Gravel roader VS road bike

[Charl Dreyer]

9 minutes ago, Mike Dewing said:

Chinese ltwoo if you don’t want potential warrantee issues straight out the box. There’s probably others but I don’t of them off hand..  it happens unfortunately, or you’ll never have  a problem at all.. stick to shimano or sram and you’ll more than likely be good for a long time and the lower end mechanical groupsets are actually incredibly good now.. 

High grade carbon is lighter, stiffer and can be made into more aero dynamic shapes.

But.! At that price I would have a solid alloy frame over entry level carbon.. there are varying grades of carbon and then the way it’s laid up and resin quality.. high end carbon frame alone can cost 100k you know.. so a cheaper carbon frame is exactly that.. cheap.. and actually can be quite heavy.. 

Thanks for the info it helps a lot. 

[Charl Dreyer]

8 minutes ago, droo said:

Mosselbaai? Gravel bike for sure. There's way too much good gravel out there to limit yourself to road, especially if you're not racing.

Definitely look at the Outer Rora, IMO the best bang for buck on the market at the moment, You will find other bikes in that price range but very few with the same spec.

Groupset - GRX RX600 and up would be my preference, but SRAM Apex / Rival is also decent if you get along with the shifters (I don't, but that's just a preference thing - give it a test if you can.)

Make sure you get something with decent tyre clearance - a lot of the older bikes will only take 40c, rather aim for 45 or 50.

And test as many bikes as you can before you buy. Mates' bikes, shop demos if you can, anything to get an idea of what's out there.

Very good info, thank you very much I will look at it for sure and do some proper testing. 

[Charl Dreyer]

5 minutes ago, Mike Dewing said:

🤣🤣🤣 just buy a rora 2 please and then tell us all how amazing it is.! ❤️❤️❤️ 

I will give it my all, busy shopping around for them.