Raleigh Bikes Willard 3 Adventure Road Bike 52cm Frame

I currently own a road bike, 4X bike, and a mountain bike, but this bike really filled a spot I didn't know I was missing. This bike has opened up all the back roads that has kept me further away from traffic for my daily exercise.Let me outline what I like about it...+ The tires do an excellent job in all conditions. I have ridden it during down pouring rain and it does not flip up lots of water and always finds good grip.+ The 1x11 drive train is perfect for simplicity and range.+ Love the color and appearance.+ Great selection of components at this price point.+ Very comfortable cockpit and position.+ Brakes work great in all conditions.+ Simple to use through axles front and back.The items I would change...- I wish it came with the 42T chainring. It runs out of gear at about 28 mph for me. I did order the larger ring.- The bike is tubeless ready, but the tires are not. Also wish the tubes were a little thinner to save weight.- Bike was mostly ready to go, but still required some fine adjustments which I could handle without any problems. (Might have only been because of my perfectionist coming out)

Fantastic Bike, assembled in no time, excellent packaging. Really, all the components included in the bike are great, starting with the selection of the SRAM Apex 1 11-42, Sram Derailleur with clutch and a small button to lock the derailleur for easy repairs of a flat tire and maintenance and Praxis Works 38 crank with the Praxis bottom bracket , no trouble to find the correct cadence 80 rpm-90 rpm and 100 rpm are easy, no trouble to travel at high speed or climbing, really good combination of drive train it comes with a Antirust chain with a missing link so you can remove the chain with no trouble and clean it, the seat has 14.5 cm wide great selection for comfort great for big guys like me, also the geometry is well designed, along with sweep Heroica handlebar and cork and carbon fiber fork. Sram Apex 1 brake levers are confortable well designed and very intuitive to use, just a little more of the push to the left and it goes up, a little less it goes down on the derailleur. I have no enough words to praise this Raleigh Willard 3, by the way I am not in any relation with them, but it is a such really good bicycle, that good things must be told. I do not like the included tires, because I will use mixed in paths and roads, but mostly on the road, and because I hate flats, replaced with a pair of Continental Top Contact II Fold Reflex Bike Tire, Black, 700cm x 37, those are almost puncture resistant. Hope the bicycle has a long life with the 6061 Aluminium chassis. The Hed rim are tubeless ready, and includes a pair of valves, comes with plastic pedals that I have not used and No 15 pedal tool and 3 hexagonal, as a nice touch, all the manuals of Sram and Praxis works has come with the bicycle.

This is definitely the best value bike I could find for what I was looking for. It's a great bike, for right around the 1k mark and being integrated cable, 1x11, tubeless compatible wheels, and great components for reliability it's hard to find a better spec'd bike for anywhere near the same price. I've put about 200 miles on it so far the first 2 weeks I've had it and little to no issues other than cable stretch (which any bike will have new). I use it for commuting/gravel roads/training and it's filling it niche greatly!