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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

Contact: www.decathlon.co.uk

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Stu Kerton

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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mdavidford 4 hours ago

They don't have any helmets, so they have nothing to drink the alcohol out of.

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arowland 5 hours ago

"E-bike’ riders 41% more likely to suffer head injuries than other cyclists due to lack of helmets and alcohol..." Lack of alcohol causes head injuries? That explains a lot!

stevez123 6 hours ago

@Rendel Harris I'm wondering how useful the rest of their reviews are after reading this. I guess it's best to rely on your mates opinions of gear based on fact not the "20 pound hand shake"! But that's the Internet, you need to wade through 90% of the BS you read.

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Rendel Harris 6 hours ago

@stevez123 Well here's a tip, when you see "This article includes paid promotion on behalf of..." at the top of an article, don't read it. Then you won't feel your time has been wasted, road.cc still gets its few quid to help keeping on providing us with content, all good.

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chrisonabike 7 hours ago

Vandals!

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belugabob 7 hours ago

it would appear that even people carrying out research aren't capable of critical thinking. 🙄

Smoggysteve 7 hours ago

Same. Although I want taking part I cycled past to wish riders good luck. Even down Houston road many drivers were taking unnecessary risky overtakes of competitors. I’m also reminded of the last time I rode down the A8 I had drivers overtaking me in my lane on a very straight with good visibility duel carriageway . It’s devastating that Iain lost his life there. I hope the other 2 lads have a speedy recovery. Last I heard one was still in quite a serious condition.

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chrisonabike 7 hours ago

It was all going great for the Roman empire until it expanded outside the Italian peninsula. Then all the foreign plebs got carts and discovered all roads lead to Rome! Nowadays things have got so bad you can't even drive round the Circus Maximus!

Hamster 8 hours ago

Just seems like more persecution to motorists when cyclists are never held accountable for anything they do…” The answer to this is always, are you 6? Do grow up!

stevez123 8 hours ago

I'm a bit tired of being marketed to under the guise of providing information. This "review" is a total advertisement and a waste of my time. The results aren't even that impressive.

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