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So what bargain Gravel bikes have you picked up lately?
Was umming and ahing about buying a Planet X Tempest and couldn't decide between, GRX, Force or Rival (did start a post about that but seem to cant find it)
Whilst umming and Ahing i did a search on ebay and a Boardman ADV 9.0 (Sram Rival groupset) came up just around the corner from me
Has had a few upgrades from the std spec and i got it for £800 (RRP is £1650)
Upgrades are
Hope 20five wheels (Hope RS4 hubs)
Brooks C15 saddle
Schwalbe G-One Allround tyres
Panaracer Gravel King tyres
King Cage Iris Stainless Steel Bottle Cages
Shimano M540 Pedals
Topeak Micro Rocket Pump
Very happy with what i got it for, has had minimal use, mainly on road
Have added a Marzocchi Transfer dropper (exactly the same as a Fox Transfer dropper) i had laying around
So what bargain Gravel bikes have you bought lately?
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Wow I really dig the Boardman bikes and that was a bargain!
Bloody hell, that wheelset is £400 rrp on it's own, bargain!!
Crikey, well done. I have a Brooks C15 on my Diverge. Lovely saddle.
That looks like a great bargain, although I’d have to ditch the tan wall tyres.
Like that you’ve added a dropper - I’d do the same if I had a gravel bike and had any intentions of using it on a sneaky bit of easy off road stuff.
Noice.
I don't usually agree with tanwalls, but they do suit gravel bikes IMO - possibly because they are basically early MTBs with drop bars?
Mines a CAAD-X (Rival 22s, hydraulic), got it off the classifieds here for £400, still had the original front tyre! Even got a brand new full carbon fork out of the Cannondale recall!
Spent about £200 on building some Stans/novatec wheels, added some decent tyres and fresh bar tape* and it's a flying machine, and unexpectedly comfortable over rough stuff, put that down to the Stans rims being much lower profile than is fashionable meaning they probably deflect vertically a lot more. Future upgrades I'm planning carbon bars and seatpost but TBH the OEMs are shaped quite nicely and it's already comfy enough so probably not worth the outlay, maybe a chinese carbon seatpost and a more bling alloy bar.
*regularly, I seem to have sandpaper for hands
If CX counts as well as gravel, then I think I have a contender, but maybe with all those upgrades you've got me beaten!
This was an eBay purchase less than 10 min walk from my house about 3 weeks ago.
I paid £470. (RRP was £1,800 when new I think).
Cube Cross Race SLT
Full hydro Force one groupset and spanking condition other than the front wheel bearings, which I've now replaced.
Damnit, why are none of these bargains near me! Got up to £600 waiting for a large gravel bike but nothing around Aldershot/Guildford area.. <hint, hint>
I do like the colour of that Cube. Spotted it on another thread and thought it looked good.
If CX counts as well as gravel, then I think I have a contender, but maybe with all those upgrades you’ve got me beaten!
Think you win, if RRP was £1800 new and you paid £470 that's a £1330 saving!!!!
No bargains for me. Had a pre-covid plan of waiting for planet x to sell off the space chicken frames dirt cheap, but now the price has gone UP as everyone is after a bike. Dammmit.
#firstworldproblems
Everyone seems to have gone a bit gravel bike mad. Mine's on its last legs and I was keen to replace but looks like all the good deals are now gone.
Think you win, if RRP was £1800 new and you paid £470 that’s a £1330 saving!!!!
The £1,800 RRP would have been when it was new in 2017 - it's a 3 yr old bike, but still a good deal I think.
A couple of bargains there! I'm so tempted by the new Calibre Lost Lad. £420 may not be super cheap given it's got Claris, but I think it looks great
Given that the Specialized Diverge with Claris is £900, that's a bargain right there!
It looks more expensive than a £420 bike. I quite like it.
Given that it’s got Claris it likely works better than anything sporting SRAM too
Nothin, nada, zip, ziltch. A Di2 GRX front mech for £90 doesn't really compare.
Merlin have some new ones at 700 quid that look good value
waiting for planet x to sell off the space chicken frames dirt cheap
PX trimmed them down to £500 early April before whacking them up to £799, you can actually import a Freeranger frame from China (Carbonda CFR696) for about £450, but I decided to get the Space Chicken at £500.
I think I got a bargain, bought my On One Free Ranger from Planet X on Easter Monday, £1499 but there was 10 % off on Easter weekend so £1350, got it two weeks later, not they are up to £1699 and you can’t get them until the end of June
Cleared out all the old bikes and picking up a Revolt 0 tomorrow, not that big of a bargain and currently trying to remember why I wrote off the Digger on the other thread. About to pull the trigger on an Arkose too, debating if an extra £45 for an R2 105 vs the D2 Tiagra is worth it if it means new tyres possible new wheels.
As for bargains just ordered a 650b wheelset (Fulcrum), cheap tyres, tubes and rotors for under £120 in the PX discount sale.
OP, are the wheels now 700 up from 650b as I have this Boardman and gave kept the 650's.