Enve has added the new Fray endurance road bike to its range and I’ve been riding it for a couple of weeks, including the 160m Tour of Flanders sportive in Belgium. Buckle in for my first ride impressions and all the main details on this new bike from the US company.
More info https://enve.com
Content
0:00 Intro
00:38 What sort of bike is it?
1:07 Is it the bike for me?
2:03 Tyre clearance
2:35 Cool features
3:35 Geometry
4:28 Ride impressions
7:58 Compared to Melee?
9:10 Price
9:48 Better than a race bike for most people?
11:38 First impressions verdict
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29 Comments
Looks like a relaxed geo gravel bike with 2x to me. Nice lookng bike
Ready for 220k more on it next week??
David! this is gorgeous ~👌
Riding in Flanders? I sleep
Riding in the Cotswolds? HELL YEAH
Very nice offering- love the new design trends in modern endurance bikes.
Amazing bike just for rich people. Maybe you can do reviews of more affordable new chinese brands like Winspace,Yoeleo, Seka, Ican,Tavelo, etc…Some famous brands have problems right now for cause of low sales and stupid huge prices.
Looks honestly identical to any other race bike.
This bike… To me just shows how good the giant defy really is. Almost enve fray performance at a much lower cost!
I'd classify this as simply perfect if that cables were not hidden inside the stem. I'd love this bike a do-it-all, including gravel. But my position in the road and on gravel changes. I want a more relaxed position in gravel. For that I'd need to swap stems. With the cabbles inside the stem… no luck doing that. Thus… it is no longer a do-it-all. It is a single purpose bike again
Amazing video! I've ridden the Liege sportive but never Flanders. Love the bike as well!
Once you build this bike up you'll have spent enough to buy a road bike and gravel specific bike from Giant, Canyon,etc.
no mudgard/fender options?
I don't understand why you're not testing the Time ADHX / ADHX 45 — likely as good if not better?
The price of the frameset is overkill, definitely a huge let down.
Top end all rounder 😊
How does it compare to the Synapse?
Not cheap, but I do like a lot of the features for how I usually ride.
Getting your hands on the bmc roadmachine any time soon?
No matter the price, an endurance/all road bike needs to have a round seatpost for me
I agree with you in the slammed stem departement, I ride a Secan 54T with the taller headtube, but with a slammed stem, it looks awesome! By the by, I am still looking forward to the update on your Secan, no pressure there David 😉
This would've been perfect as my next winterroad/gravelbike, but then I looked at the price!
How does it compare to the Open MI.ND you tested last year? Seems like a similar proposition to me.
I know this is a personal opinion, but I occasionally have to ride on cobbles in D.C. around Georgetown and parts of Northern VA. I f***ing hate it. Hate isn't even strong enough a word. I personally could never ride an event that is predominantly cobbles. My head would explode in anger, lol
Did you weigh it with ultegra?
Perfect bike for me. Just need to sell my car.
I like it, virtually everything about it. I'd much rather ride something like this than a race bike, any day. these new endurance bikes are genuine quiver killers which is one of the best things you can say about a bike.
Still no proprietary frame bag system as seen on the Canyon Grail and Trek Checkpoint makes not buying this easier!
Back in the day, this sort of thing was known as an 'old-man-comfort-bike'… just the thing for most riders these days then.
Got my order in! Can’t wait 🎉