Product Description
Brand |
Cervelo |
Category |
OTHERBIKES |
Seller |
Backcountry |
We like to speculate about the bike industry's direction -- a lot. We'll be the first to admit, we're often wrong about where things are going, but one thing we can say with a strong level of confidence is that gravel riding is here to stay. It's blown up. What used to be an underground of lawless races littering the US is now an aggressively pursued sport, with race sign ups often filling up within just hours. Look at the Kanza, for instance, with its meager beginnings of 34 people at the 200-mile race just 13 years ago, now exploding to over 3,000 eager racers waiting at the starting line. Now, there's another side to gravel that hits our adventure nerve -- if that's where your gravel dreams are fulfilled, then Cervelo's new gravel grinder is not for you. The Aspero GRX Complete Bike is a bike crafted with intent to be the fastest endurance rig capable of sending it through hundreds of miles of rough, mentally and physically challenging off road conditions that will at some stretch have nearly every rider questioning their sanity. In Cervelo's own words: the Aspero is built to haul ass, not cargo. The Aspero is crafted with modern geometry that's aim is to combine comfort for the long gravel miles, with progressive fit to help you soar to the front of the pack. Trail is Cervelo's secret weapon in the world of geometry, and it comes into play on the Aspero to provide stability, regardless of the bike's size. It features a bit more trail than you'll find in road bikes, landing at about 62mm regardless of size, being that stability in rough conditions is a must, and each size uses a fork unique to its own geometry to keep trail consistent throughout sizing, meaning that every size of the Aspero provides an identical ride feel, which blows other rides out of the water that maintain the same fork for every size, and don't take the shorter riders so seriously. While some of this is achieved through a unique fork for each size, an adjustable fork offset lets you furthe..
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