{"id":54024,"date":"2023-08-31T18:00:54","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T16:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/?p=744673"},"modified":"2023-08-31T18:35:29","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T16:35:29","slug":"new-wilier-adlar-adds-adventure-focus-to-brands-gravel-bike-range-with-slack-geometry-and-big-tyre-clearance","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/cyclingplus\/rss_feed\/new-wilier-adlar-adds-adventure-focus-to-brands-gravel-bike-range-with-slack-geometry-and-big-tyre-clearance\/","title":{"rendered":"New Wilier Adlar adds adventure focus to brand\u2019s gravel bike range with slack geometry and big tyre clearance"},"content":{"rendered":"

MTB-inspired geometry and room for 2in tyres gear Adlar towards technical off-road riding and bikepacking <\/p>

By Paul Norman\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 31 August 2023 at 16:00 PM<\/p>

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The new Wilier Adlar is a carbon bike designed for adventure and bikepacking, which has a greater off-road focus than the brand\u2019s existing gravel bike portfolio.<\/p>\n

The bike is offered with the latest 12-speed Shimano GRX gravel groupset and in a SRAM Rival XPLR AXS spec. Wilier has its own racks and bags purpose-designed for the bike.<\/p>\n

Wilier already has quite a range of gravel bikes<\/a> in its quiver. The Adlar sits alongside the Rave SLR<\/a>, designed for fast gravel racing or all-road use, and the more off-road focussed Jena.<\/p>\n

The Adlar goes further than the Jena, though, with clearance for 52mm gravel tyres<\/a> or 2in mountain bike tyres, while the Jena stops at 44mm.<\/p>\n

Designed for a suspension fork<\/h2>\n
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The Adlar\u2019s longer fork and shorter head tube are designed to allow you to swap in a suspension fork.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

The Adlar frameset weighs a claimed 1,100g and is available in five sizes. It comes with its own widely flared handlebars and has integrated cable\/hose routing through the stem to keep things clean and tidy.<\/p>\n

The Adlar frame has also been designed around a rigid fork with longer blades. This opens up the option to add a 40mm travel suspension fork without affecting the bike\u2019s geometry.<\/p>\n

The option to incorporate gravel bike suspension<\/a> is a feature that we\u2019ve also seen on the recently updated Santa Cruz Stigmata<\/a> and looks as if it might be the latest trend in gravel bike design.<\/p>\n

The supplied rigid fork has dynamo<\/a> cable routing in its right leg.<\/p>\n

Borrowing from mountain bike geometry<\/h2>\n
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Wilier has designed the shape of the down tube so that it acts as an in-built mudguard.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

Also new to the Adlar is a slacker 70-degree head tube angle across the size range, down a degree or so from the Jena\u2019s, which varies across the size range. Again, it\u2019s a trend in gravel bike design, which is aimed at providing more stable handling on tougher off-road terrain.<\/p>\n

In fact, the Adlar frame borrows heavily from MTB geometry<\/a>, with a longer reach and shorter stem, also designed to provide better handling and control.<\/p>\n

The Adlar frame is designed for a 1x drivetrain<\/a>, only. Wilier says this has allowed it to broaden the seat tube laterally so that it acts as a mini-mudguard to help protect you, your bottles and the bottom bracket area from spray.<\/p>\n

Wilier Adlar geometry chart<\/h3>\n
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XS<\/th>S<\/th>M<\/th>L<\/th>XL<\/th><\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Seat tube length<\/b> (mm)<\/td>440<\/td>470<\/td>500<\/td>530<\/td>570<\/td> <\/tr>
Top tube length<\/b> (mm)<\/td>542<\/td>562<\/td>583<\/td>599<\/td>621<\/td> <\/tr>
Head tube length<\/b> (mm)<\/td>79<\/td>104<\/td>130<\/td>155<\/td>181<\/td> <\/tr>
Head tube angle<\/b> (degrees)<\/td>70<\/td>70<\/td>70<\/td>70<\/td>70<\/td> <\/tr>
Seat tube angle<\/b> (degrees)<\/td>75<\/td>74.5<\/td>74<\/td>74<\/td>73.5<\/td> <\/tr>
Chainstay length<\/b> (mm)<\/td>423<\/td>423<\/td>423<\/td>423<\/td>423<\/td> <\/tr>
Wheelbase<\/b> (mm)<\/td>1,030<\/td>1,048<\/td>1,065<\/td>1,083<\/td>1,101<\/td> <\/tr>
Stack<\/b> (mm)<\/td>538<\/td>562<\/td>586<\/td>610<\/td>634<\/td> <\/tr>
Reach<\/b> (mm)<\/td>395<\/td>404<\/td>413<\/td>422<\/td>431<\/td> <\/tr> <\/tbody> <\/table>