ou wonder if they’ll make other spec changes (i.e. downgrades) for the 2nd iteration too.

It’s a decent spec and considering what component prices are doing, is it more likely that the price will go up?

^ I wouldn’t be surprised they do both, increase the price and lower the spec. Seems to happen all the time, though not Decathlon specifically…

Hmm that’s interesting. It’s the flipside of how I didn’t like my Vagabond, it was impossible to get anywhere near the speed of CX bikes (even though I could keep up in the same group on a similar spec steel 29er).

After our last conversation comparing CAADX to Vagabond, I dug out the CAADX, put some pedals on it, and used it for a few days. On my 10 mile commute to work I was roughly 2 minutes quicker on the CAADX. (The CAADX on cheapish 32mm ‘cross’ knobblies vs 2″ Spesh FastTraks.). My daily commute to work distance rarely varies, and the speed on the Vagabond normally averages 13-14mph, according to Strava. (I’ve got a wide choice of routes home, including as much off-road as I want, so the home-time figures are less helpful!) The CAADX isn’t even 1mph faster over those 10 miles.

That’s the outright figures, of course, not the feeling that you get when you’re riding. You said the CAADX felt more playful, iirc, which surprised me because as much as I love the CAADX for racing – that’s all mine gets used for now – it feels harsh and direct for anything else. YMMV as they say. In fact, YMdoesV! 😀

Re-read that Decathlon Insta post and they do say only the paint job has changed for 2021, and it “still has the same awesome components”. I’m even coming round to the revised colourscheme, which probably means I still really want one!

120 bikes by April and more by October. You might want to look elsewhere if you’re in a rush.

I’ve had mine for 3 weeks now. I’ve mostly been ragging it around the woods and firetracks. It’s awesome. I’ve put another front wheel on it because I don’t want the mud and crap to ruin the dynamo hub, and I stuck a cheap Decathlon dropper on it.

It’s just a great bike. Really looking forward to some longer trips in the spring and summer, but at the moment I’m more than happy being a hooligan on it. The longer wheelbase offers a stability but the steep head angle means it’ll go exactly where you point it. Basically it’s a hoot! It rockets up hill too.

I like the colour. Reminds me of a Land Rover. And mine is number 69. Dude! 😆

I’d totally recommend it.

These are now back in stock, though probably not for long….

https://www.decathlon.co.uk/p/riverside-rt-920-adventure-touring-bike/_/R-p-332473

And in the time it took me to copy and paste the link, they’ve gone!!

@idlejon

Ive just put some “gravel” handlebars on the caadx, and now not 100% sold on it. Maybe I just need to try one of these touring bikes with 38cm bars!

Two small frames still showing in stock… Seat tube 410mm, reach 410mm (plus 60mm stem and 52.6mm bar reach), stack 574mm

I’m still waiting to see what the purposed frame bag will sell for, to go with my size large. The bikes do seem to size up quite big and I find mine rides in a really stable manner, which belies the apparently steep head angle. Or in other words, it rides more stable and feels just as slack as my size large On-one Big Dog, which on paper is much slacker. I’m delighted. After a few multi-day trips on it, I’ve found it a very companionable bike. Not exciting; just a sound, sensible, stable place to be on a mountainside at the end of the day on a long ride.
That relatively long head tube means that there is plenty of space for a large bar bag, with clearance well above your front wheel. The minor changes I’ve made probably help all day comfort; a slim 27.2 seatpost in a shim, plus the larger 180mm rotor on the front. Added to that is that most of its riding has been done on the chunkier 2.4″ WTB Rangers. Pretty much an ideal match for mixed off-road work. Right now, in ‘summer’ I’ve put the original Thunder Burts back on tubeless and they are fine for bimbling about. Bit delicate perhaps for longer rides, so horses for courses. Some reviewers report feeling a bit perched on the bike, not in it but I haven’t found that myself. Perhaps the added traction of the larger and toothier tyres masks that from me. Or I’m just less fussy. The BB height is after all, still lower than many bikes from a decade ago, so it’s all relative. This is the perfect bike for journeys on the Badger Divide, an Turas Mor, Great Glen, Great North Trail; anywhere really where you’re on mixed surfaces, with road, track, Sustrans & trail, so long as it’s not lots of rocky, Torridon tech. It’s basically a very competent rigid, drop bar 29er. Who’d have thought!?

Noticed they have the racks listed in stock – I’m making a new commuter frame and considered buying the rack and fitting braze ons to suit it. Unfortunately there was too much difference in the seatstay angle so it would have looked wonky. Also a bit of a lump at over 1kg for the rack (I’m now making one from 12mm steel tube that will be lighter than the chunky aluminium rod).