All road, adventure road, enduroad, randocross, grinduro, gravel grinder – whatever you choose to call them – are a growing bike segment due to their ability to fit lightweight road tyres for a fast ride, or fat knobby tyres for a burn in the dirt. They tend to offer a wide gear range, a low bottom bracket and additional comfort over a regular road bike too.
My criteria for selecting a gravel, adventure all-road bike requires the following:
This is a list of 100+ current models; I’ve tried to keep it as pure to the segment as possible. As this style of bike is often interchangeable with other segments, you may find a few CX, rando and light touring options in the mix. I’ve also included the max tyre sizes and fork trail
Open Cycles Unbeaten Path (UP). Image: TheRadavist.com Carbon Gravel Grinder / Adventure Road Bikes
Bombtrack Hook Focus Paralane Genesis Datum Giant AnyRoad Co-Max GT Grade Jamis Renegade KHS Grit 440 Ibis Hakkalugi Disc Norco Search On-One Bish Bash Bosh Parlee Chebacco Pivot Vault Raleigh Roker Ridley X-Trail Rodeo Labs Traildonkey 2.0 Salsa Warbird Santa Cruz Stigmata Scott Addict Gravel Disc Specialized Diverge Tifosi Cavazzo Tomac Montezuma Van Dessel Full Tilt Boogie Viner Strada Bianca
Scott Addict Gravel Disc. Image: RoadBikeReview.com Aluminium Gravel Grinder /Adventure Road Bikes
Bergamont Prime CX RD Bianchi Allroad Bombtrack Hook AL Brodie Revel / Ronin Bulls Grinder Cannondale Slate Canyon Inflite AL S Centurion Crossfire Charge Plug Devinci Hatchet Diamondback Haanjo / Haanjenn Felt V Series Focus Mares AX Focus Paralane AL Forme Hooklow Fuji Tread Genesis CdA Giant Revolt Giant Anyroad GT Grade Jamis Renegade Exile KHS Grit 220 Kinesis Tripster ACE Kona Rove AL Lapierre Crosshill Marin Gestalt Miele Svelto Grt Mongoose Selous Expert Niner RLT9 Norco Search Raleigh Willard Ridley X-Bow Allroad / X-Trail Rose Team DX Cross Salsa Warbird Sonder Camino Specialized Diverge Stevens Gavere / Namur Trek Crossrip / 720 Turner Cyclosys Van Dessel Aloominator Wilier Jareen
Cannondale Slate with a front suspension fork. Image: Bikepacking.com Steel Gravel Grinder / Adventure Road Bikes
Advocate Lorax Black Mountain Cycles Cross Bombtrack Hook Breadwinner B Road Brodie Monster Co-Motion Klatch Franco Grimes Disc Genesis Croix de Fer Honey Allroads Jamis Renegade Kona Rove ST Masi CXGR Niner RLT9 Raleigh Tamland Rawland Cycles Ravn Ritchey Swiss Cross Disc Salsa Vaya Shand Stoater / Stooshie Specialized Sequoia Stinner Camino Surly Straggler Traitor Ruben Van Dessel Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Volagi Viaje XL Wilier Jaroon
A Stinner Camino custom build. Titanium Gravel Grinder / Adventure Road Bikes
Charge Plug 5 Enigma Ecroix Foundry Overland Genesis Croix de Fer Ti Litespeed T5-G / Ku:wa Lynskey Backroad Moots Routt 45 Sabbath September AR-1 Disc Salsa Vaya Ti Sonder Camino Ti Stinner Refugio Van Nicholas Amazon Cross Volagi Viaje Ti
A custom Enigma Ecroix build. Image: WindmillWheels.com Adventure Road / Gravel Grinder Framesets
3T Exploro Carbon Alchemy Konis Steel Alchemy Aithon Carbon All-City Macho King LTD Steel All-City Macho Man Disc Steel Boo Bicycles SL-G Bamboo Box Dog Pelican Steel Caletti Cyclocross Steel Caminade Gravel Steel Cielo Cross Classic Steel Curve Grovel CXR Ti Curve Grovel V2 Steel Elephant National Forest Explorer Steel Gunnar Fastlane Steel Kinesis Tripster ATR Ti Kona Rove Ti Mosaic GS-1 Steel Mosaic GT-1 Ti Nicolai Argon CX Aluminium Open Unbeaten Path Carbon Sarto Gravel TA Carbon Seven Evergreen Steel / Ti Singular Kite Steel Soma Double Cross Disc Steel Soma Wolverine Steel Soulcraft Dirtbomb Steel Twin Six Rando Ti Vassago Donnybrook Steel Vassago TKO Ti All-Road Velo Orange Pass Hunter Steel Disc Zen AR45 Steel
A Curve Grovel CXR Titanium custom build. On CyclingAbout, you’ll also find…
A Complete List of Off-Road Adventure Touring Bikes with Pricing A Complete List of Tandem Builders and Manufacturers A Complete List of Touring Bikes Available in Australia A List of XS Touring Bikes for Smaller Cyclists: 42, 44, 46cm A List of XXL Touring Bikes for Tall Cyclists: 62, 63, 64cm A List of Step-Through and Mixte Touring Bikes
