Why the Fara All-Road is Better Than a Gravel Bike (for Most Cyclists)

The Fara All-Road hails from Oslo, Norway and is a carbon fibre road bike with space for up to 38mm tyres and laidback endurance bike geometry and is arguably the sort of bike more people should be riding because it provides amazing comfort over rough roads and light gravel.

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[jonathan]

Thanks, David. We need more reviews of products made by small companies. Everyone knows what the big companies are doing, but it’s difficult to learn about small companies like Fara.

[bobbymoses]

David - Thanks for the review, agree with your assessment that this is the the most versatile bike for most folks. Would love to see this head-to-head with the Strael - both with 35mm tires!

[simenq]

I bought the Road version last fall and I love it. I agree that the darkish red is gorgeous and I initially ordered it but changed it at the last minute to the Hushovd signature edition, black with red logo. Great bike at a “great” price.

[rogerhartley]

Looks like a nice bike and perfect fit the roads here in India - some of the village roads are more suited to maintain bikes than road bikes but this looks like it would handle things nicely. Might need to start saving my pennies!

[electromaticify]

Would love to see you try the Fara Road model as well! Have tried it and really liked it!

[GrouEEf]

Fara are expensive resold open mould frames (with a twist, e.g. the hidden magnet mounts). But that doesn't make the frame any worse. I ride a very similar Giant contend AR 1, upgraded a lot, so that it only weighs 8, 4kg in road mode, pedals included. The concept itself is amazing and I can fully recommend this type of bike to anyone.

[Roger-tzsy]

High David could you do a comparison of different gravel tyres for mainly riding on the road, 32 to 38mm. It appears that a lot of people like the comfort but want the speed of a less dragging knobby tyres.

[shibaburn]

The BB386EVO bottom bracket is actually a major plus. It's too bad all their models don't utilize it.

[maxlloyd]

Just had a quick look and they have added a 59cm.
Prices don't add up though.
Can't see a Force build and the Rival build was over 5000 euro.
I was looking at a frameset only but they start at 3000 euro!

[BladeBarn]

THOSE BACKWARDS BOLTS ARE MORE AERO and just a better engineered design period. yeah it's a hassle for an extra 20seconds when removing the bars but how often you do that?!??!>?!

[skipnasty]

Good gravy! I wish I could afford this one, that color is awesome too.

[xaviermelendez]

What a sharp looking bike!!! Great review, kudos David!

[jojokimbo]

5000 euro 😢 this is why not everyone should ride a fara 😂

[jonburnell]

Just the type of bike I'd like to ride 👌

[kornenator]

Very nice bike, but i do wish they went for a frame which can go up to 45mm tyres, that way fitting something like a 40-42 with fenders would be comfortable. Since they call it 'all-road'.

[GrouEEf]

Could you make a video about the bike packing gear that goes on the frame?

[Sam]

Hmm, I was surprised there was no 1x option (or I missed it). I think it would have made a lot of sense to have e.g. Rival XPLR or Ekar on a bike like this. Anyway, happy with my Aethos that can easily handle gravel when riding about 10 kph 😂

[comedyman]

Please review the new van rysel NCR (tiagra, 105, rival). Apparently only the Tiagra version is out at the moment, but the 105 seems good value for money.

[ales_krejci]

It basically looks like my 2017 gravel bike when the whole gravel thing was much closer to road bikes than MTB... unlike today 😀

[ThePsychodo]

Gorgeous bike, though I don’t understand the press fit bb. Their road and gravel bikes have threaded bb. Love seeing the smaller brands, thanks for the video!