Best Budget Gravel Bike?

A couple of colleagues have Ribble cgr’s and really like them

Merlin have some good deals. Just bought a Felt in a box. Got to swap the bakes over to UK spec but way better bike than my Camino I bought in March. Same 2x 12 spec as well but cheaper.

I mentioned used and picked up a very nice Colnago World Cup CX. I had spare wheels so after £330 to buy it, spent another £100 or so on tyres, pads, cables and bar tape.

Had it a year and about to go bike packing next week on the KAW.

Big discounts on Salsa here.

https://www.lyonequipment.com/all-road

There’s some more affordable groupset options now everyone is trying to move 12 speed kit, you could do worse than buy a base spec bike bike like this:

https://www.merlincycles.com/merlin-malt-g2-claris-gravel-bike-2024-197226.html

And then buy this GRX 2×10:

https://www.merlincycles.com/shimano-grx-600-gravel-groupset-2×10-speed-297559.html

Combine the two and bung the claris parts on eBay… Gets you GRX hydraulic brakes and a carbon fork for ~£1k plus some effort, odds on though within a year you’ll be looking for lighter wheels…

(Note: Shops other than merlin are available)