Bianchi’s journey gravel Arcadex will get a serious redesign, inheriting quick attractiveness from their mild gravel race bike. But it surely’s not only a useless facelift, the brand new Bianchi Arcadex will get a much-needed fats tire clearance improve, plus up to date full inner cables and new in-frame storage. Now it’s a correct adventure-ready bikepacking bike, and offers you loads of choices to customise a motorbike construct excellent on your type of using gravel…
2024 Bianchi Arcadex carbon journey gravel bike
After their boxy authentic carbon journey gravel that was created to share a platform with an ebike sibling, now Bianchi provides the Arcadex its personal devoted carbon body. The result’s a a lot better-looking bike. And I doubt anybody may argue with that.
But it surely isn’t only a prettier bike, with seems impressed by Bianchi’s quick gravel Impulso. The brand new Arcadex is a way more succesful and versatile gravel bike, designed for journey biking and bikepacking. And it will get a bunch of practical upgrades to get on the market.
What’s new?
Bianchi says the obvious is the brand new inner body storage. That’s a small glovebox opening within the downtube, beneath the bottle cage, with a small bag tucked away inside.
You aren’t going to pack a lot in there. However for bikepackers it could be a straightforward place to stash your mini-tool, CO2 inflator & tire levers (however not sufficient room particularly for a tube within the bag) with out getting combined in with the complete expedition gear in your packs. And that core restore package will at all times be with the bike, even if you take the packs off.
Now, the actually vital replace is larger tire clearance – the place the earlier bike was manifestly missing. The brand new bike although options clearance for as much as 700 x 50mm tires. (Or Bianchi says 45mm tires with clip-on fenders.) All bikes come spec’d with fast-rolling 45mm Pirelli Cinturato Gravel M tires. However you possibly can go nonetheless full knobby in case you plan a tough journey observe.
New endurance gravel geometry
The core steep-ish angles of the bike haven’t modified – in 5 sizes (XS-XL).
However Bianchi rewrote the Stack & Attain figures utterly throughout all sizes, to supply a greater and wider vary of efficiency suits. Attain is now not less than 1cm longer throughout all sizes. However Stack is now 21mm decrease on the smallest XS, about the identical by the L, and as much as 15mm increased on the largest bike.
Total, 5mm longer chainstays and 1-2cm longer wheelbase figures, imply extra secure endurance geometry for day-after-day of using, with out erasing reactive dealing with.
Tech particulars
The complete carbon Bianchi Arcadex body and fork now function full inner cable routing, with mechanical shift & hydraulic strains operating via an Acros headset. The Professional spec bikes cover cables absolutely contained in the 2-piece bar & stem, whereas Comp builds are semi-internal via a canopy bolted beneath the stem.
The 1x-only body contains a new UDH for drivetrain/transmission compatibility. It will get a BB86 PressFit backside bracket, spherical 27.2mm seatpost with a wedge clamp, and flat mount disc brakes with 12mm thru-axles.
The detachable thru-axle lever features a multi-wrench with 4, 5 & 6mm hexes. It’s tiny, however if you snap on the outer lever, it must be good to tighten most bolts with out over-torqueing.
The brand new journey bikepacking bike will get two commonplace units of cage mounts inside the primary triangle, a 3rd cage mount beneath the downtube, and direct toptube bag mounts. Plus, 3-pack mounts on every leg in case you go for the carbon fork.
New bikepacking luggage, too
All the brand new Arcadex gravel bikes will be configured at your Bianchi supplier with new matching made-in-Italy Bianchi bikepacking luggage.
Choose from 4 luggage. Orma 01 1L bolt-on high tube bag; Orma 03 waterproof 3L partial body bag; Orma 07 waterproof 7L saddlepack; and Orma 09 waterproof 9L dual-rolltop handlebar pack.
2024 Bianchi Arcadex – Pricing, choices & availability
Bianchi provides the brand new Arcadex in two variations – Professional & Comp – every with two drivetrain choices.
The Bianchi Arcadex Professional comes spec’d with 25mm inner Velomann Terbium 30 hooked carbon wheels in Celeste or darkish forest inexperienced. And also you get to select from both an digital SRAM Apex+GX Eagle AXS Mullet construct from 5100€. Or go for a large mechanical Shimano GRX 12sp (820/822) from 4200€.
Bianchi additionally provide extra inexpensive builds with the Arcadex Comp fitted with 22mm inner alloy Fulcrum Speedy Purple wheels, in Celeste or metallic sand gold. Right here, drive prepare choices are the mechanical Apex Eagle or a decrease spec however nonetheless vast GRX 12sp (610/822), every from 3000€.
All bikes come commonplace with a full carbon bikepacking fork with 3-pack something cage mounts. However every will be upgraded to a 30mm journey RockShox Rudy Xplr gravel suspension fork. Drop by your native Bianchi supplier bikeshop now, to configure an Arcadex journey gravel bike simply the way you need it.
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