It’s the giant revolt the best bike ever made?

short answer is no, there will always be something better, more shiny, faster, lighter, more capable both on the road or off road.

This will be a long post, so if you want a summary, scroll to the end.

I tell you what though, the giant revolt is a damn good bike.
is it a quiver killer? I think so, but that will solely depend on what type of riding you do.

While I think the revolt is a quiver killer, I must come clean, I recently purchased a cervelo soloist with SRAM force and reserve wheels (might do a review on this later on).

To be honest, riding the cervelo, makes me appreciate how good of a bike the revolt is. Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely love the cervelo, it is fast, light and who am I kidding?“cervelo” has a nice ring to it. (Yeah marketing blah blah)

Back to the revolt, in 2021, I was gifted a revolt, aluminum frame, grx 400 (10spd), tan-green color, which I proceeded to name “Olivia” (I name all my bikes)

Fast forward to 2025 and thousands of kms ridden, I absolutely love it. The only thing I wish, is that it was a carbon frame instead of aluminum. I upgraded a few things on it, deep carbon wheels(50mm), carbon handlebars, power meter pedals, shimano 105 crankset & 11-25 cassette , tiagra rear derailleur. I lowered the weight by 1.3kgs, and gained comfort, speed and features. I was lucky that the people I ride with had parts they were willing to sell at a loss. So all in all, I did not spend a lot of money on upgrading it.

Olivia has helped complete multiple races and events, here are some of the highlights:

2025 Colorado’s triple bypass -118mi(188.8km) 10,800ft of elevation (3292meters) 9:12hr moving time. 12hr total time
2024 Ironman 70.3 gulf coast – 56mi(90km) with a time of 2:58hr beating my goal of sub 3 hr. Aerobars installed. (I unfortunately could not beat my personal goal of sub 6hr for the event due to a poor run and even poorer transitions)
2023 Barcelona olympic triathlon draft legal – 40km -1:07hr
2025 pineapple man draft ilegal
20km – 35:46min
Multiple other triathlons and many group rides averaging 23mph+ (36kph)

I post the times, which are very average, to show one thing, I am an average cyclist, I’m not a pro and I never will be. Even if I did these events with the Cervelo, the times would be fairly similar, because more important than the bike, are the legs.

The bike has been a gem, at every event, at every ride. At times I wished I had a faster bike, at times I wished I had a lighter bike, but after each ride, one thing was undeniable, the smile on my face.

I ended up getting a new bike due to the type of riding that I do, mostly on the road. I am not selling my revolt though, I am putting gravel tires on it and I am going to ride it how it was meant to be ridden, off road. I plan to get into a gravel race coming up, and see how it behaves in its natural environment.

The revolt is a hell of a bike, and for anyone starting, I would recommend getting a gravel bike, as they are capable of both road and off road.
For me, I will keep both bikes, maybe in the future get a carbon revolt, who knows? This bike is so good that I don’t want to sell it . Might do something crazy with it.

TL;DR:
The revolt is an amazing bike, both on the road and off road. I would get one again, but carbon.