Hey guys,
Long story short, I've been touring each summer for 6 years now, and my (cheap) bike got stolen.
Despite that, I've started looking for a new touring bike for a year and trust me I know all the big names you can read over and over here : Kona Sutra Se, Cinelli hobootleg, Fuji touring disk, Salsa Marrakech, Surly Disk Trucker, Genesis tour de fer, Trek 520, bikes from Riverside, Koga, Sonder, etc etc.
But I got hooked on one : the arise tour from Bombtrack.
I mean, look at that beauty
https://www.bombtrack.com/my24/complete-bikes/arise-tour
Look at that green, for my personal tastes that's juste the best looking bike I've ever seen. And it answers everything I want from a touring bike : wide gear ratio, steel frame, bar end shifter, quality material and good looking.
The thing is, despite the Kona Sutra or the Disk Trucker, I can't find any review on this bike, anywhere, or very rarely even on this subreddit. There is not even a single video on YouTube of the 2024 version (green) except from bombtrack themselves.
Since this bike is pricier than the other ones (>2000€) i would like to be sure it worths the money and can handle thousands of kilometers.
If some of you guys have already tried this bike I would be very interested in having feedbacks.
Thank you and sorry for the long post,
Kindly,
Gib
by Gib01