I’m a little embarrassed to admit that before riding the Van Rysel GRVL AF 2, I honestly can’t remember the last time I rode a bike that retailed for under $2,000.
Most of the time, when brands invite media to test their bikes, it’s to show off their halo products. Their lightest, fastest, most high-tech race machines. The superbikes that are wind tunnel-tested, dressed in top-shelf components and painted to turn heads in a showroom. Getting to ride these engineering marvels is a big perk of the job but sometimes, we lose touch of the bikes people are actually buying – not the $12,000 carbon superbikes but the $2000 metal ones.
