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It’s not fantastic as a road bike. Doesn’t feel particularly slow and I could easily forget that there is any difference, until I got on my CAAD disc which felt like an absolute rocket ship in comparison.
What I meant regarding the fit is that I bought it 2nd hand but as a complete build and it felt very hybridy... short stem and high stack. I suspect this is how most people ride them.
I slammed it with a 120mm stem to replicate my road bike which made the handling much more predictable and more road bike-like. I preferred it this way but that’s just my experience. It was absolutely fantastic smashing around on gravel paths with 20psi in 42mm tyres.
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@EagleEyez @PhilDAS To be honest I'm not against getting an arkose. They seem to be great value for money! I just wanted to know if there was something new in gravel town ;-) .
The arkose X for example is much cheaper than the marin or the Ribble. It comes with the same groupset, but has internal routing for dynamo (not exactly a requirement but might become useful if I ever want to push a little further).
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I'm not sure I understand. Do you mean that it's better as a road bike with some possibilities to go for a bit of unpsved roads? Or just that the geometry works better with a road bike like fitting?
@spinnnout I'll probably go and test the Ribble if I've not bought anything at that point. Thanks!
@kimchi I'm affraid this will be above my budget. But it does look nice!
Has anyone tried the planet X space chicken or tempest? They also seems like good value for money. Both coming with Sram force (instead of rival). But shall I be worried by the planetX quality? I've never seen on of their bike in real life.