Mongoose Men's Elroy Adventure Bike 700C Wheel Bicycle, Blue, 54cm frame size

So, I bought myself the Mongoose Grit $498 in October 2021--totally love the adventure bike and it will take 2.125" x 29 tires in the rear. 2.3" easily in the front fork. I tried finding the adventure bag for the top-tube like the Mongoose Elroy. Mongoose gave me the name of the bag manufacturer, but couldn't find them so just bought the Elroy anyway. As I was checking out, there was a $125 coupon that actually made the bike $504 instead of $629. If that had been offered to me in October I wouldn't have two adventure bikes! But, hey... I have TWO MONGOOSE ADVENTURE BIKES!!! Absolutely love the Elroy with the deep dark metallic blue with orange are a beautiful combo and "Shineeee"! I will add a picture as I've already upgraded with two bottle cages and tool kit and water bottle and front handlebar bag and food/bevrg pouch and Cycloplus and light and Jumper seat post and half flat/SPD pedals. The front rack is included and installs very easily with a 4mm Hex and even has a bottle opener on it! I put it next to my Grit and the frames and paint theme are identical. The rack will fit the front of the Grit just fine, but the Elroy top tube braisons are setup further than most bottle cages as the frame bag utilizes those bolts to fasten to the frame quite neatly. The tires are 47mm/1.75" wide 700/29er. I would classify them as more hybrid with good channels for water clearing. The drop bars resemble more road than flared adventure bars, but easily upgraded or ??? MTB style riser bars for cheaper hydraulic brake conversion and 2 x 11!? we'll see. Check for the coupon as $504 is a steal of a deal for a bike you can use for bike packing and adventure riding--5 bottle cage mounts, front & rear rack mounts, front rack included. Was going to buy for 629, but coupon made it 504! Win Win...

Like the title says, for the price this bike cost me I was expecting it to be less capable. I have been unable to find any bike in this price range that has even some of the features of the Mongoose Elroy. The plus sized tires were my biggest priority but to get STI shifters as well as disc brakes was just icing on the cake. I will be the first to admit that both of these components are by no means high end, but they work and are standard enough that I could easily replace them both with better versions down the road. The frame is well made and should easily support 45c+ tires which is ultimately what attracted me to this bike. I intend to use it as a training bike and as something I can just explore my area with. It's a heavy bike which is to be expected, and it does require some tinkering to really dial in the components. I gave it a 4 star because of this, the front disc brake is being finicky and as a result it's not working at it best. I am planning to work on that so it should hopefully become a non issue in the future, but for anyone looking at this bike it's something to be aware of. Aside from that it is an impressively capable bike, especially for this price. The nearest competitor I could find to this bike is the Aventon Kijote which, while it does appear to be a bit nicer, is well over $100 more expensive than the Mongoose if not more.If you are looking for your first adventure/gravel bike I would say the money spent on this bike won't dissapoint you. For a nicer bike Mongoose does in fact make much higher end models which are themselves competitive for their price range. If getting top of the line is not the goal, this bike is worth the price it's listed at.

I am fairly serious cyclist I wanted a touring bike look at lots of options decided to use this bike as project.I imported the bike to Australia for modification arrived in standard bike box packaging well packed and additional protection to protect the frame with film frame. Assembly of the bike is qucik and simple if you know bikes bars pedals and front rack nice snug fit purpose designed for the frame.The bike is pretty much good to go gears were right first time albeit a little tweak on the front mech. The discs need attention on set up and I guess this where you may need to visit your loacl bike shop if your not mechanical with bikes.Warning this bike is not light but what do you expect for the price and if you just want a bike out the box for tracks / touring ii would recommend for the price. This is a project so the wheels drive train brakes will be replaced with lighter more expensive parts but what attracted me to this bike was the frame set lots of bosses for mounting cages etc. and the finish is nice the top bar bag is ok fr a day ride but serious touring use you would need to change it well secured to the frame by fram mounts looking at the descrition on amazon there's a bit of info missing so for anyone intrested her is some addtional:It's one size 54 cm but lots of adjustment extra long seat post.tyres are fairly basic Chinese 40 mm but functionalbrake is std size you can replace easily if you want to use shimano type hollow chainsetgears are bottom line shimano but really good for the price pointshifters are Microshift not shimano take a bit of getting used to but very functional and positive.Saddle is plastic coated by very comfortable and ni branding touches.The front rack looks bomb proof and is well welded and powder coated.