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Discover the Spot Acme—a versatile flat bar bike designed for both commuting and gravel adventures. With its Gates belt drive, Dynamo hub, and more, this bike offers low-maintenance and high performance. Find out what makes this bike stand out and where it could be improved.
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The man is a walking entertainment box 😉 Ohhh… and a great review, dude 😁
Crazy that in one year the bike went from $1399 to $2199.
Its a proper Gravel Bike!
Not the other drop-bar gravel bike nowadays pretending "gravel bike".
BMC alpenchallenge takes the commuter cake <3 also below 2000 dollars in 2025
love to see bikes in usa with dynamo stock!
I would prefer the eight gear hub instead of the eleven gears, as they don't need oil changes. But in Europe there are a ton very similar to this bike, but with fenders and rack 😉
A paint stick was the norm with the better Gazelle frames 40 years ago ;D
Belt drive is nice, until it gets stolen because it stands out. Too much risk in my town.
For sure, IGH for the win for all rounders. They were way over $2,400C in Edmonton. And nice they have a near level top tube.
Broom handle bars suck first off. Clip pedals are nuts. 38 mm tire is plenty.
Velocity Dyad rims for the WIN, 18.9 mm inner I think. One of mine with gRim brakes got the sidewall gouged by mud on tour in China.
So I just put on a new Dyad rim.
I sawed up the old one to examine it. It had an over 7" crack above the brake track that was squeaking for 300 miles, but NONE of the spoke holes had the slightest crack after 22,000 miles. NO stupid eyelet rims on my heavy IGH bikes.
NO gooping around tubeless for me. I go years with my Schwalbe Marathon Plus, 35 and 38 mm.
For dyno hubs nothing beats my SA XL-FDD dyno drum brake that easily lasts 32,000 or more miles in ANY conditions. Half the cost of SON.
Perhaps in another comment?
Front and rear carrier mount threaded nipples.
How did you attach the OMM rack? Did you use the QR fit kit and replace the security skewer?
This bike is heavier than my 2012 Trek Rumblefish 😳
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Alfine 11
Rack
Fenders
Alloy frame
Carbon fork
Clearence for 57mm / 2,2"
Looks like a great commuter. The only thing separating this bike from "fantastic" is the lack of a direct mount for an EU-style rear axle kickstand: KSA mount, I think its called.
"When YOU'RE through changing YOU'RE through."
FTFY
Okay, Priority now offers the Apollo flat bar gravel bike which is sooo close to this here Spot Acme as far as specs go. As of today, the Apollo Flat Bar goes for $1,700 and the Spot Acme goes for $1,600.
Has anyone out there had experience with either? Both? Perhaps the Apollo drop bar? How do they compare? If ya gotta have one, then which???
'They're' tubeless compatible. Another GREAT vid, thanks so much!
They're*
This frames looks like so much the brazilian rino gravel.
And now oil prices are high this the only solution.
I have a 2016 Whyte Stirling, which looks very like the Spot. But I'd love the belt drive – possibly with an Enviolo hub.
I upgraded to a hub dynamo when I bought the bike – best thing I ever did!
I also added aero bars as it is windy where I ride, mudguards (commuting without them is madness), and a rear rack for panniers.
Still tubeless compatible?
I cant trust you when you recommend somthing because half your videos are about things you regret buying lmao jokes
This bike is so not my thing. I'll give them credit for going off the beaten path though. I'm getting ready to convert my commuter bike, a Kona Rove which I already converted to a 1×10, to a flat bar. I think that will increase the fun factor on that bike a good percent.
Who else heard the name of the bike as "Spot Acne" and chuckled?
I dont like personally like flat bar bikes for commuting. Flat bars and my shoulders dont get on when I ride every day.
It certainly not the "best" commuting bike if it doesn't come with proper fenders!
I drive almost every day also during winter & fenders are a must if you dont wanna reach ur destination covered in crap.
Sirrius Specialized
Belt drive. Pass.
At Walmart.
Way too many cuts, buddy. There is no need to do a cut and change direction every 3 seconds.
Sure, check priority bicycles. Bikes from children to grown up, city communities to touring and everything between. Also from folders to electric and from sturmy archers to enviolo to pinion IGH and belt drives.
Yeah but the curved tube is too whimsical. I can’t take it seriously. Why ride doubled over like that?
Flat bar absolutely SUCKS for road riding..!! You are going to need a drop bar and if also doing some off road gravel riding, a wider drop bar. Flat bar ONLY for true mountain bike riding with you actively controlling every moment.
“commute trail” merch it
BS, XC bike with raiserbar and street tires in extra thicc with 2.4 tires and 120mm suspension, 10 gears thats the perfect bike
Looks cool but my CAR was only $2500… Ain't no way I'm ditching my trek 930 (that I got for $15 at a yard sale) any time soon with bikes being so insanely expensive.
With the bike parts companies making things as cheap as the can idk why bikes get more expensive every year instead of less other than pure corporate greed.
I purchased the Spot Ralley over 10 years ago. Single speed and crazy lite, extremely fast bike! Not cheap, but unique indeed.
Cut down the bamboo
This is a great bike. I'd like to see a step-thru version.
Maintenence free it is not. All the belts after some time start to make noises and need to be washed, then re-alligned, then you have to buy dry silicone for them and so on… But yes, less mess than a chain
If commuting were a sport this would be the bike to have.
This is a gravel bike. No one rides this thing in his or hers working clothing.
Already loved the vid on finding the right bike, now you show this total beauty…thaaanks man, you're turning out to be my lifesaver, fell in love with the ACME ❤ Spot seems muy sympatico, just hope they ship to Germany
$1500 bike locked on the street all day. 🤣