Ridley’s latest entry into the world of all-road bikes is the all-new Grifn.
The Belgian brand has form when it comes to bikes built to take on all surfaces. Back in 2015, it launched the X-Trail , which has since morphed into the Kanzo Fast with its aggressive gravel race geometry and aero tube shapes borrowed from the Noah Fast .
The new Grifn is positioned as an ‘N+1 killer’, and is said to be equally adept at both road and gravel riding .
In recent times, the range of road and gravel bikes that aim to do both surfaces justice in a single package has grown quickly. It’s a trend we first appreciated back in 2019 when the Rondo HVRT CF0 won our Bike of the Year award, but we’d argue the current crop of lightweight race-orientated gravel bikes such as the Cervélo Aspero , Specialized Crux , and Scott Addict Gravel all earn the ‘N+1 killer’ tag and arguably endurance bikes like the Cannondale Synapse LTD RLE and Trek Domane do, too.
The Ridley Grifn follows the lightweight trend with a 990g frame (in a size medium, unpainted) and a 440g fork. The geometry sits between the brand’s Fenix endurance bike and the Kanzo Fast’s racy gravel layout.
There’s generous 700 x 40c tyre clearance when run in a 1x configuration. It comes fully equipped with mudguard mounts and three bottle cage ports, plus bento box mounting points.
The Ridley Grifn is available in four standard builds, and fully customisable using the brand’s […]
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