{"id":155,"date":"2021-11-04T17:00:18","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T16:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/?p=651650"},"modified":"2021-11-04T17:17:15","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T16:17:15","slug":"the-new-lighter-giant-revolt-is-ready-for-adventures-or-racing-with-adjustable-geometry","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/cyclingplus\/rss_feed\/the-new-lighter-giant-revolt-is-ready-for-adventures-or-racing-with-adjustable-geometry\/","title":{"rendered":"The new, lighter Giant Revolt is ready for adventures or racing with adjustable geometry"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Warren Rossiter\n \t\t<\/p>
Published: Thursday, 04 November 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p>
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Giant has updated its Revolt gravel bike for 2022.<\/p>\n
The new design boasts larger tyre clearances, a lighter chassis and gets tweaked geometry for a more agile ride, alongside a raft of smaller updates that bring the Revolt back to the forefront of gravel design.<\/p>\n
That said, the new Revolt still borrows heavily from the old design, carrying over its heavily sloped top tube, radically dropped seatstays and slim, D-shaped carbon seatpost.<\/p>\n
That the bike\u2019s overall profile has remained so similar is a testament to the original Revolt Giant, which was released in 2015. It isn\u2019t often that a design can boast that sort of longevity in what is such a quickly evolving cycling genre.<\/p>\n
10 things you should know about the new Revolt<\/h2>\n
The frame and fork combined are 200g lighter than the original<\/li>\n
Shorter wheelbase, steepened head angle and less fork trail for more agility<\/li>\n
Longer reach<\/li>\n
Up to 53mm 700c tyre clearance<\/li>\n
10mm lower bottom bracket<\/li>\n
Dropper post compatible<\/li>\n
New gravel-specific carbon wheels<\/li>\n
Six bottle mounts, and mudguard and rack compatible too<\/li>\n
Adjustable wheelbase thanks to flip-chip rear dropouts<\/li>\n
Advanced Pro and Advanced models available, priced from \u00a32,199 to \u00a34,999<\/li>\n<\/ul>
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Frameset evolution<\/h2>\n
While on the surface the new Revolt shares many of the same design cues as the previous version \u2013 the same radically sloping top tube, oversize down tube and seat tube replete with aero-style cutaway \u2013 look a bit deeper and you\u2019ll find plenty of significant differences.<\/p>\n
For instance, its dropped seatstays are much skinnier than on the previous model and the rear dropouts they meet are very much all-new.<\/p>\n
Giant, unlike some of brands\u2019 recently-launched \u2018gravel racers\u2019, hasn\u2019t forgone practical fittings in search of weight savings on the new Revolt.<\/p>\n
The Revolt gets a host of mounts.<\/span><\/figcaption>Giant<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n
As such, the bike comes with a full raft of mounting points: one on each fork leg, one on the underside of the down tube, and the normal options on the down and seat tubes.<\/p>\n
There is also a top tube mount as well as front and rear fender\/mudguard mounts. The rear requires a bolt-on bridge that Giant supplies in a similar manner to the brand\u2019s Defy endurance bike because they share a bridgeless seatstay design.<\/p>\n
Giant offers the new Revolt design in two models. The premium Advanced Pro saves over 200g from the frame and fork weight over the previous design, whereas the standard Advanced carbon models shave off 160g.<\/p>\n
Geometrical tweaks<\/h2>\n
Giant says the new Revolt has a shorter wheelbase and reduced fork trail compared to the previous bike.<\/p>\n
Both these changes were made to create a more responsive feel, which is something that Giant says was requested by its pro riders and ambassadors to give the Revolt something of an edge in the emerging gravel racing scene.<\/p>\n
Riders including Josh Berry \u2013 a former winner of the Belgian Waffle Ride and runner up at Unbound Gravel \u2013 were extensively involved in the development of the bike so Giant could home in on specific ways to improve the Revolt for pro-level competition.<\/p>\n
Giant\u2019s Factory off-road team rider Josh Berry had a big hand in developing the new Revolt.<\/span><\/figcaption>Giant<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n
For more than 12 months, Berry and some of his teammates have competed on prototypes of the new Revolt.<\/p>\n
\u201cGravel racing has become more aggressive, and this new Revolt is helping us push the limits of what we are capable of,\u201d Berry says.<\/p>\n
\u201cRolling on a bike that is much lighter than the race bike I was on last year is a real pleasure. Now I find myself jumping in the local group road ride then taking trails home. It\u2019s a lot more enjoyable now with improved handling and a more efficient pedalling response.\u201d<\/p>\n
Giant Factory Off-Road Team riders Tristan Uhl (left) and Carl Decker raced their Revolt Advanced Pro team bikes at the Rebecca\u2019s Private Idaho gravel race \u2013 both finished in the top ten.<\/span><\/figcaption>Giant<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n
To put some numbers on the changes, the new Revolt\u2019s reach is 6mm longer (a medium-size frame increasing from 381mm to 387mm) and Giant has steepened the head tube from 70.5 degrees to 71.5 degrees.<\/p>\n
Giant has also lowered the bottom bracket height by 10mm, to account for the growth in tyre size since the original Revolt, which came out at a time when 40mm 700c tyres were generally as voluminous as things got.<\/p>\n
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