We had our suspicions after we glimpsed the unnamed Big Prototype at Unbound and, virtually a month to the day later, the Taiwanese marque has confirmed the launch of the brand-new Big Revolt.
In line with its makers, the all-carbon vary has been re-engineered with a efficiency focus, whereas sustaining the consolation and management that Big says the Revolt is understood for.
That is the fourth technology for the decade-old Big Revolt, which has been steadily evolving since its first introduction, responding to the calls for of the fast-growing gravel bike race scene and its ever-increasing speeds.
Big says that this new vary was developed with Australian Brendan Johnston, who was certainly using his pre-production Revolt Superior Professional that we noticed at Unbound, and American skilled gravel and mountain bike rider Cole Paton.
The result’s, reportedly, a quick and versatile design. Nonetheless, the most important updates are the addition of built-in storage and the transfer to inner cable routing.
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Storage options
The brand new downtube storage would little question have created vital head-scratching for the composite engineers at Big. Discovering a sensible resolution to carrying instruments, snacks, and necessities, whereas making certain that the compartment and contents do not intrude with the inner cable routing and sustaining the structural integrity of the downtube isn’t any simple ask.
How precisely Big has achieved this has not but been revealed, though, borrowing new carbon layup expertise from its highway fairing sibling, the Big TCR, will imply the body is now prone to have the next stiffness-to-weight ratio than the earlier model. We’re ready for numbers from Big as to what the precise scores on the doorways are weight and power smart.
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Both approach, the brand new stowaway storage resolution is along with the six-bottle cage mount choices which carry over from the earlier mannequin, that means that the most recent Revolt may quick turn out to be an much more viable possibility for multi-day and long-range self-supported bike occasions.
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Objective constructed elements
Followers of Big will already be aware of the D-Fuse expertise that the model touts as its managed compliance resolution.
Gaining its identify from the ‘D-shaped’ tubing discovered on the model’s ending package, has additionally been round for a decade, and goals to soak up shock and vibrations to assist ship a smoother journey.
The re-work of the elements has additionally allowed the brand new Big Revolt to current a clear and uncluttered cockpit, which, in response to the model, supplies an improved aero efficiency than the earlier mannequin, though by precisely how a lot enchancment is but to be revealed.
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Carry over
For Revolt followers, you will be happy to know that the vary has saved most of the well-received current options, such because the flip chip rear dropout which permits riders to regulate the wheelbase by as much as fine-tune the dealing with for several types of terrain.
This brief or lengthy place not solely permits the wheelbase to be prolonged 10mm (inventory bikes are in-built ‘brief’ mode with a sequence keep size of 425mm), but in addition permits a wider tyre selection too.
The wheelbase size, permits riders to decide on between brief and snappy or lengthy and regular.
Flipped into the ‘Lengthy’ mode permits for tyre sizes as much as 53mm, whereas ‘Quick’ limits the width considerably, albeit nonetheless permitting an honest 45mm of clearance.
Big Revolt – Fashions
The brand new vary contains two sequence: Revolt Superior Professional and Revolt Superior.
All bikes include a in-frame storage bag and can be found in in sizes small to further massive, apart from the Revolt Superior 2 which has an additional small possibility to select from.
New Big Revolt Superior Professional 0
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By way of absolutely constructed bikes, the Big Revolt Superior Professional 0 sits on the top quality, though remains to be considerably modest in comparison with some model’s headline acts.
The Superior SL-grade composite body and Superior SL-grade fork comes geared up with 2×12-speed SRAM Pressure eTap AXS, Big Contact SLR XR D-Fuse bar with a Contact AeroLight stem, Big CXR 1 wheelsystem and Cadex GX 40c tubeless tyres. That is priced at £5,599/ $7,000
New Big Revolt Superior Professional 1
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The Superior Professional 1 retains the identical body and ending package, however swops to 2×12-speed SRAM Rival eTap AXS is the Revolt Superior Professional 0. Transferring to a extra accessible groupset will save on expenditure, with an RRP of £4,999/ $5,800
In case you have a fancier construct in thoughts, you can all the time go for the Revolt Superior Professional Frameset for an attractive worth of simply £1,899/ $2,400 and go wild with the specification.
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The Revolt Advance 0 retains the identical body because the Professional vary, however drops the SL forks for Superior-grade full composite model and swops to a Big Contact XR D-Fuse bar, and SL seatpost. The Advance 0 additionally swops groupset manufacturers, coming with 2×12 Shimano GRX, and a barely cheaper Big CRX carbon wheelsystem, however does preserve the Cadex GX 40c tyres for £3,799/$4,500.
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The Revolt Superior 1 retains the identical frameset because the Superior 0, however this time positive aspects a Submit Moderne dropper seat publish for a further 30mm of suspension. Swapping groupsets to a 1x 12s SRAM Apex, the Superior 1 additionally switches to the Big P-X2 alloy wheelset shod in Big Crosscut Grip 45mm tyres for £3,099. Sadly, this mannequin is not an possibility for the US market.
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The Revolt Superior 2 is a little bit of a mix between the earlier 0 and 1 fashions. The frameset stays the identical, however goes again to a regular seatpost, this time nonetheless it is a composite Big D-Fuse. The Superior 2 additionally inherits Shimano GRX, however this model swops to an FAS Omega Moduar AGX+ crankset is fitted. Wheels and tyres match the Superior 1 and comes with a price ticket of £2,699/ $3,000.
The ultimate bike within the vary is the Revolt Superior 3. Carrying over a lot of the Advance 2 options, the most important adjustment is the Shimano Tiagra drivetrain and FAS Omega crankset for £2,499. Once more sadly the Superior 2 is not a US obtainable mannequin.
