2024’s Best New Gravel Bikes Revealed!

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Some of the hottest and most interesting gravel bikes from Sea Otter Classic 2024 and some bikes that aren't gravel bikes but might be interesting if you're into riding off-road...
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00:00 Intro
00:00 Giant Revolt X
1:37 Sage Storm King
3:48 Sage Storm King GP
5:18 Ritchey P-29er
6:54 CAMS Sponsor
8:14 Moots Routt CRD
9:21 Moots Routt ESC
10:27 Campagnolo Ekar GT groupset
13:21 Pinarello Dogma XC
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@aaronedgeart Ай бұрын

More Dave and Sage, right on! That left shift Ritchey shock lockout is super smart. The Moots "Route Esc" is magical. Great coverage David!

@davidarthur Ай бұрын

Thanks!

@ginomordocco4710 Ай бұрын

Gravel bikes are slowly evolving into full suspension mountain bikes.

@michaeltilney1298 Ай бұрын

Only a matter of time before we start seeing rear suspension for the full bounce experience. If you are riding trails that require front suspension wouldn't you be better just using a moutain bike anyway?

@LTBlightthebeam Ай бұрын

@@michaeltilney1298 I'm literally selling my gravel bike for a hardtail MTB. I'm leap frogging the industry trend before gravel bikes arrive there. 😅

@cityslacker6221 Ай бұрын

It all comes down to preference of how you grip your bars. if you aren’t sending bombs down rocks, hoods are just more comfortable than flat bars, so why not?

@whirving Ай бұрын

I think there is considerable room for crossover and always has been. I used to race XC and ride recreationally on a Bianchi Project 5 which had 700 x 41 tires and flat bars with xc race geometry. It might have looked like a "hybrid" bike, but it was really the first iteration of 29er, and I ran drop bars.

@bonbonflippers4298 Ай бұрын

It's because of people trying/complaining about how and what a gravel bike should be capable of. These manufacturers are just trying to milk the next new thing. Eventually there will be an XC gravel drop bar bike or as many call it monstercross.

@petercheuk9019 Ай бұрын

It was a pleasure and a privilege to have met you at Sea Otter.

@davidarthur Ай бұрын

The pleasure was all mine Peter :)

@corrado9076 Ай бұрын

Fergus is the man!

@guytamam5039 Ай бұрын

The Mosaic!

@BengalDiscBrakesMich Ай бұрын

Love the accent. It always keeps me coming back. Keep it real and interesting as usual.

@marksondag2085 Ай бұрын

I had to skip by the Sage and Mosaic bikes. I don't even want to look. Why torture myself? I want to stay married and I have one kid to get thru college still. That Ekar group though...I love the gear range options on that, but I bet it's pricey. Is anybody like Microshift showing there? I think my next build is going to be all mechanical and I don't see many options for that out there.

@stevekelly6544 Ай бұрын

Shimano still has mechanical GRX and 105 groupsets…

@Quizmate1 Ай бұрын

The industry will kill itself off if it keeps pushing too expensive bikes that, in reality, have too many proprietary and electronic systems, that customers can't easily service or adjust.

@williamroberts6937 Ай бұрын

this Ekar groupset is their cheaper option- they have a more expensive one with more carbon. still very light and the brakes are fantastic and the gear range is great.

@neilmacpherson260 Ай бұрын

Basso: saving up for a set of cutters for the rear gear outer??!!

@johnwolff1043 Ай бұрын

Yeah, that was hideous. An embarrassment to the builder.

@wreighburt Ай бұрын

@@johnwolff1043no plug/grommet even 😂

@jevgeniardassov Ай бұрын

Nope it is a show bike, once show is over Ekar is going out and whatever was there before will be put back, I suppose SRAM by the looks of things… 😂

@lazlo2511 Ай бұрын

Was campag showing a new groupo or the longest shifting cable on USA soil?

@TheMirrorVision Ай бұрын

Agreed, it looks hilariously bad like an amateur mechanic built the bike, but the original Ekar had the same problem too!

@jp93309 Ай бұрын

Yeah that spaghetti noodle of an rd cable was distracting

@justwhenithought Ай бұрын

The anodized paint on the first Sage bike was pretty cool.

@jpt226 Ай бұрын

I’m surprised you didn’t mention Mosaic, given that you used one for the thumbnail. I’m a big fan of their bikes.

@Robinators Ай бұрын

Sage bikes! Love em!

@Juersy77 Ай бұрын

Moin Ingo, Hammer Video! Danke dafür. Schau mir den Rucksack an. Kurze Frage. Welcher Varia Halter ist das im Video? 🙏🏽

@wokex Ай бұрын

what brand is the bike at 0:26? looks so sick.

@barendolneznami Ай бұрын

I wouldn't call a drop bar MTB a gravel bike, but I think it's something that should be on market. I'd love to see 2in1 remote integrated into drop bar brake lever.

@eightballsidepocket Ай бұрын

Sage Storm King and Moots Routt ESC both look fantastic, but holy second mortgage Batman! I hope Ozark Trail can borrow some of their design principles. 😂

@jeffdible8171 Ай бұрын

LOVE THE RITCHEY!

@tomskalninsh108 Ай бұрын

Those Sage bikes are amazing,i wish i could afford one some day❤

@Souzaphotos Ай бұрын

That first Sage Stormking is awesome.... would be all over that if it wasn't 6k LOL

@decoherence926 Ай бұрын

More MOOTS, please!

@WanderingSword Ай бұрын

4:40 he talks about the paint coat bonding to titanium at the molecular level. No it's not correct.

@ilcomendante Ай бұрын

What is the first bike at 0:16? Absolutely gorgeous

@jpt226 Ай бұрын

It’s from Mosaic

@Liplip40 Ай бұрын

Was down at Laguna today. What an event. That Basso with Ekar was sweet.

@xavcarmic0686 Ай бұрын

Ritchey all day for me.

@johnhutch1100 Ай бұрын

Ritchey is the reason we watch

@RandyMoon-nf4hp Ай бұрын

Haha…so funny…sounds like the 90’s again, you mean…you like suspension on the front when off road..and a dropper…mind blowing revelations! Lol

@HKRoad Ай бұрын

So much titanium. Do people really want titanium gravel bikes now? Will the winner of any races be on titanium? I have a titanium bike but can’t imaging racing it.

@joekipper1531 Ай бұрын

I definitely want one! If I was to have a titanium, "anything," it would be gravel.

@Simon-Simon-Simon Ай бұрын

P29 Ritchey CLASSIC never die bike

@jayobannon5359 Ай бұрын

Where are the Kona bikes?

@meinAliasfuer2024 Ай бұрын

Gone! 😅

@silviofontana5144 Ай бұрын

Basso for me

@brianmcewen3082 Ай бұрын

"Full Fox, Race Face, Easton parts on this bike ..." You can say that about every bike ever made, if you just list the parts on the bike.

@pagosa1040 Ай бұрын

For the record. A Ritchey crank arm broke on me while on the continental divide in northern new Mexico, halfway through a 150 mile day ride. I got " rescued " by some guys on atv's. They got me out to the hiway but i was still 100 miles from home in the dark . It was a really long day. I sent Ritchey a message about their crank failure, they didnt care.

@mountaincruiser817 Ай бұрын

What type was it? I thought Ritchey haven’t made cranksets for a decade now.

@timjacob991 Ай бұрын

It has been added to the record! Thanks for sharing

@billyblanco8106 Ай бұрын

I had a Campagnolo non-drive side crankarm completely break while riding home from work (one legged pedal with 5 miles uphill yet to get home)...this was back in the day, and was attributed to the Campy logo engraving...say NO to surface flaws in any stressed bike part...😂

@MattRose30000 Ай бұрын

LOVE to see more gravel bikes with suspension forks. It just gives you more options to get the exact bike you need.

@stevekelly6544 Ай бұрын

I want to go to Sea Otter just to see all the company booths, and skip the race…lol

@EdZachary1 Ай бұрын

im about an hours drive and never been! :0

@hardmtnbiker Ай бұрын

I have mixed feelings about suspension forks on gravel bikes but totally agree with dropper post on gravel. My reason for not feeling a 40mm suspension fork is value is because it’s not that significant. A gravel bike with a bigger front tire with Cushcore on a wider rim paired with good carbon drop bar plus carbon fork is close to 10mm travel, maybe more in comparison with smaller tires narrow rims and aluminum bars. Maybe I’m bias because I have been riding rigid SS hardtail’s for years

@MattRose30000 Ай бұрын

40mm is still 4x more than 10 mm. What I'm more worried about is that it adds a part to the bike that is more prone to failure and needs maintenance. I just got rid of the front suspension on my trekking bike for that reason. That being said, my next gravel will definitely have a front suspension because of the terrain that I'm planning to ride on. I feel like the majority of gravel bikes are just endurance road bikes with bigger clearance, and that's not something I want going downhill on a single trail.

@pierrestaub8628 Ай бұрын

Sorry but Moots headset spacer ! The spacers are just awful, and look too massive with the stem for a bike of this price: the finish isn't up to scratch there.

@Quizmate1 Ай бұрын

It's the stupid industry push to make everything fully integrated at the front end. Why on a metal bike? Looks rubbish and will be a pain to service or adjust the headset / front end.

@JohnCollins-th8hm Ай бұрын

I dont get titanium. 30 yrs ago before Carbon Fiber was popular it made some since cuz it was lighter than steel, and more comfortable than Aluminum assuming you like the ride of Ti. I only tried 3 Ti frames in the 90’s and I didnt think any ofmthem rode remotely as well as Steel…..just never lively enough for my tastes.

@davidarthur Ай бұрын

titanium frames are a lot better today than they were in the 90s, might be time to try one again?

@3TZZZ Ай бұрын

Hmm thanks or the brief round up. I’m glad I didn’t buy a ticket to go to Sea Otter for the new gravel releases if that’s all there is! ...A pretty disappointing line up of ‘new’ gravel bikes to be honest. The hottest new gravel bike at Sea Otter might be the one I saw on another channel, the 'Thesis N1', titanium with fully adjustable gravel/road geo. They have it set up with gravel wheelset on the front and road on the back. …and any sign of the mythical GRX Di2 12 speed?

@chrism5433 Ай бұрын

My new trek checkpoint alr5 is fantastic for commuting. fenders and all. You should check it out .a great bike .not just European expensive bikes . Normal person riding.cheers all

@andrewmandich5906 Ай бұрын

It's seems most of the youtube bike world choose to ignore the Checkpoint...seems odd as its a good bike...my alr5 is great..

@sabaffira Ай бұрын

I checked it out and really like it. Most importantly affordable. This will be my everything bike once I have saved enough.

@davidarthur Ай бұрын

Trek won't send me one, maybe cos I wasn't very nice about the original when I reviewed it at road.cc many years ago ??

@sabaffira Ай бұрын

@@davidarthur You’re spot on about the original David. 😉

@danselas Ай бұрын

How much cable on that Campag mech 🤮

@kippen64 Ай бұрын

I like the look of the Giant Revolt X but don't want carbon. I don't think carbon would be compatible with my life. The bike has to survive being carried up and down stairs and being transported in my station wagon (estate car).