Comments on: Ridley Astr RS Gravel Bike Balances Race-Ready Speed & All-Rounder Versatility: Review https://bikerumor.com/ridley-astr-rs-gravel-bike-balances-race-ready-speed-all-rounder-versatility-review/ All the best cycling news, tech, rumors and reviews Tue, 08 Oct 2024 09:58:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 By: WTF https://bikerumor.com/ridley-astr-rs-gravel-bike-balances-race-ready-speed-all-rounder-versatility-review/#comment-3529290 Tue, 08 Oct 2024 09:58:08 +0000 https://bikerumor.com/?p=369554#comment-3529290 In reply to DaveJ.

Looks like crazy way to do things, from here at least? Can the shims eat into the steerer as the brake hoses move them around as you steer?

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By: Dinger https://bikerumor.com/ridley-astr-rs-gravel-bike-balances-race-ready-speed-all-rounder-versatility-review/#comment-3529181 Sun, 06 Oct 2024 03:48:29 +0000 https://bikerumor.com/?p=369554#comment-3529181 In reply to Oliver.

There is an appetite for light/fast gravel bikes like this and Ridley is known as a race bike brand. Longer/slacker/taller = a bike that feels doggy and slow. 10mm of chainstay length makes a huge difference here.

What’s the fascination with super deep BB drop? 75mm is fine and isn’t so low that running smaller tires for road riding will cause ground clearance issues.

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By: Oliver https://bikerumor.com/ridley-astr-rs-gravel-bike-balances-race-ready-speed-all-rounder-versatility-review/#comment-3529055 Wed, 02 Oct 2024 17:20:48 +0000 https://bikerumor.com/?p=369554#comment-3529055 Should have kept the geo from the Adventure IMO. Slacker front end, steeper ST, longer WB, more stack (this is really low for a gravel bike). But both bikes have really inadequate BB drop (75mm). Inexcusable in a ‘race’ bike like this … semi-excusable in the Adventure which may have a load of stuff attached to the bottom of its downtube at some point. I suspect on most courses and for most riders the Adventure would be quicker, the Astr isn’t aero enough to actually matter.

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By: raul https://bikerumor.com/ridley-astr-rs-gravel-bike-balances-race-ready-speed-all-rounder-versatility-review/#comment-3529052 Wed, 02 Oct 2024 16:22:12 +0000 https://bikerumor.com/?p=369554#comment-3529052 “Stomp on the pedals and the short chainstays rocketed the bike up to speed.”

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By: Greg https://bikerumor.com/ridley-astr-rs-gravel-bike-balances-race-ready-speed-all-rounder-versatility-review/#comment-3529042 Tue, 01 Oct 2024 23:43:50 +0000 https://bikerumor.com/?p=369554#comment-3529042 In reply to DaveJ.

0 days, it’s already happening.
If it’s truly proprietary, why do they need to use microshims? Just make the bearing cover the right depth. If it must use microshims, they should be plastic in this scenario so as to not cut the hoses. The compression ring (which appears to correctly be plastic) should also have tapered passages for the hoses.

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By: DaveJ https://bikerumor.com/ridley-astr-rs-gravel-bike-balances-race-ready-speed-all-rounder-versatility-review/#comment-3529032 Tue, 01 Oct 2024 18:27:49 +0000 https://bikerumor.com/?p=369554#comment-3529032 Hmmm, I wonder how long before those spacers cut through those brake lines…

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