Ribble brings Reynolds 725 steel tubing to gravel range

New Gravel 725 is Ribble's first dedicated steel gravel bike

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By Warren Rossiter

Published: December 6, 2022 at 9:00 am

Ribble has launched the Gravel 725, its first steel gravel bike which features long, slack and low geometry.

The Gravel model is also available in aluminium, titanium and carbon too, along with an electric gravel bike version built with Mahle's rear hub drive.

Ribble already offers the CGR 725, which is pitched as an all-road bike rather than a dedicated gravel bike. This sits alongside the CGR titanium, CGR Aluminium, and CGR Carbon.

The frame is built from triple-butted Reynolds 725 steel tubing and follows Ribble's progressive long and low geometry as found on the existing gravel range.

With a long front centre, wide bar and short stem, the 725 aims to make more technical terrain easier to tackle.

The frame is paired with a full carbon fork and has plenty of mounts that should make it a good choice for bike packing.

With rear rack mounts, triple boss cage mounts on the fork (which Ribble dub ‘Carryall’ mounts), mudguard mounts and top tube bento box mounts, you will be able to attach just about anything to the bike.

The bike also features full internal cable routing, which can make mounting bikepacking bags and other accessories easier.

Tyre clearances stand at 45mm for 700c wheels, rising to 47mm when running 650b gravel wheels. A mechanic-friendly threaded BSA bottom bracket rounds out the details.

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All three models come equipped with Mavic AllRoad 650b wheels and Halo GXC 47mm gravel tyres as standard.

The Gravel 725 Sport base model has a SRAM Apex groupset and costs £2,099. The Enthusiast model comes with SRAM Rival at £2,399, and the range tops out with the Rival AXS XPLR-equipped Pro model. The three bikes all feature 1x drivetrains.

You can customise your build with Ribble's online bike builder.

Senior technical editor

Warren Rossiter is BikeRadar and Cycling Plus magazine's senior technical editor for road and gravel. Having been testing bikes for more than 20 years, Warren has an encyclopedic knowledge of road cycling and has been the mastermind behind our Road Bike of the Year test for more than a decade. He's also a regular presenter on the BikeRadar Podcast and on BikeRadar's YouTube channel. In his time as a cycling journalist, Warren has written for Mountain Biking UK, What Mountain Bike, Urban Cyclist, Procycling, Cyclingnews, Total Bike, Total Mountain Bike and T3. Over the years, Warren has written about thousands of bikes and tested more than 2,500 – from budget road bikes to five-figure superbikes. He has covered all the major innovations in cycling this century, and reported from launches, trade shows and industry events in Europe, Asia, Australia, North American and Africa. While Warren loves fast road bikes and the latest gravel bikes, he also believes electric bikes are the future of transport. You’ll regularly find him commuting on an ebike and he longs for the day when everyone else follows suit. You will find snaps of Warren's daily rides on the Instagram account of our sister publication, Cycling Plus (@cyclingplus).

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