2021 Merida
SILEX 300
An aluminum frame gravel bike with upper mid-range components and mechanical disc brakes.
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A$1,999($1,355)| Weight | 22.0 lbs |
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| Frame | Aluminum |
| Suspension | Rigid |
| Fork | Carbon |
| Wheels | 700c Aluminum |
| Drivetrain | 1 × 11 |
| Groupset | Apex, FSA |
| Brakes | Mechanical Disc |
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Jan 2022 · Josh Croxton
A budget friendly gravel bike that swaps speed and efficiency for comfort and capability
Shimano GRX is flawless
Mounts for bags, mudguards and more
Full-carbon fork
Carbon-fibre seatpost
Hose-breakers and cable adjusters at cockpit for easy servicing
Removable hex-key quick release for bolt through axles
No top tube mounts for extra bikepacking bag
Internal routing stops at the bottom bracket
Doesn't come set up tubeless, and you need to supply your own valves
Heavy aluminium wheels
Tubeless setup of wheels was laboursome and leaky
Pressfit bottom bracket gained a creak after before 1000km
Apr 2021 · Will Poole
Mid-range gravel slayer
Very capable multi-surface bike
Fork flutter under braking
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 […]
Jan 2019
A great bike for fanging about on or off road, with the simplicity and light weight of 1x
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
| Frame | SILEX LITE, material: aluminium, 700x38C / 650Bx45C max.WHS, 100x12/142x12mm axle standard, BB86 bottom bracket standard BB Standard: BB86/BB92, Press Fit Tire Clearance: 38c (700c) / 45c (27.5″) |
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| Fork | MERIDA SILEX CF2, Tapered, material: carbon, 700x38C / 650Bx45C max. wheelsize |
| Bottom Bracket | BB86/BB92, press-fit |
| Headset | MERIDA M2331 |
| Handlebar | MERIDA EXPERT GR, material: aluminium, 400mm (XS-S), 420mm (M), 440mm (L/XL) |
| Saddle | MERIDA COMP CC, V-mount |
| Seatpost | MERIDA COMP CC, material: aluminium, 30.9mm diameter, 0mm setback Type: Rigid |
| Rear Derailleur | SRAM Apex1 |
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| Crank | FSA Gossamer, 44 teeth, 170 mm-XS/S, 172,5 mm-M, 175 mm-L/XL |
| Shifters | SRAM Apex1 |
| Cassette | Sunrace CSMS8, 11-42 teeth, 11 speed |
| Chain | KMC X11 |
| Brakes | Tektro Spyre, Mechanical disc Type: Mechanical Disc |
| Brake Levers | SRAM Apex1 |
| Rims | MERIDA COMP SL, 17mm inner width, 22mm height, material: aluminium |
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| Spokes | Black stainless |
| Front Hub | VP 173SB, 100x12mm width front hub, 32 spoke holes, 6 bolt |
| Rear Hub | VP 273SB, 142x12mm width rear hub, 32 spoke holes, 6 bolt |
| Tires | Maxxis Rambler, 700x38C, fold, TR, EXO |
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