[Closed] Gravel: Mason Bokeh or Reilly Gradient

medlow · 2019-03-15T15:58:00Z

I have a very fortunate but equally frustrating decision to make. Mason Bokeh or Reilly Gradient. Those are the 2 finalists and I don't think I can budge from them. they fit on features, price, design, look and niche'ness. I'm talking just frameset as this is going to be a build project. Mixed riding not continent crushing. Evening and weekend gravel, bridleway, singletrack and the only road will be joining those bits together. 100mile bashers and some CX too. Mud clearance is key too, round here the bridleways get proper churned up and sticky.. I love the design details and colour (orange) of the Bokeh, they really do market the frame well, and everything I read about this frame is very promising. I have seen one up close and it looks great, really very posh.. Alu at this price does not bother me at all, as long as the ride feel and quality is there. The Gradient is equally nice, and Ti is a draw for me no doubt. I love the fact that stone chips are non existent on brushed frames. I want to try the Ti thing at some point. I really will cry if (when) my £1250 painted frame gets dinged. The geos are the same give or take, both 650b compatible, both offer the current 'standards' and both look great. Both review very well too. It comes down to boutique Alu orangeness or shiny titanium ruggedness. Views, opinions and suggestions welcome..

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medlow

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@tripsterpete. Pics pics pics....!
I'm assuming you owned a Kinesis Tripster at some point? Whats the Mason like as a comparison to that?

I took mine our for a XC hack yesterday, it felt fantastic on 50mm 650b.

Posted : 07/05/2019 11:10 am

burko73

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I'm with peajay. Fav bike these days is the cotic escapade set up with nano's for smooth off road mile munching. Other (main) bike is a genesis longitude for not so smooth days out.

All these super long low slack things just look odd to me. Too old for air/ drops/ jumps etc

Fancy an upgrade to the escapade at some point (perhaps for the 50th present to myself in a few yrs) Loving the look of that mason bokeh ti on the website. The rear dropouts look really similar to one of the alpkit bikes though and a little bit ugly compared to the Reilly Gradient.

Posted : 19/05/2019 10:54 pm

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