I like both LT1 and LT2 colour , particularly in favour of the discreted branding logo unlike 99 % of other bikes with big brand name on the down tube
@leemarshall3649
2 жыл бұрын
I do like the look of these but both models look to be about 2k too expensive in my opinion for the spec. You can get a similar spec’d GRIZL for 5k so why pay 7k for this?
@ashleybennallack5194
2 жыл бұрын
You’re not in marketing as a profession are you Lee….
@the.communist
2 жыл бұрын
Bmc shareholders need to purchase their next holiday home
@lossantoscity3249
2 жыл бұрын
You dont have 3 wives and a few mistress and have to pay for annual parking of your yacht in Dubai. The struggle is real.
@joeuser2360
2 жыл бұрын
I did a lot of searching before I switched from an old cyclocross bike to a gravel bike. To me, front suspension is required, rear is optional. I went with Lauf True Grit because of the no maintenance front suspension and what appeared to be the lowest unsprung weight. After that, everything was standard, unlike the BMC with a proprietary head tube. I was looking at the Grizl which was a close second. But Lauf had a better price/feature mix. I really don't understand why the True Grit so overlooked. Yes I'm a bit of a fanboy because it was exactly what I was expecting in a gravel bike.
@jonhume6051
2 жыл бұрын
Seriously looked at it when it first came out but decided against. Main issue was not enough tyre, or rather mud clearance for where I ride - great fun when dry, but clogging would really restricted where it could be ridden most of the year. New Seigla looks much more interesting.
@siciunasK
9 ай бұрын
True Grit is overlooked cause it's ugly AF. I own Diverge expert carbon, FS2.0 and tires up to 47mm are true MVP.
@joeuser2360
9 ай бұрын
@@siciunasK True Grit has been replaced by the Seigla which does look a lot better than the TG also supports 50mm tires instead of 45mm. It came out a couple months after my purchase. I looked at the Diverge but didn't want the proprietary headset that will need maintenance at some point. Plus everything below the headset is unsprung which is less desirable from a performance perspective. Lauf uses a pretty standard headset and only the wheel and carrier is unsprung and has a maintenance free suspension. A riding partner has a Diverge and is happy with it. So it's a viable alternative.
@imranchishti5457
2 жыл бұрын
Really liked your review. Tested the bike today and bought it. St Louis has some great technical gravel rides. Looking forward to taking it all over Missouri , Arizona , Florida and wherever the trails call me.
@sand9577
2 жыл бұрын
I love riding my bicycle, I hate the sport and the industry...I should say, the market us as consumers have allowed to proliferate. What is the point? Who can afford this? It took me a literal decade to finally afford a mid/high end spec'd bike and even then I made some compromises.
@miniwarmonger788
2 жыл бұрын
I ride a BMC Teamelite 01 Harttail which uses the MTT rear suspension sponge thingy and I like it a lot. It pretty much annihilates really rough cobblestone vibration and hits. To me its the perfect adventure Bike, and yes love me a real suspension fork.
@RorySeanWainer
2 жыл бұрын
I'm happy with the standard URS as a road bike - when fitted with road tyres - and its good as it is for smooth gravel ... anything more and I'd switch to a genuine MTB
@royrcf
2 жыл бұрын
Nice bike , nice review, but the price . Bikes are so expensive today. I will stick with my converted mountain bike,
@manitolas
2 жыл бұрын
Its a clear design taste, this or a xc bike, you can choose 😃🤟
@TheDoctorPhotographer
2 жыл бұрын
I love you channel. Awesome content!
@the.communist
2 жыл бұрын
When i hear the price of these bikes nowdays i just laugh.
@ulaev
2 жыл бұрын
just put gravel tyres on mtb bike and thats it :)
@rouleurcycles4450
10 ай бұрын
We are sending all ours back as the distributor doesn't stock any of the tools and Springs for custmization and none of these things come with the bike! The play in the front end couldnt be removed from new so not salable! great concept but without a distributor who carries all the bits this would be an expensive mistake for any customer! Topstone Lefty is a much better option
@LOZUPONEJ
2 жыл бұрын
There’s a market for it. I prefer utility and wide tires for comfort
@SeanArmentaPhoto
2 жыл бұрын
I hope you get to review the new Lauf Seigla
@stevekelly6544
2 жыл бұрын
Hey David, are you going to get a chance to check out that new Lauf Seigla? It looks like a really cool bike, love to hear more about it.
@davidarthur
2 жыл бұрын
I want to it's just whether they'll send me a bike to ride. I'm working on it
@pcdude2394
2 жыл бұрын
Suspension gravel bike is pretty much a hard tail ,c mountain bike with a drop down handlebar
@wsbygt
2 жыл бұрын
From an Aero\Weight weenie perspective: gets my approval. By the review its compliant enough to tackle off-road fun rides yet not embarassing to take on granfondo´s with few mods.
@OriginalAirsoftGasser
2 жыл бұрын
Trust me, you're not really going to be tackling much in the way of off road with it, took my gravel bike along the most mellow trail that there is round here which my Anthem eats up, won't be doing it again.
@wsbygt
2 жыл бұрын
@@OriginalAirsoftGasser I´m going by David´s feedback. The part he went through those tree roots looked legit and he only made negative remarks about the squeeky fork, so this bike looks at least more capable than my winter\gravel Giant Defy(heavily modified sub-8Kg). But yeah I see your point however I dont know how compliant the BMC is.
@OriginalAirsoftGasser
2 жыл бұрын
@@wsbygt Oh I totally agree, recording himself riding over one very small section of roots looks very impressive, now imagine that you enter a trail/path that you don't know and there are several meters of sections like that, sharp rocks, off camber sections and maybe some technical climbs over rocks, it now completely changes the idea of going for a ride on a gravel bike and entering trails/paths, it quickly turns from going for a fun ride into regretting deciding to go down what initially looked like a nice smooth trail as you're now fixing a puncture and those couple of extra minutes of time that you saved on the road getting there are now lost in the amount of punctures that you're fixing. Gravel bikes do have their place but it's not as a do it all replacement for a mountain bike and to be honest CX bikes have been around for years and nobody was proclaiming them as a mountain bike replacement were they.
@wsbygt
2 жыл бұрын
@@OriginalAirsoftGasser From my mostly roadie experience you make a good case, yes I understand your point.
@OriginalAirsoftGasser
2 жыл бұрын
@@wsbygt I'm not anti gravel, I think it's a great idea and I enjoy mine but I think that gravel manufacturers are trying to make something that you really don't want or need, if you really want to venture offroad and not do any touring or long days out then a lightweight carbon hardtail or even full rigid mtb is a better choice and if you want some comfort get a short travel full suspension bike and put some fast semi slicks on it, if like me you live somewhere that has lots of rougher country lanes with gravel paths in between that a road bike isn't really suitable for then sure get a gravel bike but you don't need any sort of suspension for that, just don't overestimate the capabilities of any gravel bike.
@brankog7
2 жыл бұрын
Just buy a XTC 29er, almost as fast on the flat, loads of fun on downhill trails or urban attack 😎
@andrewhayes7055
2 жыл бұрын
..and half the price
@jimmansi1187
2 жыл бұрын
I think it’s a really nice bike & a cool concept but not perfected yet. I could never deal with squeaky noises as I’m riding, not for that kind of $. For me at 60 I’m looking for a comfortable bike with some Cush to take the edge off, any suggestions?
@JC-pt2tw
2 жыл бұрын
A cross country bike or a hard tail Mountain bike
@p.a.ch.3861
2 жыл бұрын
one technical question pls .....could it be mounted with a Campagnole Ekar 13 mechnical 1x ...
@davidferry8455
2 жыл бұрын
why not use 650Bs? That would be a fair test.
@rodrigofernandes5859
2 жыл бұрын
8000 euros almost 10 kgs I just don't get it
@p.a.ch.3861
2 жыл бұрын
how would you compare the comfortness on the front : Specialised Roubaix vs BMC URS LT2 ?
@davidarthur
2 жыл бұрын
BMC edges it for me I reckon
@nicktrinder1117
2 жыл бұрын
Hi dave the bike it self looks nice, I'm not 2 keen on the colorways on offer thou esp for the price. I expect the suspension works good for a gravel bike but not alot of length so that will keep the speed up I suppose?I think il keep 2 my mountain bike for that kind of terrain and my defy 4 roads and canal paths etc. Keep up the good work chap 👍
@mpereirawolf
Жыл бұрын
If all the gravel bikes look like road bikes having full "suspension" is ok. The simplicity is what makes them special.
@MrIanD1
2 жыл бұрын
Needs a logo on the downtime.
@barbamatteo
2 жыл бұрын
No, i stop using mtb for gravel for the semplicity of take the bike and go, no maintenance, no dealing with suspension. If i need suspension means that i want to jump in enduro trails, so i'd better use a mtb. With a gravel i go where a xc mtb goes 90% of time and i go a lot better on the road.
@lordemed1
2 жыл бұрын
C'mon...Ridiculous to use drop bars on a serious gravel bike...
@supergumbie7
2 жыл бұрын
the front suspension is just unnecessary
@OriginalAirsoftGasser
2 жыл бұрын
Sorry but I have to disagree totally with you, I'm a mountain biker who used to ride a full rigid Tomac Flint carbon forked 29er, I've got a 2016 Giant Trance 27.5, 2021 Giant Anthem advanced 29er and a 2022 Ghost Road Rage gravel bike, I had a road bike before the gravel bike and I've also owned a Specialized enduro, Orange Alpine 160, a carbon 27.5 trail hardtail with a 140mm fork and a 1990's 26" steel Marin hardtail, out of all these bikes that I've owned the gravel bike is most similar to the 1990's 26", in other words it's shit on anything that isn't gravel, it's kind of in the name really, I would never replace my Anthem with a gravel bike as the gravel bike is not capable of doing what I do on my Anthem with any sort of comfort or confidence, my full rigid carbon was running ardent 2.4 front and back, the gravel bike will never match that but the Anthem is just as quick and slightly more capable, I would never replace my Trance with an Anthem as the Anthem just can't deal with the terrain that the Trance can but I have replaced my road bike with a gravel bike as I wasn't really riding road but I was riding gravel lanes, just what the gravel bike is ideal for, STOP TRYING TO PUSH GRAVEL BIKES AS AN MTB REPLACEMENT AS THEY ARE NEVER GOING TO BE!!! With your stupid click bait titles you are just trying to convince people to buy what they aren't really looking for, if you want a good gravel/mtb/endurance/fun off/on road bike then buy an Anthem or something similar, for those asking why I have a gravel bike if I have all the other things the answer is easy, I have a 2 year old, I can put a child seat on my gravel bike and take him out with me along calm country lanes with some comfort in the tyres.
@rayangelopalad6205
2 жыл бұрын
Thats a mountain bike with a drop bar.
@the.communist
2 жыл бұрын
For the diehard roadies who refuse to buy a mtb.
@robertwyland7770
2 жыл бұрын
Color reminds me of baby poo. Love the concept of suspension, not the price.
@userboozer
2 жыл бұрын
Form over function - has anyone asked for this is is it purely a marketing exercise? And the almost inaccessible 20mm front suspension is ridiculous. If you want to cover as many bases as possible , buy something like a Cotic Cascade with a Rockshox front fork.
@ex201
2 жыл бұрын
Das ist kein Gravelbike. Wenn ich Federelemente und Puffer habe, ist es für mich ein MTB.
@rhyswaterhouse786
2 жыл бұрын
It’s called a mountain bike
@markb9571
2 жыл бұрын
@@savagepro9060 YEP!!! Goddamn dirt roadies
@kidShibuya
2 жыл бұрын
There is always one..
@markb9571
2 жыл бұрын
@@savagepro9060 They are starting to come with flat bars too now 🤣 Give it up already
@paulvanreesch2493
2 жыл бұрын
Does Lauf have some sort of legal agreement in place that their fork can't be compared to other front end gravel suspension?
@markb9571
2 жыл бұрын
@@timdixo Does 'all road' mean shit at road AND off road? Gravel bikes = draggy tyres on road and no control off it. I thought cyclists love an excuse for n+1, no need to compromise
@louisAudet
2 жыл бұрын
Specialized Diverge copycat
@mlegrand
2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful place to film. 👌 I’d totally consider something like this. It’s beefy but at least your wallet will be lighter. 🪶 Not my favorite color but you do you BMC.
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