Time Alpe D’Huez X Gravel Sram Red AXS 2025 road test review pros cons problems performance opinions everything you need to know (really)
Time Alpe D’Huez X Gravel Sram Red AXS 2025 test review Construction quality
As per TIME tradition, the overall quality is very high, excellent assemblies, as is the range of available sizes and colors.
It is not a cheap bike, but very good and quality.
Time Alpe D’Huez X Gravel Sram Red AXS 2025 test review Frame
The frame is perfectly made.
Specific geometry for gravel, integrated cable routing, all very well made.
There is also a frame kit, various assemblies, colors and sizes available.
Not bad ...
Time Alpe D’Huez X Gravel Sram Red AXS 2025 test review Assemblies
Assemblies, all quality.
Unfortunately, there is no real economic entry level version.
A high-end gravel bike, prices remain high.
The Time Alpe D’Huez X Gravel Sram Red AXS 2025 version weighs 7.9 kg.
Time Alpe D’Huez X Gravel Sram Red AXS 2025 test review Comfort
Even if it is not the most comfortable gravel bike ever, the ride comfort is very high.
It remains a sporty gravel bike, intended for competitions and not for tourism.
The ride comfort is still high and, obviously, superior to other gravel bikes with aluminum frames.
Time Alpe D’Huez X Gravel Sram Red AXS 2025 test review Guide
A real racing bike, rigid, reactive, very easy to handle.
It may not be the easiest and most intuitive to ride, it is not the best on the most technical off-road routes, but it ensures a very profitable ride on fast routes.
Always easy to handle, it has excellent braking.
It requires a minimum of experience at high speeds.
On the road it is close to riding a racing bike.
Off-road it is just a little more difficult to ride than other gravel bikes, it requires a minimum of apprenticeship, you have to know its reactions.
It always requires a certain amount of attention and speed, because it is a frame that is not nervous, but without a doubt not planted on the ground like other competitors.
On a curvy track, or on a difficult technical descent, with the right riding skills it has no rivals.
A nice frame, a racing bike with off-road tires.
With all the advantages and disadvantages that this entails.
Time Alpe D’Huez X Gravel Sram Red AXS 2025 test review Performance
Rigid, lightweight, responsive frame.
It is not an easy gravel bike to ride, but it repays with top-of-the-range performance.
Excellent on asphalt and uphill, it continues to perform excellently off-road, especially where the ground is hard and compact.
It loses only on really technical routes, almost like a mountain bike, but where you can let the bike run, it is the best on the market today.
Time Alpe D’Huez X Gravel Sram Red AXS 2025 test review Strengths and weaknesses
An expensive gravel bike but of excellent quality and with very high performance.
Its flaw is the price.
The strengths are its performance, not easy to exploit, but excellent overall.
Worth noting is the wide availability of sizes.
An expensive bike, but it's worth what it costs (almost ...).
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editor's note: the photo is indicative and does not refer to the specific model tested.