NEW Decathlon Riverside GCR gravel bike is consumer-direct with an in-store price. What gives?
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The Decathlon Riverside GCR is
The Decathlon Riverside GCR is a good gravel bike with quality parts - but it needs an identity or a better price for the US market.
Decathlon is a French sporting goods chain — Americans, think REI meets Dick’s Sporting Goods. I think of Decathlon as a place I bought CO2 cartridges and an inner tube in Lille before doing the Paris-Roubaix sportif. Not a high-end bike shop but a general sports store.
In North America, you can buy their bikes direct or through Amazon or Walmart. They had a San Francisco store for a year or two but closed it down.
Most of Decathlon’s bikes - like those at Dick’s - are a few hundred dollars up to a little over a thousand dollars. This Riverside GCR is $6,000 with SRAM Force, carbon Reynolds wheels and Hutchinson Touareg tires.
The geometry is competitive gravel, the frame looks good and the aluminum bar, stem and seatpost are straightforward and easy to adjust or swap out.
The bike is quick and comfortable to ride, and aside from a minor compatibility complaint and a blinky shifter - I have no issue with the bike itself.
My question, though, is who in the US will buy this bike consumer-direct at $6000? For less than that price you could get a similar spec’ed Canyon Grizl or a Fezzari Pro XPLR, both consumer direct. And for that price you could get a Trek Checkpoint SL 7 AXS for $5999 with Force, carbon wheels, internal storage, IsoSpeed.
I’m kinda stumped, honestly.
In this video I’ll tell you about how it rides, the two problems I had with it, what I like about it, and my suggestion on what Decathlon should do going forward with the Riverside GCR.
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The Ride is supported in 2023 by:
Castelli clothing: https://www.castelli-cycling.com
Giro helmets: https://www.giro.com
Feedback Sports stands & tools: https://www.feedbacksports.com
Decathlon is a French sporting goods chain — Americans, think REI meets Dick’s Sporting Goods. I think of Decathlon as a place I bought CO2 cartridges and an inner tube in Lille before doing the Paris-Roubaix sportif. Not a high-end bike shop but a general sports store.
In North America, you can buy their bikes direct or through Amazon or Walmart. They had a San Francisco store for a year or two but closed it down.
Most of Decathlon’s bikes - like those at Dick’s - are a few hundred dollars up to a little over a thousand dollars. This Riverside GCR is $6,000 with SRAM Force, carbon Reynolds wheels and Hutchinson Touareg tires.
The geometry is competitive gravel, the frame looks good and the aluminum bar, stem and seatpost are straightforward and easy to adjust or swap out.
The bike is quick and comfortable to ride, and aside from a minor compatibility complaint and a blinky shifter - I have no issue with the bike itself.
My question, though, is who in the US will buy this bike consumer-direct at $6000? For less than that price you could get a similar spec’ed Canyon Grizl or a Fezzari Pro XPLR, both consumer direct. And for that price you could get a Trek Checkpoint SL 7 AXS for $5999 with Force, carbon wheels, internal storage, IsoSpeed.
I’m kinda stumped, honestly.
In this video I’ll tell you about how it rides, the two problems I had with it, what I like about it, and my suggestion on what Decathlon should do going forward with the Riverside GCR.
--
The Ride is supported in 2023 by:
Castelli clothing: https://www.castelli-cycling.com
Giro helmets: https://www.giro.com
Feedback Sports stands & tools: https://www.feedbacksports.com
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