I have a super light road bike (14 lbs) that I use for road racing as well as a Specalized Crux…(18lbs) for gravel racing (Cross too) I’m probably asking too much but I’d love to have just one bike for both disciplines. Is there such an “animal”? Cheers

After some great feedback the appropriate solution is to have 2 different bikes. Cheers

Sounds like you need the Ring, from One bikes. It will rule them all. :joy:

I’d still encourage you to try running the Crux on the road for a bit and see how you like it.

You’ve forced my hand - My most recent Ti build needed a theme and being a lotr fan and gold being one of the available ano options I went with a gold and black motif so as the make it “the one bike.” For the extra nerdy if I’m going with horse names from the fiction this one is Nahar (dust off your…

Unless you are a pro or very competitive state elite rider, any will do the job, since it is the monkey not the bike. I use a checkpoint slr which is very comfortable vs my previous aerodynamic road bike, one set of road tires and one set of gravels. And depending of my physical condition and trai…

[image] Jorgito: Unless you are a pro or very competitive state elite rider, any will do the job, since it is the monkey not the bike. Agree that it’s mostly about the rider, but I do think it depends on what your objectives are and how competitive you want to be. I don’t road race any more,…

[image] OliverTwist: After some great feedback the appropriate solution is to have 2 different bikes. Totally agree. I was just wondering what your original motivation to try to get by with just one bike was.

A comparison of the bikes’ geometries on bikeinsights.com shows quite a few differences between the S5 and the Aspero 5. Cervelo claims to have made the Aspero 5 more aero, and that’s great, but with its super low BB, relatively long chainstays, and headtube angle/fork rake, it will make a terrible …

[image] funkinslick: I’ve yet to post pics on this forum. You obviously need to post pics now! I’m a big fan of titanium, I use my mosaic gravel bike for gravel & road duties.

Personal preference maybe, but I’ve found road bikes have stuck to the low trail, high HTAs formula for too long. If you go slacker, then bike journos will call it “sluggish”, because that’s what they’ve always known. Rest of the bikes have evolved, and I find the darty nature being sold to us in r…

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Breaking News: Kona 2026 will be completed on gravel bikes because aero isn’t real. Dylan Johnson is going to love this.

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