KINESIS Tripster ATR V3

Titanium and gravel is a match made in heaven

Words STU BOWERS

It’s incredible to think that the Tripster is already over a decade old. Kinesis launched it back in 2009 as a kind of do-it-all adventurecum-tourer with an alloy frame, disc brakes and clearance for wider tyres. Basically it was a bike built with the idea of expanding cycling horizons beyond the tarmac a long time before anyone had coined the term ‘gravel bike’. Did Kinesis own a crystal ball? Who knows, but since then the Tripster has gone through several revisions, not least a transformation into titanium although an alloy version is still available). Rory Hitchens of UK distributor Upgrade Bikes says the Tripster ATR V3 has received a host of tweaks to fine-tune its performance. It also includes an all-new carbon fork with additional load-carrying capacity to make it more…

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Cyclist Off Road (Digital) - 1 Issue, Autumn 2020

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