Hi,
i am currently looking at a gravel bike since I share one with my wife what basically means we cannot ride together. For the upcoming winter, that would be really nice, though.
I have seen and parking.-lot-test-ridden a Scott addict gravel and I really like it. It was the 2by build with GRX800, currently kind of leaning towards the 20 bulld with Sram tap 1by.
However, it is not really available. But what I increasingly see in stock is the speedster gravel 10, which has basically the same build, only with the alloy frame.
Looking at the frame differences in detail, I see that the addict is quite a bit longer in the reach and effective top tube, but shorter bei almost 15mm for the Chainstays (all size L). Has anyone experience with the two bikes? The addict frame looks much nicer in real life, but also the reduced cost and sturdy alloy frame on the speedster have its upsides. If it would be almost identical riding quality / feel, I would probably chose the Speedster - the 700g or 800g weight penalty wouldn’t be a big issue. It would get most probably carbon wheels, so it’s an ok weight for me.
Any experience?
Thanks