ENVE Custom Road tested at FoCo Fondo gravel race with 32mm Cadex tires

[@StanEby1]

I really appreciate your being able to squeeze a one minute review of the Enve bike in there. 👍😁

[@nssomething8370]

I run Cadex Classics 32s on my "road" wheels for my gravel bike and I run the 28s on my road bike. They are great tires. Never get flats, they go on hookless tubeless rims like butter. Great for light gravel and rough roads.

[@BikeLife154]

So happy to see you doing your own channel now! I always loved hearing your thoughts when you were on bike radar and was disappointed when you left!

[@TheRidewithBenDelaney]

Thank you.

[@davekashuba4730]

It's so refreshing to see a bike that isn't a rolling billboard. The whole package looks really classy. Way too expensive, but not over-styled. It reminds me of a Bentley Continental or Aston Martin Vantage instead of a Lamborghini, which to me is a complement.

[@davew9392]

Ben, always appreciate your honest reviews. You have no problem pointing out issues with products and that is rare with a lot of the other "sponsored" reviews out there.

[@TheRidewithBenDelaney]

Thank you. That is my aim and my differentiator. 😁

[@dailyale]

Under 5 hours? You're a beast Delaney!

[@alandanneels6010]

Great chatting with you this morning at wmv, and thanks for the great gravel bike review content

[@TheRidewithBenDelaney]

Thanks, Alan. Good to meet you and we'll see you on the road.

[@lazarosnikolaidis256]

Such enjoyable and funny video! Felt like a participant. I laughed my *** with the camelbak gilet and the "operator"!! Hahaha 😆. Really envious about these beautiful events happening in the beautiful Colorado. The Enve bike is eye-catching but regarding the bottle cages-oh! I want them light and stylish but few are really grippy. Thank you for your touching footage. Greetings from Athens, Greece 🇬🇷

[@markrskinner]

Another excellent video, Ben.

[@bykr2009]

Aluminum bottle cages ftw! Need more tension give them a little squeeze and bingo!

[@iconolater]

Sweet setup. Nice channel

[@Liplip40]

Becoming my go to channel on the tube. Solid content Ben 👍

[@TheRidewithBenDelaney]

Thanks very much.

[@Youtubefana]

Good luck Ben

[@yankeejim5725]

Good Channel enjoy it very much. I’m new to cycling I’m a former runner with broken ankle torn Achilles now I ride bikes

[@TheRidewithBenDelaney]

Welcome to cycling! You can enjoy it for life.

[@wadewallace1973]

love your work Ben!

[@TheRidewithBenDelaney]

Cheers, Wade. I appreciate you.

[@markreams3192]

You’re putting out good videos. Another ride I can add to my bucket list. I plan on spending time in Colorado next summer so maybe next year.

[@TheRidewithBenDelaney]

Thank you. Fort Collins is a great scene. Book a couple extra days there.

[@litchips]

Elite Cannibal XC holds my bottles pretty well even on bumpy single track, especially for how easy it is to get bottle in and out.

[@TheRidewithBenDelaney]

I'll check those out. Thanks for the suggestion. The metal King Cages are a solid option, too.

[@robbchastain3036]

Gravel 28s can't be far away, no? At least for these fast-gravel types like Ben. And I grin but who knows and it is all fun to follow, these tech attempts and advances. And thanks, Ben, for your videos and your casual yet informed approach to these bike and event show-and-tells. And I really like your delivery, very much like that of the late Bruce Brown in Endless Summer and On Any Sunday.

[@0xsergy]

28 and 32 have identical rolling resistance so take the fatter tire for your joints.

[@rickbeckner9906]

This video just popped up on my YT feed. Glad to see you have a channel now! I’ve subscribed and look forward to more videos in the future. (I use Grax too and am impressed so far.).

[@TheRidewithBenDelaney]

Thanks, Rick. I appreciate your support.

[@rickbeckner9906]

@@TheRidewithBenDelaney I see you have several prior videos, which I look forward to checking out!

[@Veloworthy]

Great video and information! Keep it up! #worthysighting

[@TheRidewithBenDelaney]

Thanks for the footie and encouragement, amigo.

[@leighnicholson2606]

Always interesting to get a review of a bike that is still capable but not full capital G gravel. Have you considered the latest Trek 2023 Domane that can unofficially take in a 40mm tire? You called BS on the last iteration.

[@TheRidewithBenDelaney]

Good timing for that question! I have an aluminum version of that new Domane here, still in the box. Will get to it ASAP. I'm also eager to test the new Roubaix.

[@leighnicholson2606]

Two great biks! can't wait for your review!! I think bikes like these most certainly fall into the unroad class, solid choices for BWR SD. Like you ,I like a racier road bike feel and the Domane, for me, just so slightly misses that feeling with that tall headtube. If you step up to the much more agressive Domane RSL you definitely loose the tire capable 40mm tire size and any storage . This is where I am at in my bike journey not willing to give up road speed and yet willing to tackle the rough stuf by the seat of my shorts @@TheRidewithBenDelaney

[@roadglide]

Nice job Ben! Congrats. What tire size where you thinking might have been the magic width, 35 or 38 all road type slick?

[@TheRidewithBenDelaney]

35 is primo for FoCo. That's what I ran this year.

[@retrogrouch6967]

Subscribed--too cool to see Mr. Gravel in action on KZbin! I'm also a Cadex Classics fan, and use them on Cadex 65 rims for flattish road stuff. By caliper measurement, the 28mm tire measures about 32mm, and the 25mm tire measures about 28mm. Internal rim width is 22.4mm-- same as yours? Do you get a similar bump in width? Love the ride and good longevity. Keep the vids coming, please!

[@TheRidewithBenDelaney]

Nice. Thanks for following along. On these ENVE 3.4 ARs, the internal rim width is 25mm, so yeah, it plumps up most any tire a bit beyond the printed spec.

[@weido20v]

@@TheRidewithBenDelaney How wide the 32mm cadex tires measured on these 25 mm internal rim?Not sure if they fit to my endurancebike .

[@TheRidewithBenDelaney]

@@weido20v they measure 33mm on those ENVE 3.4s with a 25mm internal.

[@NewPolishScientist]

Luv the bike

[@ThomasPellicer]

Great video as always! Just curious what was your shimano drive train setup for this race? Thanks

[@TheRidewithBenDelaney]

Thanks, Thomas. Shimano Dura-Ace 52/36 and 11-30. Just the straight-up road configuration.

[@gabrielmarias972]

Hi what 32c or 33c tire with some tread could you recomend? Vittoria terrano? Gravelkings? ..thanks

[@TheRidewithBenDelaney]

I prefer Vittoria to Panaracer. I call the Gravelkings Gravelflings because - at least in Colorado - they fling up little pebbles constantly. They're fine tires but I like Vittoria more.

[@gabrielmarias972]

@@TheRidewithBenDelaney thanks will try terranos dry, not sure if 33c its enought to some gravel roads, but its the max will fit of my road bike

[@slantedorbit]

Does your bike have a color-shifting paint job? It looks either blue or teal depending on the angle, or maybe the lighting is what shifted.

[@TheRidewithBenDelaney]

No, it's just that I was using two cameras and I kinda suck at video editing so I'm not sure how to get the color grading to match. It's kinda a turquoise / light blue.

[@slantedorbit]

The bike looks awesome regardless! Great video, thanks!

[@blazacrew]

sweeeet

[@petermattisson6290]

I can’t figure out what tires you were on. Kdex?

[@daniels.2720]

Cadex

[@TheRidewithBenDelaney]

Cadex Classics 32s. Link up in the description.

[@PedroPrego]

Could you put there some aerobars??

[@TheRidewithBenDelaney]

Nope. Nor can you really raise or lower the saddle if a friend wants to borrow it.

[@PedroPrego]

@@TheRidewithBenDelaney the saddle I get it, it's supposed to be just for you. The aerobars enve could make their own solution to it. Most likely the interest for some aerobars would be very small. Thanks!

[@TheRidewithBenDelaney]

@@PedroPrego Yeah, ENVE probably could make something that clamps to it... but that would almost certainly ding up the paint. At Unbound Gravel this year, Ivar Slik (who won the 200) had a custom aerobar clamp for his Wilier integrated bar/stem that Wilier made for him.

[@JH-iz6fk]

what size is that?!

[@TheRidewithBenDelaney]

Custom! But a 56, roughly.

[@tacos8910]

😀

[@richcole3931]

shoes and footbeds - what are you riding? I'm on a life journey for the perfect footwear

[@TheRidewithBenDelaney]

That day I had the Specialized S-Works 7 Lace with standard black beds. They're okay. I'm not really sold on laces. www.specialized.com/us/en/s-works-7-lace-road-shoes/p/200043?color=329938-200043