Gloria All Terrain SRAM GX AXS Eagle: High quality, high versatility, at an impressive price

The All Terrain is described by Gloria as being its toughest titanium bike model, while being versatile enough for bike packing, exploring for adventure, or blasting through the woods for a bit of cross-country action. It’s a very capable machine, well-priced and a lot of fun to ride wherever.

Gloria All Terrain SRAM GX AXS – Technical details

Gloria has designed the All Terrain as everything from an XC racer through to a long-distance bikepacking adventure machine, and everything in between. It’s touted to be a versatile machine, and rugged to boot thanks to a 3Al-2.5V titanium alloy frame consisting of butted tubing and a lifetime warranty. Gloria gives a claimed frame weight of 2.1kg.

It’s a well-finished frame with neat welding throughout, including around the small, detailed items like the mounting point bosses and internal cable guides, plus you have an option of frame finishes, with the sandblasted option you can see here included in the price, or a brushed option for an extra £250.

In terms of those mounting points, you’ll find a couple of bottle cage positions in the usual places, with another sitting under the down tube, and a set bento box style on the upper face of the top tube which is ideal for storing those ride essentials that you want to grab on the fly.

Flattening the chainstays between where the chainset and wheels meet has allowed Gloria to squeeze in up to 2.4” wide tyres, meaning that the All Terrain should be very capable in all kinds of conditions.

It uses a 31.6mm diameter seatpost, and it’s routed for a dropper post, plus you get the option of running either a suspension fork with 100mm to 120mm of travel or a rigid carbon fibre model. This build uses RockShox’s SID SL Ultimate Race Day, which has 100mm of travel. The All Terrain also runs a threaded bottom bracket, and a universal derailleur hanger (UDH) is included.

Size wise, there are four options ranging from small to extra-large. I’ve been riding the medium, which has a 584mm top tube and a 110mm head tube, resulting in a stack and reach of 610mm and 435mm, respectively. The head angle sits at 68 degrees while the seat tube measures 75 degrees, and the All Terrain has an overall wheelbase of 1,144mm.

Gloria All Terrain SRAM GX AXS Eagle – Componentry

Gloria offers the All Terrain in a few options, starting with a simple frame-only for £1,199 in the sandblasted finish, or you can opt for the frameset, which includes the headset, seat clamp, thru-axles, and a choice of that carbon fork (£1,499) or a RockShox fork for an extra £250.

This specific build sent in for review includes the RockShox fork and costs £3,899 for the sandblasted finish.

Its mullet (from a gravel perspective) groupset is a SRAM X0 AXS T-Type setup running a 32T chainring, although the actual model comes with GX AXS T-Type and a 10-52t, 12-speed cassette resulting in a large spread of gears. Shifting is controlled by the SRAM Pod control, which works really well, even on the roughest of terrain, as does the Eagle X0 AXS wireless rear mech.

It’s a solid setup which proved itself to be durable across the review period with plenty of battery range.

The brakes are also from SRAM; its Motive model is paired to 160mm rotors front and rear. I found the brakes to work well in all conditions, with loads of power capable of stopping the Gloria whether it was running bare or fully loaded with bikepacking bags.

As for the finishing kit, Gloria has gone for a mixed bag with a BBB handlebar, but a Zipp stem and seatpost with one of its own saddles to finish things off. That saddle is quite thick on the padding side of things, though, so I did switch it out for something narrower and less padded as per my preference. Other than that, it’s all decent kit and worked well for me, and when I was out for long rides on the All Terrain I did appreciate the ergonomic shape of the Ergon grips.

For the wheels, Gloria has specced a DT Swiss X1900 wheelset, which is an entry-level XC wheel with an aluminium rim measuring 25mm internally and is built with their 370 hub, which uses a ratchet freehub. Just like the rest of the kit used here, the X1900s proved to be solid and reliable throughout testing, as were the Vittoria Mezcal tyres in a 2.4” width.

Like the wheels, Vittoria Mezcal tyres are designed for XC use, and I found that they worked well in a lot of different conditions. Dry grip was great, whether that be on hardpacked mud or loose gravel, and they have a supple feel to them too. When I finally had some rain to soften the ground a touch, I found them to offer reliable grip and plenty of feedback, which for someone like me who doesn’t spend a huge amount of time on mountain bikes gave a huge confidence boost.

All in all, I’d say this build represents a great balance of performance and budget, but if you want something specific, Gloria also offers a bike builder so that you can spec it how you like.

Gloria All Terrain SRAM GX AXS Eagle – Performance

Trying to make something versatile often means that it is rarely the best at anything, but that hasn’t stopped Gloria from getting very close to that point. The All Terrain is such an easy bike to ride, really surefooted and controllable with the most minimal of inputs. This makes it really easy to cover huge miles on it in comfort and just enjoy the scenery.

I rode the Gloria with a 10mm spacer underneath the stem, and I found the position I could achieve to be aero enough to get out of the wind, without being so aggressive that I had to worry about lower back or neck pain when out for three or four hours.

Obviously, with tyres of this width, they are handling with the majority of the ride quality, although you can feel a subtle reminder of the fact that the frame is titanium, as there is that feeling of smoothness there, plus the compact frame design means that you are running with a lot of exposed seatpost, which brings a tiny bit of compliance. It gives loads of room for running a dropper post, though.

Gloria has been able to focus on stiffness, though, thanks to the soft rubber, and the All Terrain definitely feels tight when carrying a load of kit or when the need to put a lot of power through the pedals is required.

At 11.49kg the All Terrain probably wouldn’t be your first choice as an XC racer, but if you want to have some fun on a twisty singletrack or bashing along some by-ways then the Gloria behaves a lot lighter and more eager than the scales would have you believe.

It’s only the initial acceleration that is hampered a bit, though, as once up to speed the Gloria maintains it well, and elsewhere, like climbing, that huge spread of gears offsets the weight.

For those technical sections, the steering is quick enough to allow you to flow through the bends without having to keep grabbing for the brakes, and it’s a lot of fun to push your limits. However, It feels really planted, and at times the extra weight comes in handy as it’s not bounced about by tree roots or ruts, reassuring if the bike happens to be loaded up.

Gloria All Terrain SRAM GX AXS Eagle – Conclusion

The price is also extremely competitive as a frame only too, especially when you factor in the high-quality finish. For instance, Spa Cycles’ titanium version of the Rove frame has an RRP of £1,600. I reviewed the Reynolds 725 steel version of the Rove back in 2023 and really enjoyed it.

Sonder’s Broken Road Ti is described as a multi-day expedition mountain bike and can be run with either a rigid fork or suspension. We haven’t reviewed one yet, but in terms of pricing, it RRPs at £1,599 for the frame alone.

Overall, its easy nature is the best thing about the All Terrain. From a reviewing point of view, it has probably been one of the hardest bikes to write about, as everything is quite subdued and calm about it. For the kind of riding that the All Terrain is designed for, that’s exactly what I’d want, though. No dramas, but plenty of comfort means it’s a bike that I could tour a continent on, and have a blast around the woods in between.