Rlt 9 Steel Review

853 is the strongest and lightest non stainless tubing that reynolds produces so it should hold up to a bit of abuse.

Rlt 9 steel review.

Gravel love with the niner rlt 9 level 2 expert even though it s built as a capable tank it remains nimble and fun enough to rally around road circuits and then slay some singletrack. Unlike a lot of reviews out there that say something is great only to discover that the reviewer is sponsored by said brand. I really want to love steel. Rotors are 160mm front 140mm rear.

Designed to be ridden for hours and hours or even days and days built around stability comfort and endurance for when the tarmacadam road turns to loose gravel substrate. Other frame features include rear rack pannier braze ons and three water bottle mounts. Niner rlt 9 steel review. The rlt 9 steel frame is constructed from none other than reynolds 853 steel.

What others are saying. My bike racing chops were forged in the 70s and 80s. Niner rlt 9 steel review just to set your mind at rest i am not in anyway associated with any of the brands that i review and my reviews are impartial and 100 honest. I was quite impressed with it when i reviewed it back in 2016.

Niner gives us a beautiful steel gravel grinder in the rlt 9. Gravel is the new dirt. The tig welded 853 tubing is claimed to absorb road chatter yet still provide feedback without feeling dead. The disc brake only post mount rlt 9 steel can accommodate single double or triple chainrings.

It s also available as a frameset only for 1 599 if you want to put together your own. Our writer threw his leg over it for a review. The rlt 9 steel is offered in three builds from 2 799 with sram apex to 4 799 with shimano ultegra. An independent review of the rlt 9 steel posted by ninerbikes august 01 2017 clint gibbs an avid mountain bike rider and cyclocross racer offers an in depth review of the rlt 9 steel.

The niner rlt 9 steel was one of the first drop bar bikes that blended bikepacking and gravel.