikes like this in the near-future.
It looks cool, another Gravel bike from a MTB company. The guy in the Ben Delaney video said “the product team will tell you there was no thought of aero in this bike…”
Which might be true but 
I don’t think it’s expected or necessary to hold that position for a 100-200 mile gravel race. I would move into that position more specifically when: i’m pulling in the group, catching up to the group if falling off, riding into a massive headwind, or periodically to change comfort regardless.
When drafting, the benefit of aero advantages make a pretty small difference, so no really reason to spend a ton of time with the forearms parallel unless someone actually finds it more comfortable.
When on the trainer I move in and out of that position as practice. With the SRAM red buttons on the hoods to shift gears, it’s also a huge help to maintain position.
What 10 (or more) bikes would you say make better race gravel bikes than the Revolt? That seems like a stretch to say it’s not even top 10.
Those Di2-copy buttons on the hoods are definitely one of the good reasons to get new Red shifters - shifting in that aero tuck on the hoods without moving your hands/arms to use levers is great.
Anyone have any real world ride experience racing the Revolt?
Speaking on the Revolt, I picked one up last month. I am 5’9 so typically a Med/54cm in most bikes, I sized down to a SM for the Revolt. I compared geo to my road bike and SM different worked better. The biggest hold up on the Revolt is the stack height, it is typically around 10mm higher than most other gravel or road bikes, much like the SC Stigmata (which I believe Keegan sizes down to a SM on that bike). If you want a big drop from saddle to bars, you will have to slam the stem, and even then the bars will still be higher than most bikes. I also changed the stem to a 110mm 10 drop, to get my reach out a bit more since I’m on a small. Other than stack height (which isnt a problem for me now after getting it to my fit), very happy with my purchase. The ability to fit MTB tires (I’m running 2.1 thunder burts) is amazing. It is a solid bike, and I bet it’ll be a good racer.
Overall upgrades:
110mm -10 stem
38mm bars
48t aero chainring (required a change in BB spacer, an easy task)
GX AXS with 10-50
ICAN g25 wheels (50mm depth)
Favero MX 2 PM pedals
Older pic before -10 stem (pictured stem is 110mm 0 degree) and no GX AXS, but gives an idea of the race potential.
This company has a very nice light HT frame, that I would rather buy to build a bike rather than this offering.
I wouldn’t run a dropper personally, but this sort of build with the 2025 Frameset when it comes out would make a compelling buy.
The only issue is the difficulty of finding a good, light, integrated cable stem in a sufficient drop (i would likely need a -20ish 120mm).
Lots of bikes can ‘just about’ fit racekings (or whatever wide gravel tyres come out this year), but very few can can realistically fit them and have space for mud / fit them with a 2x and do so at an acceptable price (frameset only for less than £1800 new).
