{"id":45885,"date":"2023-01-31T18:21:30","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T17:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/?p=714956"},"modified":"2023-01-31T18:34:26","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T17:34:26","slug":"gravel-bike-with-suspension-vs-full-sus-trail-bike-which-is-faster","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/cyclingplus\/rss_feed\/gravel-bike-with-suspension-vs-full-sus-trail-bike-which-is-faster\/","title":{"rendered":"Gravel bike with suspension vs full-sus trail bike | Which is faster?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> We pit the Canyon Lux vs the Trail in our latest video <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Jack Evans\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 31 January 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <iframe title=\"&quot;Suspension\" gravel=\"\" bike=\"\" vs.=\"\" mtb=\"\" which=\"\" is=\"\" faster=\"\" width=\"&quot;200&quot;\" height=\"&quot;113&quot;\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CUCpFsG_hmI?feature=oembed&quot;\" frameborder=\"&quot;0&quot;\" allow=\"&quot;accelerometer;\" autoplay=\"\" clipboard-write=\"\" encrypted-media=\"\" gyroscope=\"\" picture-in-picture=\"\" web-share=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/>\n<p>Can a gravel bike go faster than a mountain bike on the trails? In our latest video, we put them head-to-head to find out.<\/p>\n<p>In the gravel corner, we have the <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/reviews\/bikes\/gravel-bikes\/canyon-grizl-review\/&quot;\">Canyon Grizl,<\/a> a burly <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/advice\/buyers-guides\/best-gravel-bikes\/&quot;\">gravel bike<\/a> with wide tyres and a <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/advice\/buyers-guides\/gravel-bike-suspension\/&quot;\">suspension fork<\/a>. In the trail corner, we have the <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/reviews\/bikes\/mountain-bikes\/full-suspension-mountain-bikes\/canyon-lux-cf-slx-9-ltd-review\/&quot;\">Canyon Lux<\/a> mountain bike.<\/p>\n<p>Given the Grizl has no <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/features\/the-ultimate-guide-to-mountain-bike-rear-suspension-systems\/&quot;\">rear suspension, <\/a>we\u2019ve chosen a course of mainly blue mountain bike trails without any large drops to make the contest as fair as possible.<\/p>\n<p>The varied terrain in the Forest of Dean, in the south west of England, gives each bike a chance to shine. Technical editor-in-chief <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/author\/robinweaver\/&quot;\">Rob Weaver<\/a> finds accelerating and climbing faster on the Grizl but rooty downhills much easier on the Lux.<\/p>\n<p>After revealing which bike won narrowly, Rob also analyses each bike\u2019s strengths and weaknesses.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the video to find out the winner (and witness Rob weaving masterfully between trees and round loose corners).<\/p>\n<p>While you\u2019re at it, don\u2019t forget to subscribe to the BikeRadar YouTube channel!<\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> We pit the Canyon Lux vs the Trail in our latest video <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":45886,"template":"","categories":[1,36],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"< 1"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/01\/gravel-bike-with-suspension-vs-full-sus-trail-bike-which-is-faster.jpg",1280,854,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/01\/gravel-bike-with-suspension-vs-full-sus-trail-bike-which-is-faster-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/01\/gravel-bike-with-suspension-vs-full-sus-trail-bike-which-is-faster-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/01\/gravel-bike-with-suspension-vs-full-sus-trail-bike-which-is-faster-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/01\/gravel-bike-with-suspension-vs-full-sus-trail-bike-which-is-faster-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/01\/gravel-bike-with-suspension-vs-full-sus-trail-bike-which-is-faster.jpg",1280,854,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/01\/gravel-bike-with-suspension-vs-full-sus-trail-bike-which-is-faster.jpg",1280,854,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/cyclingplus\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"We pit the Canyon Lux vs the Trail in our latest video","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/cyclingplus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/45885"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/cyclingplus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/cyclingplus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/cyclingplus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/cyclingplus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/cyclingplus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/cyclingplus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}