Whyte Gravel Bike for £1299

[SpokeyDokey]

Looks like a lot of bike for the money. GRX transmission & hydro brakes plus TA's.

https://whytebikes.com/products/tourus-gravel-utility-bike-blue

 

[fossyant]

Bargain that..

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Lovely bike, available in my size too.
If I needed a new commuter I would buy this one.
But why does a bike advertised as utility bike not come with mudguards and a rack as standard??

 

[fossyant]

Lovely bike, available in my size too.
If I needed a new commuter I would buy this one.
But why does a bike advertised as utility bike not come with mudguards and a rack as standard??

That's extra. TBH it's got all the attachments (mount points) for a real gravel bike. Most don't... It's a very good bargain.

 

[Drago]

Nice spec, excellent value, and in this case reviews strongly suggest an excellent bike to ride.

 

[bikingdad90]

The only downside is that it doesn’t suit short torso people and shorter people as the reach is quite long.

I normally ride a 52cm Specialized diverge with 374mm of reach and 561mm of stack and that fits me nicely. The closest sizing offered by Whyte is the XS at 398mm reach and 563mm stack.

 

[Moodyman]

I know I’m going against the grain, but I don’t think it’s particularly appealing.

£1300 is not cheap. Yes, you get GRX kit,
But it’s an aluminium frame and fork.

It can’t take a rack as is, as you have to buy a seat post clamp with a rack mount.

You also have to buy their specific mudguards (£50) which are pricey vs the alternatives and look very short at the front.

It’s a British brand and the bike’s been marketed as a commuter/tourer/gravel machine. British roads are wet for 9 months of the year.

For off the shelf bikes, Decathlon and Marin offer pretty decent vfm.

 

[fossyant]

You could fit a rack, it's certainly got mounts near the axel, but not on the seat stay, which you'd just use a seatpost clamp. I also recon you could fit most guards to it. Seat stay bridge and chain stay bridge both have mounts.

Aluminium frame is fine, you'd be looking double to go carbon. Ideally you'd have a carbon fork for better compliance, but there is a positive it has four mounts per fork, so could carry a heavier load.

New bikes are stupid money these days at RRP.

 

[Drago]

Yet its supposed to be a good ride, greater than the sum of its parts.

Spec alone doth not make a good bike. There are plenty of dull feeling lower end carbon framed machines out there.

 

[Jameshow]

I’m know I’m going against the grain, but I don’t think it’s particularly appealing.

£1300 is not cheap. Yes, you get GRX kit,
But it’s an aluminium frame and fork.

It can’t take a rack as is, as you have to buy a seat post clamp with a rack mount.

You also have to buy their specific mudguards (£50) which are pricey vs the alternatives and look very short at the front.

It’s a British brand and the bike’s been marketed as a commuter/tourer/gravel machine. British roads are wet for 9 months of the year.

For off the shelf bikes, Decathlon and Marin offer pretty decent vfm.

I think so too.

Didn't Merlin have a Tiagra gravel bike for almost half as much?

https://www.merlincycles.com/merlin-malt-g2p-tiagra-gravel-bike-197427.html