Pinnacle's Arkose 2 Women's is a female-specific 'adventure road' bike designed to be capable of on- and off-tarmac riding, commuting and a spot of cyclocross, if the mood takes you. Like many similar machines out there, it's making a bold 'bike for all seasons' pitch.
The adventure/gravel/whatever-you-call-it road bike market is hotting up and it’s an area where there's more and more choice of bikes for riders wanting a ‘one bike does all’ drop-bar affair. Pinnacle, a brand developed in-house by Evans Cycles, has wisely extended its offer to include a little something for the ladies – there are three Arkose Women's models, with our £800 Arkose 2 sitting in between the 1 (£700) and the 3 (£1,000).
A subtle case of rebranding
While you'll still find the Arkose grouped as a cyclocross bike on the Evans site, its description acknowledges that with the increasing number of riders who want a bike not only to dabble in CX on but also to commute on, use about town and be a bit of a roadie on, 'do-it-all drop bar bike' is a more accurate summary. The bike's heart – an alloy frame with carbon fork blades – is relatively unchanged from its 2015 form. Evans says it can be a fast and capable road machine with mudguards and 28c slicks, or a backroads and tracks explorer with larger knobbly ’cross treads fitted.
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The Arkose 2 features the Shimano Tiagra 2700 groupset, plus narrower bars on the small and medium sizes
Geometry wise the Akrose sticks with relatively normal angles and lengths – nothing goes against the grain of what you might expect to see in this type of bike.
Sized-down kit items
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