2021 Merida
SILEX 400
An aluminum frame gravel bike with mid-range components and hydraulic disc brakes.
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£1,475 (~$1,868)| Weight | 22.8 lbs |
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| Frame | Aluminum |
| Suspension | Rigid |
| Fork | Carbon |
| Wheels | 700c Aluminum |
| Drivetrain | 2 × 10 |
| Groupset | GRX 400, GRX 600 |
| Brakes | Hydraulic Disc |
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View Comparison5'1" – 5'6"
5'4" – 5'9"
5'7" – 6'0"
5'10" – 6'3"
6'0" – 6'5"
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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
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
| 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 | Shimano Pressfit BB71 |
| Headset | MERIDA M2331 |
| Stem | MERIDA EXPERT CW, material: aluminium, 31.8mm diameter, -8° stem angle, 80 mm all sizes |
| 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 | Shimano GRX400 |
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| Front Derailleur | Shimano GRX400 |
| Crank | Shimano GRX600, 46-30 teeth, 170 mm-XS/S, 172,5 mm-M, 175 mm-L/XL |
| Shifters | Shimano GRX400 |
| Cassette | Shimano CS-HG50, 11-36 teeth, 10 speed |
| Chain | KMC X10 |
| Brakes | Shimano GRX400, Hydraulic disc Type: Hydraulic Disc |
| Brake Levers | Shimano GRX400 |
| Rims | MERIDA COMP SL, 17mm inner width, 22mm height, material: aluminium |
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| Spokes | Black stainless |
| Front Hub | VP CLK170F / VP CLK270R, 100x12mm width front hub, 32 spoke holes, centerlock, 142x12mm width rear hub, 32 spoke holes, centerlock |
| Rear Hub | VP CLK170F / VP CLK270R, 100x12mm width front hub, 32 spoke holes, centerlock, 142x12mm width rear hub, 32 spoke holes, centerlock |
| Tires | Front: Maxxis Rambler, 700x38C, fold, TR, EXO, Rear: Maxxis Rambler, 700x38C, fold, TR, EXO |
| Disc Rotors | Shimano RT10, 160 mm |
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