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- Location
- North Yorkshire
Any recommendations please.
My friends daughter and her boyfriend are looking for drop bar gravel bikes which can also be used for touring. She has test ridden the Sonder Camino, liked the bike but not too keen on the flared drops (I’m sure Alpkit would swap these).
She has also seen the Kona Libre 2023 which she likes the look of but can’t test ride.
They live in Sheffield so will regularly ride The Peaks but also want bikes for 2 weeks road touring abroad, they are both competent cyclists.
They will need a large & extra large frames, as they are, I think, 6ft & 6ft 5”.
I think their budget will be around £1750 max.
My concern is the gearing on gravel bikes when fully loaded in tour mode.
I quite like the look of the Specialized Diverge E5 Elite which has 2x gearing 46/30t front & 11-36t cassette rather than the usual gravel gearing of 40t front & 11-42t cassette but is the gearing low enough?
All advise will be passed on and is much appreciated, thank you in advance.
My friends daughter and her boyfriend are looking for drop bar gravel bikes which can also be used for touring. She has test ridden the Sonder Camino, liked the bike but not too keen on the flared drops (I’m sure Alpkit would swap these).
She has also seen the Kona Libre 2023 which she likes the look of but can’t test ride.
They live in Sheffield so will regularly ride The Peaks but also want bikes for 2 weeks road touring abroad, they are both competent cyclists.
They will need a large & extra large frames, as they are, I think, 6ft & 6ft 5”.
I think their budget will be around £1750 max.
My concern is the gearing on gravel bikes when fully loaded in tour mode.
I quite like the look of the Specialized Diverge E5 Elite which has 2x gearing 46/30t front & 11-36t cassette rather than the usual gravel gearing of 40t front & 11-42t cassette but is the gearing low enough?
All advise will be passed on and is much appreciated, thank you in advance.
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