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Tech Specs: Ribble Ultra Grit
- Price: $6,570 /£4,399 / €6,175
- Weight: 8.68kg
- Sizes: XS-XL
- Groupset: SRAM Force XPLR
- Colours: Midnight Metallic Blue
Ribble has been making bikes for a long time, a lot longer in fact than some riders may realise. The company seems to move with the times, and while things are not always easy in bike land, its models have been regular features on British club rides and in races for decades.
We spotted the bike being raced at Unbound Gravel this summer, and it’s been raced by the Ribble Outliers gravel race team. The bike was also ridden to victory at the Three Peaks cyclocross race by Jenson Young in September, a feather in the cap of any brand, especially a British one.
Ribble overhauled its gravel range this summer. The Ultra Grit models are now the brand’s racier, big clearance, pretty much bang up to date gravel machines.
I’ve been riding the second-tier Force XPLR Ultra Grit model since the summer across all kinds of terrain, and I must say it’s impressed me.
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Design and aesthetics
One of, if not the last, Ribble gravel bike we tested was the Gravel SL back in late 2023. That model, which we touted as one of the best budget gravel bikes, is now gone, superceded by The Ultra Grit, which Ribble calls its fastest gravel bike ever. For more relaxed riding, there’s also the All Grit range.
The Ultra Grit range is five models strong, and each bike shares the same carbon frameset. There’s even a flat bar option, which is probably quite a fun bike to ride.
Regarding the frame, this is an aero-influenced, racy gravel machine with 50mm tyre clearances (a 5mm increase over the old Gravel SL), fully internal cabling, hidden fender mounts and internal downtube storage. It can also accommodate suspension forks, and you can upgrade to one for around £300 more.
There’s also a checklist of pretty user-friendly frame details. This bike uses a…
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