Santa Cruz Stigmata 4 CC Apex Mate Sour Grape

Where it stands

Priced close to what German shops charge for this level of equipment, so it does not clear the margin we require before naming a pick.

Our pick · €3,500 – €4,000

• Cervelo Aspero-5 Red XPLR eTap AXS 1, purple sunset at BIKER-BOARDER€3,699EUR 100 more expensive, Red XPLR AXS instead of Apex, good carbon rather than basic aluminium wheels, includes a power meter.

What you get

Frame

Carbon Carbon CC Gravel, 700c, (IS41/52), Threaded 68 mm, max: Chainring: 42t (1x) | 50t (2x), UDH, 142 mm, max rotor size: 160 mm FM, max tire clearance: 50 mm (1x) |

Drivetrain

SRAM Apex, 12-speed

Wheels

Aluminium, basic aluminium RaceFace AR Offset 25 | DT Swiss 370, 12x100, Centerlock, 28h | DT Swiss 370, 12x142, XDr, Centerlock, 28h

Brakes

Hydraulic disc

Weight

9.46 kg as published

Power meter

No

Wheel size

28"

Tyres

Maxxis Rambler, 700x45c, Hyper-X, EXO

The compromises

• Mechanical shifting, at a price where electronic groupsets are common.
• Basic aluminium wheels.
• No power meter, which many bikes at this price include.

Your size

What Bike-Discount lists, and what it has today

This brand publishes no centimetre equivalence we can verify, so the bike appears only when you pick a letter size.

Where to buy

Bike-Discount is the only one of the 22 shops we check that sells this bike.

Price so far

• Last one in L, last one in M, last one in XL.

How sure we are