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SILEX 200
An aluminum frame gravel bike with mid-range components and promax mechanical disc brakes.
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£1,200($1,609)| Weight | 24.5 lbs |
|---|---|
| Frame | Aluminum |
| Suspension | Rigid |
| Fork | Carbon |
| Wheels | 700c Aluminum |
| Drivetrain | 2 × 9 |
| Groupset | Sora |
| Brakes | Promax Mechanical Disc |
Based on build material and quality level of the frame, fork, wheelset, groupset, suspension system, and more.
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Jul 2025 · Jan Fock
The MERIDA SILEX 8000 aims to combine adventure DNA with race ambitions – but can it hold its own against the competition in our 2025 gravel race bike comparison test?
Outstanding composure and stability
Strong off-road confidence
Versatile long-distance all-rounder
Sluggish acceleration due to weight and slow-rolling tyres
Limited agility
Jul 2025
Very capable machine blending mountain bike geometry with drop bars and a rigid setup, an allroad bike on steroids!
Balanced, stable nature to handling
Good tyre clearance
Decent ride quality
Welds are a little agricultural
Jul 2024
This Merida Silex 700 may be lower down the brand's gravel range of bikes but, with a mixture of some major tweaks to the geometry and overall design for 2024, plus a great selection of kit it is an affordable gravel machine which is capable of taking on more technical terrain than most. With some rather classy paint jobs the whole range looks great, too. Five things that weren't cool - until gravel happened Scott Addict Gravel 10 gravel bike review Gravel bike suspension and dropper posts - do you need them?
Jul 2024 · Joseph Delves
Merida is among the world's largest bicycle manufacturers and creates machines for many well-known brands along with its own headline
Brilliantly composed off-road
Fast and peppy
Lots of fun
Potentially extraneous dropper post
Moderate maximum clearance
Slow on smooth surfaces
Mar 2024 · Warren Rossiter
The original progressive-geometry gravel bike evolves
Superb frame design brilliant handling great wheels and tyres
Road drivetrain suffers in the rough
Oct 2023 · Cory Benson
Merida’s all-new 2024 Silex gravel bike is faster, more capable, and a much better looking bike than ever in affordable carbon or alloy...
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
| Frame | SILEX LITE II, material: aluminium, 700x45C max.WHS, 100x12/142x12mm axle standard, BSA bottom bracket standard BB Standard: BSA, 68mm, Threaded Tire Clearance: 45c |
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| Fork | MERIDA SILEX II CF2, Tapered, material: carbon, 700x47C max. wheelsize |
| Bottom Bracket | Shimano SM-BBR60 |
| Headset | Acros ICR MERIDA EXTERNAL neck w/diecast splitring |
| Stem | MERIDA COMP CC, material: aluminium, 31.8mm diameter, 6° stem angle, 80 mm all sizes |
| Handlebar | MERIDA EXPERT GRII, material: aluminium, 400mm (XS-S), 420mm (M), 440mm (L/XL) |
| Saddle | MERIDA COMP SL, 28% recycled material, V-mount |
| Seatpost | MERIDA COMP CC, material: aluminium, 27.2mm diameter, 5mm setback Type: Rigid |
| Rear Derailleur | Shimano Sora, GS |
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| 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 Altus HG200, 11-34 teeth, 9 speed |
| Chain | KMC M99 |
| Brakes | Promax DSK-330R, Mechanical disc Type: Promax Mechanical Disc |
| Brake Levers | Shimano Sora |
| Rims | MERIDA COMP SL II, 23mm inner width, 24mm height, material: aluminium, Tubeless ready (tubeless tape and valves not included) |
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| Spokes | Black stainless |
| Front Hub | Joytech D981-12 / Joytech D982TSE-R, 100x12mm width front hub, 32 spoke holes, 6 bolt, 142x12mm width rear hub, 32 spoke holes, 6 bolt |
| Rear Hub | Joytech D981-12 / Joytech D982TSE-R, 100x12mm width front hub, 32 spoke holes, 6 bolt, 142x12mm width rear hub, 32 spoke holes, 6 bolt |
| Tires | Front: Maxxis Rambler, 700x45C, fold, TR, EXO, Rear: Maxxis Rambler, 700x45C, fold, TR, EXO |
| Disc Rotors | Promax 160G, 180mm, 160mm |
First added July 15
Last updated May 30