Wilier Rave SL Review
Budget Friendly Gravel Race Bike
The Rave SL is Wilier’s budget friendly gravel race bike built to offer the best quality, price and performance. But gravel isn’t the Rave SL’s sole purpose, it is available in a road set up too for those long miles on the road.
Racing Geometry
The Rave SL’s racing geometry is echoed from its bigger sister, the SLR. The carbon frame features a different lamination solution to offer high impact strength when riding on rougher dirt and to cope with the demands of gravel racing. This Medium size frame weighs in at 1090g, just 140 g more than the higher model, the Rave SLR.
Smart Integration
There are no visible cables on the Rave SL, they are all internally routed through the frame and cockpit. The Wiler Z integrated carbon handlebar adds to the bikes clean aesthetic aswell as offering an aggressive but comfortable riding position for riding fast.
Wireless Shifting
This model is equipped with SRAM Apex XPLR wireless groupset and hydraulic disc brakes, making it ideal for both racing and exploring off road. The Rave SL is available in both gravel and road groupset versions with an interchangeable blanking plate and front mech mount, making it really easy to swap from x1 to x2 chain sets.
42mm Tyre Clearance
Equipped with 35mm Schwalbe G One tyres makes for a smooth ride. The large tyre clearances make it possible to fit tyres with a max width of 42 mm meaning, no matter which model you go for you have the flexibility to change the set up to suit your riding style.
