I currently run a Giant Anyroad 1 with mechanical 105 (Hydraulic brakes), riding a lot of Cornish trails (Probably more on the light MTB side of things but the bike and I handle it fine), and want to upgrade to something that I'll use for the foreseeable. Main things are that it has to have electronic gearing, two by probably better for what I ride, and look good (I know that's subjective per person, think flashy colour).
I narrowed it down to these two because, to be frank, there was nothing else I liked the look of, other than maybe the new Cube Nuroad C62 EX (Pink ish colourway), but seems I get more bang for buck with the Revolt, especially as it's on sale.
The only difference between these two is price, colourway, and SRAM Force vs Rival. I'm leaning more towards the Pro 1, simply because I prefer the colour and all the photos of the Pro 0 I've seen just make it look blue and not much else. Feel free to share pics of these if you own them.
So, waffle over, which would you pick? Or, for a similar price point, is there something else with some pizazz to it that I should be looking at?
Cheers
by Westdown23a9
7 Comments
Tbh a Cube
If you don’t care about the weight savings of the force group, go with the pro 1. Force and rival shift and brake almost identically.
have the Advanced 0 (not Pro). very quick bike. They do size big and the front end is very high! (great for gravel IMO but not very aero)
As a revolt owner, I highly recommend you actually test ride it. The fit was a little weird and took a fair amount of tinkering to get right. As stated, it’s longer and taller in the front.
Love my revolt! Really want a Lauf now tho….
HeyOP. I gave my two cents on the spec differences as a reply to another commenter. But regarding colour, it might be worth checking them out in person and in the sunlight outside. The giant web photos are all taken with flash on and it has a tenancy to distort or mute colours. Both these frames look very different in the real world than their photos indicate.
I’m a fan of the Revolt, it’s just soo versatile, my twin has one, and, even on the road, it really isn’t that slow, but as others have stated, you’re going to have to make it Low on the front to get it decently aero. Also, I like the color, but it does tend to chip the paint easily.