Will Van Rysel Destroy Other Bike Brands in 2024? Sea Otter Classic Highlights

Another day at Sea Otter Classic 2024 and a year on from first seeing the new Van Rysel RCR race bikes, let's have a catch up and see where the brand is at now after what has been an interesting 12 months for this brand with big aspirations

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[Chunky]

I don't think they will destroy other bike brands, those brands are happily doing it themselves.

[alannorman]

Huge congratulations to Decathlon for all their hard work over the years. I loved my red Triban back in the day. I see it as the ancestor of these amazing Van Rysel offerings.

[jahen]

Beautiful bike… no doubt about that…. But to be honest the average rider don’t need, can’t feel the difference and can’t get the benefit from a PRO rider frame… it’s just another brand that wants us to think that and thus spend way more money on a bike than we actually need…
90% of all Sunday riders would be perfectly happy with a high quality alloy frame or a mid range carbon frame with 105 Di2… But the bike industry want us to think, that a bike 3 times th price will make us soooo much faster 😑

[moobaz]

I think it's really impressive how quickly they have built the brand and credibility. They have some good high quality kit thats well priced. I'm sure they've put the Willys up the mainstream, brands.

[themanabroad]

I find this really exciting, I want to upgrade to a new bike sometime over the next year or two and can rysel is a real serious option, and I want to support a brand who is making it more accessible to someone like me.

[stroyar]

The road lineup from Van Rysel is great, the RCR with new sram force and zipp 404 will cost you 5000 euros in EU...that is insanely great value for what you get...I mean Aeroad with the same groupset and wheels is 7000 Euros. The only problem with VR is that since the bikes are such a great value, it's impossible to get them...and soon enough they will increase their price significantly because of the high demand. And if they follow the footsteps of other bike brands like Factor, Trek, Basso and so on, and give away their bikes for free to bike influencers on instagrams like PUCK Moonen, and yt bike influencers for "honest" bike reviews, well soon enough we will see VR bikes overpriced like the 90% of road bikes today.

[stephenbetley]

Not just Van Rysel, though I give them credit for breaking the WT monopoly. Others from the far east that have a strong reputation there that are making inroads in the UK/EU market will be hot for 24/25 such as Elves & Yoleo.

[Mickthemove_]

IMHO, they have made a mistake by not calling and branding their gravel bike VR, Riverside sounds like something you would get off a Littlewoods catalogue 😢😢

[okrakov]

why use the word "destroy" in negative way? they might as well save them, or save the industry, if prices of decent bikes were to be reduced to sane levels, more people will buy mid range bikes (105 di2, ultegra di2), eventually they will earn more money, the sales cycle will increase, new tech will make people want to replace and upgrade every 2 years probably and new tech will trickle down as it used to, basic economy...our hobbies are no fun if we need to break our bank account for a decent modern bike, there is no real excuse for a ultegra di2 specie sl8 to cost more than 8000$, its not a car, it's not a motorcycle, it's only a bicycle.

[ketle]

Best benefit is that you can change stem length! Right now I have a Canyon Endurace size M and put an 120mm stem on it. Knowing that the new Endurace are even shorter and with a fixed 100 mm stem it’s out of the question to buy a Endurace because I need long reach and high stack. Looked on Ultimate but the design is ugly with the two color split theme.

[jaydeister]

<if you have to ask how it costs, then you can't afford it>
<van rysel is spectacular, but all that carbon fiber will never save me(since i'm an old guy)>

[barrybarnard]

That is beyond a shadow of doubt the ugliest bike I've ever encountered, bike manufacturers as a whole are on a downward slope, cycling unfortunately is becoming a money making nightmare, like most other sports. Such a pitty

[endianAphones]

Their road line up is getting really good, but their mtb side is really lacking. They have a not particularly impressive trail bike, some xc bikes, and nothing on enduro or downhill, or a dirtjumper.

[davidnicholson]

I'll take any competition that introduces high quality equipment and drives down prices. It remains to be seen if Van Rysel does either of those things, though. The prices are slightly lower but hardly revolutionary. Also, who knows who's actually making these frames and to what quality.

[richiejames]

My local decathlon (London Canada Water) has a beautiful display area so I got to have a good look at these bikes. very impressed. they look like top quality bikes.

[albertosantangelo]

Van Rysel employee can’t pronounce Van Rysel correctly 😂 anyway good to know the sales are good, it’s another proof decent quality bikes can be sold at a fair price

[roddas]

This is like being able to buy an F1 car.
I don't get it.
Surely most people do not have the need for such refined race spec equipment?
Cycling culture is mad.😂

[brbiofa]

15k for a bike, it is a pure madness and I suspect the other brands to price collusion. Decathlon wins with a bike which is 5k less and as stiff and well equipped. All the others brand will have to come back to reality and stop this madness.

[narutodayo]

Hope you had a chance to stop by the Bianchi booth, the new Specialissima really knocked my socks off. I know there was some controversy at Roubaix about it but I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt when they pinned the problems on faulty assembly.

[lionelclaeys]

Is it the midnight flow blue paint on the frameset?