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The model name of the bike, Endurance, reflects the endurance it offers - much like the bike itself. Despite the relatively long top tube, the upright riding position makes for a relaxed ride. The STR+ quotient is at the lower end of the scale and ensures a comfortable ride. The long and robust head tube even brings the handlebars close enough vertically to allow relaxed riding in the lower handlebar position.
Bergamont Grandurance Expert with excellent directional stability
However, people with small hands may find it difficult to reach the brake levers. However, this is less of a problem as the Bergamont Grandurance Expert is not necessarily intended for high speeds. The long wheelbase ensures excellent straight-line stability, but tight and fast bends are less its thing.
Another striking feature of the long-distance bike is its unusually steep seat tube. This gives you the feeling of sitting high above the bike and moving as if on a seesaw instead of becoming one with the bike. You feel the bumps directly in your bum as the stiff carbon frame doesn't flex much. The rear triangle is particularly stiff. Furthermore, there are few threaded eyelets for luggage, but they are all the better distributed. This means that the bike is literally waiting to be loaded. Thanks to the wide gear range of the older GRX groupset, you can also make good progress with additional weight - albeit somewhat sluggishly. The bike weighs over ten kilos and the upright position is not particularly suitable for putting a lot of power into the pedals. But it is perfect for sightseeing.
Panniers on, hands on the fantastic handlebars and looking at the world in a relaxed position - that's what you'd like to take the bike for. If you want to enjoy this for hours on end, you should use a suspension seatpost. As an athlete, it's too heavy, too sluggish, and at 24-27 km/h you're hanging right between the chainrings.
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The Bergamont Grandurance Expert in detail
- Price: 2699 Euro >> available here
- Frame sizes: 50 / 54 / 57 / 61 cm (test size greased)
- Weight of complete wheel: 10.3 kilos
- Note: 2,7
Geometry of the gravel bike
- Seat/top/head tube: 560 / 570 / 182.7 millimetres
- Wheelbase/caster: 1080 / 76.5 millimetres
- Stack/Reach/STR: 642 / 395 millimetres / 1.625
- Stack+/Reach+/STR+: 691 / 565 millimetres / 1.223
Features of the Bergamont Grandurance Expert
- Brakes: Shimano GRX RX400 (160/160 mm) | Grade: 1.5
- Drive/gear shift: Shimano GRX RX400 (2 x 10; 42/30, 11-36 t.) | Grade: 3.0
- Tyres: Schwalbe G-One Bite 45-622 (eff.: 43.5 mm) | Grade: 1.0
- Impellers: BGM Allroad, Syncros freewheel
- Impeller weights: 1818 / 2466 grams (front/rear)
Advantages and disadvantages
- Plus: top directional stability, tyres for rough terrain, comfort geometry
- Minus: hardly any damping on the saddle, old GRX groupset, rather sluggish, heavy
