What’s The BEST Endurance Road Bike in 2023?

It’s that time of the year again – as we name our 2023 Bike of the Year winners! First up is endurance road bikes, a category that includes our overall winner.

What we’ve been looking for is a bike that’ll see you through the toughest long days in the saddle, but not be boring or bland. It needs to be comfortable but fun and efficient to ride.

So what made our top three? Keep watching to find out and let us know what you think in the comments 👇

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Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:31 Testing
01:06 The Bikes
02:24 The Frames
5:46 Geometry
6:31 Specification
08:59 Price
09:40 Handling
10:52 Climbing
11:37 Descending
12:37 Speed
13:31 The Winner

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[bikeradar]

Which of these bikes would be your winner?

[tomedward]

I still can’t get over the price of bikes these days. It is like we have been brain washed into accepting £3500 is a normal price!!!

[jordangibeault]

Vitus Venon looks like an absolutely fantastic quiver killer, but it appears getting one to Canada will be near impossible.

[jfgutube]

Where can you buy the Vitus now that chain reaction and Wiggle are gone ?

[tekkennady]

Was up in the air between the Merida sculptural endurance 6000 & Cannondale synapse carbon 3L so this video was perfect

[clew]

I find the BikeRadar reviews to be very informative and entertaining, but wonder how they come up with the top 3. In the past, the Giant Defy came out as the endurance bike of the year. They seem to rotate brands...is this due to $ from the bike companies? Are the bikes included in 2023 due to larger tire clearances? The Vitus sounds like a nice bike, but when I looked at the geometries, they come closer to race bikes...pretty close in stack/reach to the Supersix Evo. So no matter how compliant the frame may be, if I am reaching down or out extensively, after a 5+ hour ride my neck & back will be challenged.

[sertyuhg]

Giant Defy Advanced for me, just ordered one

[EagleAirsoft]

If it’s top three of only three tested it’s not really a top three is it. You need to test all endurance bikes and explain why these trump others, otherwise it’s just a sponsored video to sell three bikes.

[Andy_ATB]

The type of bikes most of us should be I like the Look 765 Optimum, after having a few Synapse and Domane.

[richconrad]

Thanks for the through review. Super informative!

[JamesVanD]

Months later, still the only real review of the Vitus on YouTube. Can you please return it so someone else can review? ;)

[markrskinner]

Top reviews, as always. I now want a Vitus.

[kaotictube]

Thanks for the review, but the Vitus is impossible to buy in Australia... guess it'll be the Merida for me.

[Zhiloreznik]

The problem is that you cannot buy the Vitus as it’s specced here. Alu clinchers even on top model …

[Velo]

Love your shirt!!! Just seen them last week as a matter of fact... they played the whole "MY WAR" album. Great show!

[MicheleSmith-ek]

@bikeradar - for the Vitus Evo, can you add spacers? While the bike looks brilliant, it’s reach and stack suggest it’s more Aero than endurance and/or gravel.

[donwinston]

Vitus has very attractive prices for their bikes.

[diehardbikes]

The Trek SLR bikes are not a good comparison to these bikes. The similar bike will be the SL bike. The SLR frames are specced higher and the weight is usually 1-250 grams lighter.

[LegSpinna]

The cable routing on the Cervelo is fugly.

[MH-nrwo]

At 6ft1 would you size up or size down?