
Today, Ridley has announced the release of its latest off-road machine, the Ignite GTX.
Along with a new name, the Ignite GTX also appears to be trailblazing yet another gravel genre, with Ridley referring to the new bike as an ‘alpine gravel bike'. That’s because this is a gravel bike, which is designed from the ground up with mountain bike geometry in mind - and that’s got us thinking: have gravel bikes come full circle to the old 'hardtail with drop bars’ cliche that we’ve been hearing for years?