Road bike + gravel bike = all road bike! We’ve reviewed lots of the latest 2024 allroad bikes and here are 6 of the very best to buy for cycling in 2025.
An all road bike is more relaxed and often has wider tyre clearances than an endurance road bike and should be capable when both road cycling and riding on gravel.
Our top choices include the Vitus Venon all road bike, Gloria Allroad Titanium, Ridley Grifn RS, Orbea Terra gravel bike (it’s also very good as an all road bike), the Specialized Roubaix SL8 and the Argon 18 Krypton Pro allroad bike.
Let us know which one you think is the best all road bike in the comments below…
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0:00 Introduction
0:27 What is an all road bike?
1:04 Vitus Venon
2:21 Specialized Diverge SL8
3:34 Ridley Grifn RS
4:30 Gloria All Road Titanium
5:38 Argon 18 Krypton Pro
6:15 Orbea terra
7:10 Honourable Mentions
7:55 Outro
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38 Comments
Giant Contend AR1
Titus RoadRunner from Planet X. Titanium frame, 11spd sram force, good tyre clearance and relaxed geometry. Very versatile bikes. 👌😎
I've been eyeing that Orbea Terra for a while, but I wonder if they'll release a 2025 model year with UDH. Holding out still…
I've always wanted a Giant Defy for road and light gravel. What does 'The geometry is suited more to the road' actually mean?
Just get a cyclocross frameset. Build it up as a roadbike or a gravelbike whatever you fancy. 1x/2x both works. Skinny or wide tires. It can do it all. They’re the actual “allroad” race bikes
Battaglin Portofino G. Steel is real and this one is a work of art. With Campagnolo Super Record EPS 12 speed and Bora wheels and 30mm tires, mine weighs in at 8.6 kg and with carbon Levante gravel wheels and 39mm Ultradynamico tires, it’s 9.1 kg. It has dropped seatstays and decent aerodynamics for a steel bike and I don’t have problems keeping up with my mates.
Nothing on the new Ribble Allroad SLR?
Brother Cycles Stroma or Kepler, Salsa Journeyer or Salsa Midnight Special would be my general recommendations, though I think the best all road bike is the Sklar Super Something, just a beautiful bike frame …..Honourable mention to Sonder Camino and Cube Nu Road.
That Vitus is nice 🙂 I have upgraded my gravelbike to allroad. Swopped one by 40 chainring- 11-42 cassette gear with two by, 30-46 chainrings, 11-36 cassette. Heavy enough geared for ca 50 km/h slightly descending and light enough for 5 km/h in the climbs. With 45 mm tyres and 30 mm damper I survive holes in the road, and goes reasonably fast both on gravel and tarmac, although somewhat slower than my racebike with 25mm tubular tyres. My allroad gravelbike do have an affair with lycra 🙂
I have the Vitus Venon and I use it on both road and gravel. I absolutely love it! Too bad the company went under…
As casual rider, you should bike a gravel bike and buy a tyre with rolling resistance. You’ll thank me later.
Should include the FARA All Road (F/AR) in this list
Christ, am I just fucked out of luck if I want something less than $1000? The Specialized appears to be the only bike under $3k, and that's the cheapest in this category? What the hell. How can bicycling be so ludicrously inaccessible in the modern era?
You guys are a marketers dream
the tags call the roubaix the diverge
Argon 18 Krypton Pro. Got it for 6+ day mountain climbing trips (which it excels at), days out doing adventures where can include gravel light if it looks interesting and multi-day bike packing light trips. Nothing but praise for it. Got the SRAM gears as it has a wider range, particularly at the low end, than the factory Shimano gears which only go up to 30 on the rear and are 52/36 on the front (which seems ridiculous for an all-road bike. Also SRAM gives slightly more wheel clearance.
It is very difficult to get a Vitus bike after Wiggle was collapsed. Is there anyway to buy it from anywhere in Asia?
Was hoping to see the new Cube Nuroad C62 race. Possible review?
Ribble GCR is a proper all road bike
Grifn RS = 42 mm regardless of 1x or 2x. On my shortlist 🎉
What happened to the Ribble All-road bike that featured several times in the intro…?
Now that even aero bikes can take 32mm tyres what cannot be an allround bike at a little stretch?
FAIRLIGHT Faran, all day every day. I ride off-road, road and tours. My bike of choice for sure (I have a Strael and a Secan as well and they rarely get a look in these days….)
Mason please
What purpose why chain stay are short
It looks in pictures like the Ridley has some extra mounts under the top tube for a frame bag, but havent seen one with a bag fitted? Assume it might be something they are going to release
Then just pull your old cross bike out of the shed put some 30mm gravel tyres on and go pedal
BMC Roadmachine is my all road bike and it's amazing. Comfortable but responsive.
0:15 DO NOT MIRROR THE VIDEO IT PUTS A DRIVETRAIN ON THE LEFT SIDE AND IAM GOING INSANE
OPEN U.P. and U.P.P.E.R make for fantastic all-road bikes
In holding out for an otso waheela. Most adjustable, modifiable gravel/road bike frame I can find.
Niner RLT RDO…. most capable bike ever. Clearance for 50mm tires. Relaxed and long geo. Tons of mounting points also.
How do you not even mention the Enve Fray?! How can you even reveal a favourite without considering the Fray. It is the gold standard. Please explain.
2:21 Specialized Diverge SL8. Typo in description? should be Roubaix?
Consider Fairlight?
Cervélo Caledonia-5 which got an update this year, or the Aspero with road tires?
Adding to the Orbea Terra’s functionality their new 2025 Avant endurance bike is worth a look great geometry room for bigger tires aluminum frame and great price!
2x CX bike with 2 wheel sets. 28c gp5k w/ 50mm wheels and 44c WTB byways tubeless.
CX is more road bike
Gravel is more entrance