GRADIENT / TITANIUM 3AL-2.5V // ADVENTURE

The REILLY GRADIENT is an unprecedented engineering achievement. It combines a hydro-formed 3AL-2.5V titanium tube set, reminiscent of our favourite steel tubing Columbus Spirit HSS, with the adventure frame geometry which Mark Reilly perfected over a 30-year frame building career. Mark's design work on the Gradient was so progressive that its launch pre-dated the whole gravel phenomenon. The Gradient is the embodiment of titanium’s classic ‘flex and flow’, guaranteeing all-day comfort. Whether you’re riding road, gravel, audax, cycle cross, touring or commuting, this is the perfect ‘do-it-all’ bike!

The Builds

We have spent many hours in the saddle considering our perfect setup for the Gradient bikes and we believe the options available meet our riders high demands and ours of course. 

Our Component Choice:

Shimano 2X complete groupsets: We've chosen the components to best match the conditions the Gradient excels in. We only supply complete groupset with matched flat-mount disc brakes. 

Shimano Builds are supplied with 50/34 Compact Chainsets and 11-34 cassettes with Ultegra and 11-32 with 105.

All Shimano builds are supplied with 50/34 Compact Chainsets. 170mm cranks on small, 172.5mm cranks on medium and large, 175mm on extra large. If you want to change these choices just pop it in the order notes. 

Shimano GRX 1 x builds

GRX is Shimano's new Gravel/Adventure Groupset and is long awaited but we now have the 600 series in stock. These come with a 40T front chainring and 11-42 rear cassette.

GRX builds have the choice of Fulcrum racing 900 wheels which are brilliant for the money or of course Hunt Gravel 4 season gravel wheels.

SRAM RED AXS groupsets:

For 2 x choose from 50-37, 48-35 or 46-33T rings, just add your choice in the notes section. This comes with a 10-33T cassette.

For 1x, 40T as standard or 46T, just add your choices in the notes section.

Below are the actual build specifications, the photographs we use may not always show these, but the list below is what will be delivered.

Wheelset and Tyres:

• Fulcrum Rapid Red 5 gravel wheels are now fitted as standard, tubeless ready.
• Panaracer Gravel King SK: Designed to give you speed on the road but grip the towpaths and cycle tracks, and toughened with PT protection will keep you puncture free. Tubeless ready 38 to 43c fitted, other sizes available but please call to discuss. 

Bars, Stem, Seatpost and Saddle:

We've specced our Gradient with the best components.

• Reilly Vector carbon seat post and our lightest yet at 148 grams, supplied with 2 6AL-4V titanium retaining bolts.
• Reilly Vector titanium RS saddle. Anatomically shaped, a proprietary technology that gives our saddle a sleek finish without a visible seam between the cover and the base. In addition, this innovative technology also ensures a 100% waterproof feature.
• Deda  Zero 1 handlebars and stem.
• Reilly chrono headset, for 44mm head tubes, 1 1/8" to 1.5" tapered steerers. Black included as standard but you can choose red, pewter or blue at no extra cost.

Road CC / David Arthur - Fun and capable adventure road bike with great looks to match the great ride. Read the full 5-star review here.

"The Gradient is right at home negotiating narrow tree-lined singletrack with loose corners and steep climbs and would be a good choice if you're looking for a bike to tackle one of the growing number of gravel events like the Dirty Reiver."

Gritcx / Mark Tearle - Where this bike really excels, in my view, is when you point it downwards. Read the full review here

"I want one. I won’t rest until I get one. I know that if this bike was in my shed that, more often than not, it is the bike I would grab more than any others to take me out on adventures. It’s so versatile, so capable and so damned pretty. This is a bicycle that doesn’t ask, it just insists and, well, who am I refuse?"

ADVNTR CC / James Deane - I could tell the Gradient was going to be a fun bike to ride as soon as I saw it. And I was right. here.

"The Gradient is a thoroughly modern ‘go anywhere’ bike. Equally at home on or off road, it will take you anywhere. And it will do it fast! Progressive geometry means the Gradient is capable running both 700c and 650b wheels."

The finished bike exudes a style that makes it look determined yet fast, even when leaning up against a cafe wall.