Call me crazy, but my new Diverge 4 has been so good I almost find it boring. The FS, frame geometry, and big tires quiet any an all bumps, and the dropped BB with the "in the bike" feel make it incredibly stable on fast downhills and techy single track.
I sold my beloved Crux for this thing and I kinda miss it… The Crux rode on a knifes edge, it was raw, it made you work on fast downhills, but it climbed like a rocket and handled singletrack pretty well too even. It seemed to have that secret sauce that the Diverge just seems to lack, every ride on it although not brutal and bumpy, and not nearly as stable at speed, always left me smiling.
The Diverge sometimes feels like it does all the work for me, and while I hate to take that for granted I think that's why I'm finding it to be kinda… boring.
by TwinTexanDad
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You need to find more challenges; steeper climbs, faster downhills, fast corners….
That’s a very interesting take and honestly why I think I want the diverge. I sort of want boring … When I ride gravel it’s because I want to zone out, not think and just pedal for hours. When I want to rip, be on top of the bike and really feel the trail and flow, I’ll ride the mountain bike. Push and suffer up the climbs and rip the black or maybe blue down, but life stress often hits and I just want to ride and not focus so I grab the gravel on those days.
Such a great looking bike. Push it a little harder!
I’m looking at a size 54 of that exact bike in our LBS.. Any regrets or things you’d tweak on it yet?
I’d probably throw an ENVE SES bar on it right away but looks pretty good otherwise.
all roads lead to tracklocross
A bike *can* be too good, but that’s a Specialized…
That bike isn’t that good. This is all in your head because you bought a new toy
No it can’t, unless you’ve drunk too much marketing kool-aid…
Some folks buy gravel bikes with electric motors. Those are too good. Yours is the perfect amount of good.
When I was learning to snowboard, I was told “if you aren’t falling, you aren’t trying,” and I feel like similar idea applies here. Go find something that scares you.
90% if the “chillness” comes from the larger tires. Put some smaller tires on, or just bump up the pressure.