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Simply final 12 months Large fully overhauled their Revolt carbon gravel bike for harder fashionable gravel racing, but it surely seems like 2023 will see one other overhaul with a reshaped Revolt X tailored for entrance suspension to tackle much more rugged terrain. An eagle-eyed reader alerted as much as a sluggish leak Down Underneath of the brand new MY23 Large Revolt X gravel bikes, dripping with 40mm of Fox & RockShox forks and a shift to extensive 1x SRAM drivetrains…
New 2022 Large Revolt transforms into 2023 Large Revolt X
Final 12 months’s revamped Revolt was constructed as a gravel racer – lighter, extra compliant and with longer, racier geometry to take care of higher-speeds for longer distances. Whereas it did bump tire clearance as much as 700x53mm because of a flip-chip on the rear dropout, Large determine they might make an much more succesful off-road gravel bike for the gnarliest journey driving & ultra-distance racing… enter the upcoming Revolt X!
Noticed on BicycleSuperstore.com.au & BikeAddiction.com.au, a brand new Large Revolt X is prone to drop in any day…
What might be new?
The obvious change is that the 2023 Large Revolt X will get a suspension up entrance, but it surely’s extra than simply slapping a fork on the present bike. The Revolt X Superior carbon body was redesigned to deal with 40mm of fork journey, getting revised body shaping, a brand new strengthened carbon layup within the entrance finish, and fully revamped geometry geared extra in the direction of aggressive off-road driving and extra technical descending.
Making that 40mm of journey match, together with the bulkier crown of a suspension fork, meant lifting the downtube up greater away from the entrance wheel, and setting it again on the decrease headset bearing. The result’s that though fork lengths are longer on the Revolt X, headtube lengths lower 35mm throughout the board. And the precise body Stack heights are in truth lowered 7-10mm on the front-suspended Revolt X vs. its inflexible gravel Revolt analog.
The brand new geometry is extra than simply making a fork match, the Revolt X has barely longer body Attain, considerably much less backside bracket drop to accommodate the motion of the entrance journey, and is claimed to get extra fork Path however successfully the identical wheelbases throughout its broad 6 dimension vary (XS-XL).
In a transfer to extra technical driving, the forthcoming Large Revolt X may also ditch the entrance derailleur mount, with each fashions we’ve seen to this point opting just for extensive 1x SRAM drivetrains.
Tech particulars
Out again the flip-chip dropout remains to be there giving the identical max 53mm tire clearance within the 435mm lengthy chainstay place, or mas 45mm tire within the shorter 425mm spot, identical to the common Revolt. The Revolt X additionally retains the adaptable seatpost setup for max versatility – choose the d-shaped D-Fuse carbon seatpost for max consolation, swap in a spherical 30.9 seatpost for elevated stiffness, or rock a 30.9 dropper to get low for sketchy descents. The Revolt X builds include a dropper as normal to enhance the suspension up entrance.
This new X model has the identical plethora of cage & accent mounting factors on the body, the identical typical inside cable routing by exterior ports on the entrance of the headtube, and the identical bump-eating tiny dropped seatstays out again for ‘tuned compliance’.
2023 Large Revolt X Superior – Pricing & availability
We’ve noticed two specs on the Australian market. There’s the highest A$9000 2023 Large Revolt X Superior Professional 0 with a Fox 32 AX Efficiency Elite fork, Eagle mullet SRAM Drive+X01 AXS groupset, Large Contact Change dropper submit, and Large CXR1 tubeless carbon wheels wrapped in 50mm Maxxis Rambler tires.
Or there’s a extra reasonably priced mechanical construct for A$6200 within the 2023 Large Revolt X Superior Professional 2 with the identical body however a RockShox Rudy XPLR fork, SRAM Rival1 11sp groupset (curiously mislabeled as 12speed, which could possibly be an additional trace of a decrease value SRAM gravel group?), Large dropper, and the identical Large CXR1 carbon wheels right here with 45mm Ramblers.
Neither of those are in inventory in Australia, and even listed as choices within the USA or Europe, so we will solely think about they may get a launch someday this spring of summer time.
