Cycling Road Bike. The GMC Yukon XL is a lightweight road racing style bicycle featuring a 6061 Aluminum frame and aero fork. Alloy frames are not only lighter, but are torsionally stiffer and transfer pedaling energy more efficiently to the rear wheel.The Shimano STI Shifters with their integrated brake levers give you excellent control of shifting and braking. This puts gear changing and braking conveniently in one central location. The Yukon XL also sports a light and strong alloy wheelset and Kenda tires for superior traction and excellent braking response.
Small Frame bike ; 20" or 51.0cm, Top Tube 52.5cm, Chain Stay 40.4cm, with a standover height of 30" or 75.5cm. Medium Frame bike; 22" or 56.0cm, Top Tube 55.5cm, Chain Stay 40.4cm with a standover height of 32" or 81.0cm. Large Frame bike; 25" or 63.5cm, Top Tube 59.5cm, Chain Stay 40.8cm with a standover height of 34" or 87.0cm.
GMC Yukon XL 700C Road Bike Specifications
- Frame: Aluminum 6061 straight gauge
- Fork: Aluminum Aero600 700C-11/8
- Headset: TS B52S-11/8
- Chain: KMC Z 51
- Crankset: Shimano Tourney 39X50 L170mm
- Front Derailleur: Suntour FD-XR05
- Rear Derailleur: Shimano Tourney SIS 7SPD
- Shifters: Shimano Sora STI L2/R7
- Brake Levers: Integrated with Sora shifters
- Brakes: Tektro 510A alloy caliper brake
- Hubset: Alloy quick release front and rear
- Rims: HJC alloy black 700CX14GX32H
- Tires: Kenda black with yellow band 700X25C
- Stem: A-Head aluminum silver EXT:90mm -7D
- Handlebar: Maesbend W: 430mm D:25.5mm
- Sadle: Vitesse Pro black
- Seat Post: HL aluminum micro adjust 27.2 X 300mm
- Pedals: VP-390 with toe clip
- Weight: 26.0 pounds
I commend Kent for producing an affortable road bike. The lowest priced road bike with Sora STI shifters cost $650. There are some cost-saving measures to get to this price point: bolted rear wheel, a threaded headset (vesus lighter threadless (Aheadset) headsets), use of low end mtb derailleurs, non-carbon fork. However, none of these features are really that important. The wheels are light, STI shifting is great, and the derailleurs shift well. The weight of 26 lbs is a little more than the typical 22 lbs for a $650 road bike. But the crucial weight is in the wheels, and the wheels are comparable to a $650 bike. The other notable negative is that you have to assemble it yourself, and may not achieve the fine tuning of a bike store.
Still, if you are handy, this is an amazing value, and you'll surely keep up with another road biker on a pricier bike with equal conditioning.
Suggest you change out the pedals to clipless for efficient cycling.
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