Bianchi Arcadex Gravel Bike

The growth of the gravel bike sector has been the big news of the bike industry for the past several years thanks to the overwhelming versatility these bikes can offer. The Bianchi Arcadex slips neatly into this trend with its road bike snappiness and off-road capability.

Bianchi Arcadex: Bridging the Gap Between Road and Off-Road Riding

Bianchi’s tagline for the Arcadex is “Nature Amplified”, which pretty much means that this is the perfect bike to encourage roadies to get off the busy streets and go adventuring in the forests and over vineyard tracks. It’s a bike that can enhance any ride at all intensities. The Arcadex uses a carbon layup that encourages power transmission that you will feel equally well on smooth tarmac and hardpack gravel. To ensure you can hold your top speed, the designers at Bianchi have sculpted the frame to offer an aero advantage. You may question the need for an aero gravel bike until you find yourself on a gravel ride into a block headwind. Then you’ll thank your lucky stars that Bianchi took the trouble!

Endurance-Oriented Geometry of the Bianchi Arcadex

The Arcadex’s geometry skirts the line between racy and laid back to offer an endurance-oriented set-up that will make bikepacking a dream – and a lot faster than you’d perhaps be expecting. The tire clearance also leans more towards the efficiency side with room for 42mm tires on 700c wheels and 47mm tires on 650b wheels. Eyelets for mudguards offer that extra level of convenience and versatility for everything from multi-day bike rides to winter commuting.

The front end is designed around an ACR compatible headset which will allow you to run the cables and hoses internally without any headaches thanks to the custom head tube and spacers. Bianchi specs the frame with a variety of 1x options, but they have future-proofed it for anyone who would like to go back to a 2x way of like. And the snappy acceleration that the frame offers will encourage devoted roadies to go that way.

Available in five sizes and two striking colorways, the Bianchi Arcadex offers a lot of versatility for anyone looking to expand their boundaries off-road without losing that crispness of a road bike.

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