Author Topic: Rohloff Gravel bike recommendations?  (Read 10 times)

pakcyclist

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Rohloff Gravel bike recommendations?
« on: December 03, 2025, 10:34:06 PM »
I have 2 Rohloff bikes:  a custom Spectrum Ti road bike, with about 100,000 miles (!) -- but I did have to spend $600 for repairs when the seatstay cracked in 2; so much for "lasting a lifetime," but I digress.  Also have an MTB, built from a single-speed hardtail with sliding dropouts.  This spring, I got a Breezer gravel bike.  Since I mostly ride the road bike, I didn't want to spend the money -- or effort -- getting a Rohloff setup.  Boy, do I now regret that!  After just 8 months -- not much more than 1,000 miles -- I already had to spend $200 for a new Shimano GPX shifter!  What freaking garbage!  So, any ideas for a Rohloff equipped gravel bike?  A search I did only came up with a couple UK builders/shops, with prices well over $5,000, NOT including shipping and tariffs.  Since I don't do gravel too often, I'm not spending that much.  Guess I would have to build it up from scratch.  (Unless I found something used.)  Any ideas on a suitable frame?  A SS with sliding dropouts would obviously be the most ideal, but I suspect that doesn't exist. Don't want to spend the money for a custom.

RonS

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Re: Rohloff Gravel bike recommendations?
« Reply #1 on: December 03, 2025, 11:42:53 PM »
As a courtesy to Thorn Cycles, who generously provide us with this forum, it is generally accepted that recommending bikes other than Thorn is something that's avoided.

Lots of us on the forum have non Thorn bikes, and we do mention them if it is relevant to the thread, usually when regarding the Rohloff, but we don't suggest they're "better".

The Mercury takes 650b X 48 tires. It would make a fine gravel bike.