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Triban RC 520 Gravel review

by Stu Kerton

Wed, Jun 12, 2019 09:47

£849.00

VERDICT:

Great entry-level gravel/adventure bike that is fun and easy to ride off road

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Since writing his first bike review for road.cc back in early 2009 senior product reviewer Stu has tested more than a thousand pieces of kit, and hundreds of bikes. With an HND in mechanical engineering and previous roles as a CNC programmer/machinist, draughtsman and development engineer (working in new product design) Stu understands what it takes to bring a product to market. A mix of that knowledge combined with his love of road and gravel cycling puts him in the ideal position to put the latest kit through its paces. He first made the switch to road cycling in 1999, primarily for fitness, but it didn’t take long for his competitive side to take over which led to around ten years as a time triallist and some pretty decent results. These days though riding is more about escapism, keeping the weight off and just enjoying the fact that he gets to ride the latest technology as part of his day job.

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wtjs 3 hours ago

@Brompton rider Thanks

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JLasTSR 3 hours ago

I had actually cycled my first century the week before the accident. I got back on the bike straight away then a hip wore out and was replaced so I missed a lot of cycling in 2024 but I was back to my normal level in 2025 not so sure what has happened this year I am not as enthusiastic as usual I have been on the bike just not cycled far. I will have to do more as I will do a 50 mile ride in September the annual charity ride. Not sure fear is the problem exactly more a feeling that there is less enjoyment.in a bike ride than there once was.

GravelIsNothingNew 3 hours ago

What’s all this MTB palaver? The Tour de France was originally a gravel race. 🙃

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Brompton rider 4 hours ago

@wtjs I've sent in 2 close pass videos to kent police, never heard anything back.

ktache 4 hours ago

@Rendel Harris I had wondered how they might be preparing to deal with the expected heat. Got to keep them as safe as possible. My excitement is building, always a nervy first week, too many crashes in the peleton and no amount of down gearing is going to prevent that. From my cloudy memory, the pogecar lad is very rarely caught out on the wrong side of a crosswind split.

Gm_Crop 4 hours ago

Rumor has it that riding the MMR gives you autism.

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Rendel Harris 4 hours ago

Well this looks ominous: real possibility of Tour stages being cancelled due to extreme heat. I'll put the link in a reply otherwise this whole comment will be quarantined - it's on the Guardian if anyone wants to search for themselves.

Sedis 4 hours ago

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Rendel Harris 5 hours ago

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Velophaart_95 5 hours ago

Yeah, it's great isn't it........

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