Call it all-road, call it gravel, call it whatever you like, but it is quite clear that trend of companies developing drop-bar bikes capable of going where traditional road bikes cannot is moving full speed ahead. Ridley is the latest company to roll out an all-terrain road model. BikeRadar got a look at a pre-production version of this soon-to-be-released bike.
The company has not released the name yet, though “X-Trail†has begun to circulate
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“Don’t call it a gravel bike,†said Richard Wittenberg, Ridley’s VP of international operations.
In developing this new model, Ridley didn't what to limit the bike to one category; it sought to develop one bike that can excel in a variety of conditions.
“We saw a need for a bike that riders can use to cull the herd. Call it an N -1 bike,†he added, referring to the old saying among cyclists that the amount of bikes you 'need' is the current number (N) you have plus one.
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