Rlt 9 Steel Review

The rlt 9 steel frame is constructed from none other than reynolds 853 steel.

Rlt 9 steel review.

The tig welded 853 tubing is claimed to absorb road chatter yet still provide feedback without feeling dead. Gravel is the new dirt. The niner rlt 9 steel is niner s answer to this particular niche. Niner gives us a beautiful steel gravel grinder in the rlt 9.

I was quite impressed with it when i reviewed it back in 2016. My bike racing chops were forged in the 70s and 80s. The niner rlt 9 steel was one of the first drop bar bikes that blended bikepacking and gravel. I really want to love steel.

An independent review of the rlt 9 steel posted by ninerbikes august 01 2017 clint gibbs an avid mountain bike rider and cyclocross racer offers an in depth review of the rlt 9 steel. Rotors are 160mm front 140mm rear. Niner rlt 9 steel review just to set your mind at rest i am not in anyway associated with any of the brands that i review and my reviews are impartial and 100 honest. Our writer threw his leg over it for a review.

It s also available as a frameset only for 1 599 if you want to put together your own. Since then niner has broadened the rlt 9 gravel bike platform with alloy and carbon models. Bikepacking bikes gravel all road whether labeled gravel all road adventure or a jumble of those terms it s hard to ignore the wave of genre blending cross bikes that have slammed into the marketplace recently. Gravel love with the niner rlt 9 level 2 expert even though it s built as a capable tank it remains nimble and fun enough to rally around road circuits and then slay some singletrack.

Designed to be ridden for hours and hours or even days and days built around stability comfort and endurance for when the tarmacadam road turns to loose gravel substrate. The rlt 9 steel is offered in three builds from 2 799 with sram apex to 4 799 with shimano ultegra. Unlike a lot of reviews out there that say something is great only to discover that the reviewer is sponsored by said brand. Niner rlt 9 steel review.

853 is the strongest and lightest non stainless tubing that reynolds produces so it should hold up to a bit of abuse.