2020 Merida
SILEX 200
An aluminum frame gravel bike with mid-range components and mechanical disc brakes.
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| MSRP | £1,000 (about $1,266) |
|---|---|
| Weight | 23.0 lbs |
| Frame | Aluminum |
| Suspension | Rigid |
| Fork | Carbon |
| Wheels | 700c Aluminum |
| Drivetrain | 2 × 9 |
| Groupset | Sora, FSA |
| Brakes | Mechanical Disc |
For This Bike
5'2" – 5'8"
5'6" – 5'11"
5'10" – 6'3"
6'1" – 6'7"
🐐 Estimated
Mar 2021 · Stu Kerton
Easy to live with gravel and adventure bike that would benefit from better brakes and wheels
Good ride quality
Large spread of gear ratios
Decent tyre clearance
Brakes lack precision
Tall standover height
Tough competition out there
Oct 2020 · Warren Rossiter
Mountain-bike influenced design
Very clever chassis design
Handling
Value
Sticky freehub and slender rims
Aug 2020
The Silex is Merida's main gravel bike, with the 600 sitting near the top of the aluminium range with a single-ring SRAM Apex drivetrain and mixed SRAM/Shimano brakes. It’s studded with mudguard, rack and accessory mounts, boasts an impressively smooth carbon fork and sits riders up tall for a comfy ride, but the narrow-ish wheels and tyres undercuts its rough-trail potential.
Aug 2019 · Dave Rome
First announced for the 2018 season, the Merida Silex is the Taiwanese mega-manufacturer’s take on the do-it-all gravel segment. It’s a bike that’s available in both alloy and carbon variants, and new for 2020, a 650B-wheeled version of the latter. While it’s not a new bike, we hadn’t ridden one, until now. While attending the […]
Nov 2018 · Paul Norman
The Merida Silex performs competently on and off road
Competent off road performance along with fast, quiet road riding
Good gear range for varied terrain
Comfortable, neutral ride position
Lots of tyre clearance
Flashy looks
Load-lugging potential
Semi-slick Maxxis tyres will only take you so far off-road
Absence of frames sized for shorter riders
Dec 2017 · Robin Schmitt
Is the € 3,600 Merida Silex 9000 carbon-rig the new star in the gravel firmament? And what can the many attractively priced options for bikepackers offer?
| Frame | SILEX LITE, material: aluminium, 700C or 650B wheelsize, 100x12/142x12mm axle standard, BB86 bottom bracket standard BB Standard: BB86/BB92, Press Fit |
|---|---|
| Fork | MERIDA SILEX CF2, Tapered, material: carbon |
| Bottom Bracket | FSA PF86 MegaExo |
| Headset | MERIDA M2331 |
| Handlebar | MERIDA EXPERT GR, material: aluminium |
| Saddle | MERIDA COMP CC, V-mount |
| Seatpost | MERIDA COMP CC, material: aluminium, 30.9mm diameter, 0mm setback Type: Rigid |
| Rear Derailleur | Shimano Sora, GS |
|---|---|
| Front Derailleur | Shimano Sora |
| Crank | FSA Omega, 48-32 teeth, 170 mm-XS/S, 172,5 mm-M, 175 mm-L/XL |
| Shifters | Shimano Sora |
| Cassette | Shimano CS-HG200, 11-34 teeth, 9 speed |
| Chain | KMC M99 |
| Brakes | Promax DSK-330R Type: Mechanical Disc |
| Brake Levers | Shimano Sora |
| Rims | MERIDA COMP SL, 17mm inner width, 22mm height, material: aluminium |
|---|---|
| Front Hub | MERIDA EXPERT SL |
| Rear Hub | MERIDA EXPERT SL |
| Tires | Maxxis Rambler |
| Disc Rotors | Promax G160 |
Last updated August 17
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