Hey Alex, there are a lot of gravel options out there right now. I went with the Felt for a number of reasons, one of which was my LBS sells them and I could take it for a test ride. I kind of liked the 2019, but when the 2020 came out with GRX 1x and that new paint scheme, it was a done deal.
My road bike is a Fairlight (English builder). I didn't want both my bikes to be direct sales. I'm also planning on my gravel bike to get beat up a lot more than my road bike so LBS love was important to me. They do free tune-ups and give breaks on service, etc. I want them to know me if/when I ever need to bring the Fairlight to them rather than ship it overseas.
Re the Breed, it just checked a ton of boxes I wanted out of this bike spec-wise. This is my gravel, winter, ride with wife & kiddos, dink around, everything-not-pure-road bike sub-$2k bike. And it's awesome to boot. I've only been able to get out on it twice since I got it a few weeks ago. Honey-do list is a mile long...
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Hi Chogo, thank you for your answer. Exactly, I'd like to find a LBS but I am relatively new in Munich and do not speak German. I went to some but none of them matched with my needs. I feel like in Munich, people have a high purchasing power so when you go there and ask for a bike around 1.5k they just show you some bikes and that's all. Because people there are just going for a commuting bike and asking 2k.
But thank you for all the info, I will continue looking for a dealer maybe I will be lucky enough 🙂
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