Road/gravel bike with triple crank

[steveindenmark]

Road/ gravel bikes with a triple crank. Are they still available? I know Spa cycles supply them. Is there any body else?

They are not easy to find now.

 

[hoopdriver]

St John Street Cycles has some triple cranksets, but you’re right. They are scarce now. I’ve always had triples on my touring bikes, and still do, and like them, but they are deeply unfashionable these days.

 

[Globalti]

On a touring bike a triple is excellent because the gaps between cogs on the cassette are small so you can always find the right cadence. I'd have thought that for that reason they would suit a gravel bike too.

 

[steveindenmark]

I have no idea what "Deeply unfashionable" is, when it comes to bikes.

Im the type of rider who mix and matches Rapha and Lidl. I use what works. Not what looks pretty. :0)

 

[tallliman]

I think you can still get triples in Shimanos cheaper groupsets but no longer in 105....its a shame as I like always being in the right cadence with them.

 

[Banjo]

Evans sell Jamis Aurora tourers with triples and bar end shifters.

Not sure you could call it a "gravel bike" but comes with reynolds 520 frame robust wheels and 32c tyres. I think you could get 38 c on but havent tried.

I have had one for about 4 years have used it mostly for commuting and done a few 200km audaxes on it.
Had to bin the saddle but everything else on the bike works very well.Most comfortable bike I ever rode.Not light (about 13kg) low gearing gets you up hills and superb handling lets you descend quickly.

Canti brakes need carefull setting up and softer blocks than those supplied.

 

[MichaelW2]

Afew years ago Shimano would only make triples, not compact doubles. Now they will only make compact doubles not triples for 105! Any colour as long as it is black.

 

[burntoutbanger]

https://www.giant-bicycles.com/gb/revolt-3

Giant Revolt 3? Can only see a 2017 model.

 

[vickster]

Buy the frame you want? The parts you want? Build/get bike built?
Spa will do that with their Elan for example

 

[si_c]

Buy the frame you want? The parts you want? Build/get bike built?
Spa will do that with their Elan for example

Best option really. Either that or change groupset.

On a side note, if you're looking for lower gearing, have looked at the Felt VR series? It's a double admittedly, but with subcompact gearing. I'm pairing s 48/32 with a 11/34, but plenty of space for a 36 if needed. Changing the crankset for a 46/30 might also give you that low end. I don't race so the loss of the top end doesn't bother me.

 

[Tim Hall]

I have no idea what "Deeply unfashionable" is, when it comes to bikes.

Im the type of rider who mix and matches Rapha and Lidl. I use what works. Not what looks pretty. :0)

Deeply unfashionable means you can't buy it very easily as the manufacturers are now pushing the Next Big Thing.

 

[colinbow]

I have a Kinesis Tripster ATR built up by my LBS with an Ultegra triple 11 speed groupset.

 

[Maenchi]

10sp xt triple, worth a google, I bought one earlier this year at a well reduced price, I figured because they're not trendy/'deeply unfashionable', i'd give more details but the receipt is lost in my emails

 

[ColinJ]

It isn't necessarily difficult to modify a bike to suit your needs ...

My old CAAD5 road bike was overgeared for me on the steeper hills round here. My lowest gear was 39/29. I bought a triple chainset from Spa Cycles and changed the cassette when the old one wore out. I now have a much more ramp-friendly 28/30 bottom gear.

Some time later I bought a CAADX cyclo-cross bike. I had the same problem with that ... 36/30 was too high a bottom gear for me. I changed the little ring to a 34, the rear mech to a mountain bike one to handle bigger sprockets, and the cassette to a 12-36 so my bottom gear is now 34/36.

 

[Edwardoka]

I had a Kaffenback that needed to undergo a major refitting to get pressed into service as a triple tourer.
Far more expensive and frustrating than it had any right to be - in the end it needed bar end shifters for the front and a mountain bike mech for the rear, because apparently no-one ever rides road bikes uphill with a touring load. Would have worked out far cheaper to buy an off-the-peg tourer.

Thanks, Shimano.