Top 10 Best Gravel Bikes 2021 - Adventure, bikepacking, gravel racing, these bikes do it all

Looking for a gravel bike this year? I've picked 10 of the most interesting choices that cover a broad spectrum of riding styles and requirements.

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Reviews

Content
00:00 Intro
00:56 Sponsor
1:25 GT Grade
3:08 3T Exploro RaceMax
4:08 Mason Bokeh
5:19 Specialized Diverge
7:20 Cervelo Aspero
9:02 Fairlight Secan
10:22 Canyon Grail AL + CF
12:05 Giant Revolt
13:07 BMC Unrestricted
14:37 Focus Atlas
16:23 A few more I missed…

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[andrewgrenville]

As a very happy Bokeh Ti owner, it's great to see it in the list.

[neilrobinson]

Glad that the GT Grade hasn’t been forgotten about

[metonyg]

The Niner RLT would be a good bike for the list. Available in carbon, aluminum, and steel with mount points galore and wide tire clearance.

[hansdegebruiker]

I bought the grail, my first gravel after 25 years of a lot of mountainbikes

[xavierderck]

Bought recently a 70s Belgianlight steel road bike. Put quality 2nd wheels hand on it, 32 tyres, reuphaulstered the leather saddle, better brakes and changed all the bearings. Excellent gravel bike for hardly 250 e and 3 h work. Don't let yourself fool by the big companies

[Daren]

Just bought the Specialized Diverge Expert Evo & love it

[HarrysYogaStudio]

Just built up a Kona sutra LTD and this bike is amazing!!!!

[keithmcgarvey]

Great review David. I have the BMC URS ONE and love it. Putting it to the test on Outbound gravel race at the beginning of June formally known as Dirty Kanza! Keep up the good work!

[clacclackerson]

"No shortage of choice". Except for the global bike shortage. ;)

[tomjxn]

I have an Enigma Escape and it is awesome and well worthy of a top 10 in my opinion :)

[tecnociclista]

I've been riding a Fuji Jari Carbon for a few months now...nice lightweight carbon frame, road-like geo, 47mm tire clearance on 700c and lots of mounting points, pretty unique feature mix I think...

[christopherhood]

really pleased with my bokeh, purchased frame and ekar all separate - built this as a xmas/lock down project.
love the fact i can ride road, see an off road section and go & attack it.
shame hunt wheels failed to deliver meant i ended up with campaign canon wheels.
awesome.

[Kingjay]

I took an Orbea Terra for a ride a few weeks ago. That thing was brilliant. It's older but so great to ride

[npdf]

Excellent vid.. 👍👍 great info as always

[Roybatty]

All fine I’m sure but I’m more than happy with my 2018 Shand stoater which I’ve recently upgraded to campy ekar and is now my fave bike in so many applications. A steel fork but surprisingly lightweight. Made by hand in Scotland. Perfect

[g.t.b.]

A good component of choosing a bike that's in my budget is PRICE, brother. Cmon man. Price is super important

[markflajsner]

Cannondale's Topstone range offers a lot of permutations, much more than say Giant's effort at the gravel.

[angusmaciver]

I’m riding a Cinelli King Zydeco - good fun gravel !

[Erhard]

Is there a particular reason why Cube bikes are almost never mentioned in these kind of overviews? I am very pleased with my Cube Nuroad Race and if I compare it to other bikes in the same price segment, the components are always at least equal to those used by the other brands.

[JohnBarrow]

The Fairlight has the cool factor in spades. I don't know if I'd buy one for my uses, but it'd be on the short list for sure. Great looking bike.