Bianchi has added a brand new gravel bike to its quiver immediately, with an replace to its Arcadex journey bike. It will sit alongside the Impulso gravel race bike and affords an possibility extra suited to gravel adventures and multi-day bikepacking expeditions.
That means huge tyre clearance – as much as 50mm in 700c – which reduces to 45mm with mudguards fitted. The drive-side chainstay is dropped and features a full-length protecting sleeve. All 4 bike specs are fitted with 1x groupsets.
The Arcadex incorporates downtube storage. (Image credit score: Bianchi)
The bike follows a rising development by including down tube storage for spares. There’s house for instruments, tubes or different small necessities, with a protecting sleeve to keep away from rattles and injury to the body. There’s extra in-built tooling within the rear thru-axle lever, which includes a 4mm/5mm/6mm Allen key.
The new Arcadex is available in two body grades, Pro and Comp. The Pro bikes supply a two-piece cockpit with built-in cabling, whereas on the Comp, cables are semi-integrated, with a small exterior run from the bars into the underside of the stem. Both supply the complete vary of mounting factors for journey driving, together with fork leg bosses on bikes with inflexible forks.
The bars and stem come from Bianchi’s Velomann element model, though the body can also be appropriate with a one-piece carbon Bianchi Reparto Corsa bar/stem too.
Bianchi additionally affords a variety of its personal Italian-made Orma bikepacking baggage to match the brand new bike, together with a seat pack, bar bag, high tube bag and entrance triangle body bag, with between 1 and 9 litres capability.
Bianchi sells a full vary of bikepacking baggage designed for the Arcadex (Image credit score: Bianchi)
Arcadex Pro with suspension fork
The two Arcadex Pro fashions are outfitted with 1,530g Velomann Terbium 30 carbon gravel wheels, with 25mm inside rim width. Bianchi quotes a weight of 9kg for the Arcadex Pro bike.
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The highest spec bike has an digital SRAM Apex mullet construct with 40t x 10-52t gearing and a RockShox Rudy XPLR 30mm journey suspension fork and is priced at £4,449 / €5,099. It makes use of the T-type GX Eagle rear derailleur, which dispenses with a separate mech hanger, a design noticed on the yet-to-be-launched 13-speed SRAM Red XPLR derailleur seen at Unbound.
There’s a second Pro spec with a Shimano GRX RX822 mechanical 40/11-51t 12-speed groupset and a inflexible fork, priced at £3,699 / €4,199.
The rear thru-axle lever incorporates an Allen key (Image credit score: Bianchi)
The two Comp bikes have a inflexible fork and Fulcrum Rapid Red alloy wheels with 22mm inside width. There’s the choice of both mechanical SRAM Apex with 40/11-50t gearing or Shimano GRX RX610 40/11-51t 12-speed shifting. Both specs are priced at £2,649 / €2,999.
All bikes come fitted with Pirelli Cinturato Gravel M 45mm tyres and all have a Velomann Mitora saddle with a large cut-out and metal rails on a carbon seatpost. The bikes with a inflexible fork are appropriate with a suspension fork if you wish to improve after-market.
Colour-wise, you’ll be able to have forest inexperienced or Bianchi’s well-known celeste for the Pro and metallic sand or celeste for the Comp. There are 5 sizes out there from XS to XL.
