Merida has lifted the lid on the new Silex – the bike ridden to victory in the men’s UCI Gravel World Championships by Matej Mohorič – claiming greater off-road capability thanks to a revised geometry and increased tyre clearance.
Despite Mohorič’s solo victory, Merida says the Silex isn’t designed specifically as a gravel race bike.
What’s changed? In short, the head angle is now 1.5 degrees slacker, tyre clearance has increased from 40mm to 45mm, cables now run internally and there are more mounting points.
The frame, available in carbon fibre and aluminium versions, has had a visual refresh, too, while Merida has specced 180mm rotors on all models for serious braking power.
Six models make up the range for now. Prices start from £1,275 for the Shimano Sora-equipped Merida Silex 200, and rise to £8,750 for the SRAM Red eTap AXS mullet Merida Silex 10k.
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Merita has just launched a new version of the silx gravel bike here it is and here are five things you need to know number one marid says the geometry still Mountain bik inspired and a slacken the head angle by 1.5° so it’s now 69.5 de number two the tire clearance has grown
By 5 mm from 40 mm on the old silx to 45 on this latest model number three there are two frame options to choose from there’s this carbon frame and a more minum frame which comes in ACC claimed 1,900 G number four and focus into the front of the bike there’s now integrated
Cable routing running through the headset there are these two top tube mounts to mount a bag and there’s an additional mounting point on the fork taking up to three mounts on each leg number five and to finish in terms of pricing the range starts at £
1,275 for a Shimano Sora quii bike and Rises to this Flagship model which costs £ 8,750 with Shram red EAP access
5 Comments
8k+ for a Merida?
Nice. Have a Silex 400 which is awesome. The CF version would be great…
Boooo to headset cable routing
What’s the tire clearance?
This is still the 2023 or already the 2024 model?