I’m in the market for a gravel bike under $1,000 and this seems like a great option. Does anyone have any experience with Primos? Any alternate recommendations?
by EsperandoVida
I’m in the market for a gravel bike under $1,000 and this seems like a great option. Does anyone have any experience with Primos? Any alternate recommendations?
by EsperandoVida
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I’m curious too, these look cool
Ive had mine almost a year and it’s fantastic. The two biggest pros are it’s comfort and fun factor. It’s surprisingly capable on and off road even if it’s not a star at either. It gives me a lot of confidence on tow paths to really go fast.
Also I bought one for my father, who isn’t a biker at all, and the geometry and fun factor are enough he can do 5-10 miles while out of shape without breaking his back. The bars, levers, and saddle are also very comfortable out of the box.
The wheels and tires are incredible, too. Extremely tough and make me want to have fun and run over rocks, potholes, and snow just because.
I think it’s a lot of bike for an affordable price.
Also it’s beautiful. The color and welds are pristine. I can excuse the weight for the toughness because this bike will probably out live me (love me a CR-MO bike).
I was going to get one but sold out of my size before they increased their prices. I get why, just sucks I wasn’t able to take advantage of the lower pricing 😂
It’s the number one sub-1k bike I recommend to people.
there’s no better bike at that price. You can mod it up a bit and it will still be cheaper than other entry level gravel bike. I’ve been enjoying mine very much.
It looks pretty good, lots of sensible choices here. I’d say 90% of the way to a lot of much more expensive bikes. Looks like it would easily do a lot of fun rides. Fast riding on roads + gravel, hills and touring.
Microshift seem well-liked as a cheaper but good alternative. I think Tektro do the best cable disc brakes. I see rack mounts and a few bottle cage positions. Lots of tyre clearance. Through-axles. Nothing silly going on with that frame. Good gear range for actual gravel riding by actual humans.
The extra 10% it’s missing… It wont handle 20% grade and 25+kg touring load well (without modification for lower gearing), nor road sprints (without modification for higher gearing), I’m guessing it’s a little on the heavier side (12kg?), it won’t have the fine control and self-adjustment of hydraulic brakes, nor dozens of braze-ons for super customisable bikepacking setups… you know, all the sorts of things that we can obsess over on reddit while imagining rides we’ll maybe some day do. Unless you’re really doing those things, I’d say it’s a good buy.
Pity they’re only available in the US.