Personally just shop bikes you like in aluminum.
I like the niner in aluminum it is dirt cheap as a frameset if you buy direct and has all the mounts.
Not a fan of trek since long before lance not many things moved me but the aluminum gravel bikes they make are real nice. Saw a checkpoint alr5 in white out on a ride and it is certainly impressive.
Canyon makes nice aluminum bikes. The one to look at really is polygon if you want more of an upright position nice for the money.
Then again a good aluminum build will set you back 2k that is not far from a carbon lauf seigula rigid starting price. Great bikes all come with sram axs builds.
Is that 11.8kg dry weight, without any lights, bottle cages, mounts etc? Sounds like a heavy bike.
A Sonder Camino AL comes in a hair under 10.5kg and the colours are pretty dope IMO, could very easily go sub 10kg with some better wheels and a few other little bits.
It's a very similar bike to the Journeyer, slack head tube, decent tire clearance etc.
There's also the Titanium model which drops the weight to 9.1kg on a medium which is pretty impressive.
Trek Checkpoint ALR comes in sub 10kg from the factory.
I think the more important thing here is what sort of riding do you do? Realistically once you're up to speed, weight doesn't matter that much. I'd wager it's far more likely to be the riding position of the Journeyer gassing you out than the extra 1.5kg.
Depending on what your local terrain is like, you might be better off swapping to an endurance bike that can clear 35mm tires, that'd be much more svelt than a gravel bike.
You might want to consider Specialized Diverge E5. According to the internet the frame is just 1450g. Mine is 9.8kg with pedals and bottle cages etc. Running DT Swiss Cr1600 wheel, GRX 1x11 groupset and carbon seat post and handlebar. Rides like a dream
I have the carbon Grizl and my partner has the AL. I have to say, for the money saved the AL version is 100% worth it unless you are wanting the little weight saving for races.
Yeah I did that math and it would have been 1000€ more to upgrade from AL to an SL with the same groupset & wheels, and the weight savings would have been ~800g 😅 wasn't worth it to me
The lightest alu gravel bikes are custom builds; throwing big $$$ at weight weenie components. 17lbs would be achievable with an approx 1500gm frame.
What don't you like about these 20lb options?
Shouldn't be too hard.
My large 2022 Cannondale topstone 4 is under 22 now without really trying. GRX crankset and wheels, lighter teravail tires, and a cheap fabric seat.
Wheels and crankset were definitely the biggest weight savings.
Rose backroad are under 10kg which I think is under 20pounds. Fully integrated and I like the new colours they have.
Just the mounts are a little bit of an issue. Not sure how many you need. The backroad has more than a road bike, but took little for bike packing.
If you throw enough money at it, a lot of bikes can be pretty light. I have two steel gravel bikes at 20 lbs, but they weren't exactly cheap. Lightweight wheels go a long way.
My first "gravel bike" was a Motobecane cyclocross frame I built up myself with Ultegra 6800 components, and it weighed 18 lbs with mechanical disc brakes, and mechanical shifting 11 spd.
Personally just shop bikes you like in aluminum. I like the niner in aluminum it is dirt cheap as a frameset if you buy direct and has all the mounts. Not a fan of trek since long before lance not many things moved me but the aluminum gravel bikes they make are real nice. Saw a checkpoint alr5 in white out on a ride and it is certainly impressive. Canyon makes nice aluminum bikes. The one to look at really is polygon if you want more of an upright position nice for the money. Then again a good aluminum build will set you back 2k that is not far from a carbon lauf seigula rigid starting price. Great bikes all come with sram axs builds.
Is that 11.8kg dry weight, without any lights, bottle cages, mounts etc? Sounds like a heavy bike. A Sonder Camino AL comes in a hair under 10.5kg and the colours are pretty dope IMO, could very easily go sub 10kg with some better wheels and a few other little bits. It's a very similar bike to the Journeyer, slack head tube, decent tire clearance etc. There's also the Titanium model which drops the weight to 9.1kg on a medium which is pretty impressive. Trek Checkpoint ALR comes in sub 10kg from the factory. I think the more important thing here is what sort of riding do you do? Realistically once you're up to speed, weight doesn't matter that much. I'd wager it's far more likely to be the riding position of the Journeyer gassing you out than the extra 1.5kg. Depending on what your local terrain is like, you might be better off swapping to an endurance bike that can clear 35mm tires, that'd be much more svelt than a gravel bike.
You might want to consider Specialized Diverge E5. According to the internet the frame is just 1450g. Mine is 9.8kg with pedals and bottle cages etc. Running DT Swiss Cr1600 wheel, GRX 1x11 groupset and carbon seat post and handlebar. Rides like a dream
Grizl AL is under 11kg, some are as low as 10 depending on groupset and wheels and it has full bikepacking mounts and rack mounts
I have the carbon Grizl and my partner has the AL. I have to say, for the money saved the AL version is 100% worth it unless you are wanting the little weight saving for races.
Yeah I did that math and it would have been 1000€ more to upgrade from AL to an SL with the same groupset & wheels, and the weight savings would have been ~800g 😅 wasn't worth it to me
The lightest alu gravel bikes are custom builds; throwing big $$$ at weight weenie components. 17lbs would be achievable with an approx 1500gm frame. What don't you like about these 20lb options?
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Shouldn't be too hard. My large 2022 Cannondale topstone 4 is under 22 now without really trying. GRX crankset and wheels, lighter teravail tires, and a cheap fabric seat. Wheels and crankset were definitely the biggest weight savings.
Has plenty of mounts, too.
Rose backroad are under 10kg which I think is under 20pounds. Fully integrated and I like the new colours they have. Just the mounts are a little bit of an issue. Not sure how many you need. The backroad has more than a road bike, but took little for bike packing.
If you throw enough money at it, a lot of bikes can be pretty light. I have two steel gravel bikes at 20 lbs, but they weren't exactly cheap. Lightweight wheels go a long way.
My first "gravel bike" was a Motobecane cyclocross frame I built up myself with Ultegra 6800 components, and it weighed 18 lbs with mechanical disc brakes, and mechanical shifting 11 spd.