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Merida SILEX 400
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The Merida SILEX 400 is a versatile bike built for demanding cycling adventures on varied terrain. The triple-butted aluminum frame is paired with a full-carbon gravel fork and a Shimano GRX400 groupset, providing stable handling and good performance. With a maximum wheel size of 700x38C or 650Bx45C, the bike features a MERIDA EXPERT GR handlebar, Shimano GRX400 Disc shifter and brakes, and MERIDA COMP SL wheels with Maxxis Rambler tires. With top reviews from bike magazines, this bike is great for fully laden bikepacking excursions, and is particularly suited for gravel adventures.
Highlights
- Good Groupset components
- Top brakes
- Top reviews from the bike magazines
Description
Reviews
Josh Croxton
With progressive geometry, forgiving handling and Shimano's ever-impressive GRX groupset, the Merida Silex 700 is a great gravel bike for beginners who want to push the boundaries of what gravel actually means, but it's slow on the road and let down by heavy...
- +Shimano GRX is flawless
- +Mounts for bags, mudguards and more
- +Full-carbon fork
- +Carbon-fibre seatpost
- +Hose-breakers and cable adjusters at cockpit for easy servicing
- +Removable hex-key quick release for bolt through axles
- -No top tube mounts for extra bikepacking bag
- -Internal routing stops at the bottom bracket
- -Doesn't come set up tubeless, and you need to supply your own valves
- -Heavy aluminium wheels
- -Tubeless setup of wheels was laboursome and leaky
- -Pressfit bottom bracket gained a creak after before 1000km
Stu Kerton
Easy to live with gravel and adventure bike that would benefit from better brakes and wheels
Warren Rossiter
Huge fun factor from this very accomplished machine
- Handling
- Value
- Very clever chassis design
- Sticky freehub and slender rims
The MERIDA SILEX+ 8000-E, featuring Shimano's GRX Di2 groupset and in-house bags goes up against the competition in our big bikepacking group test.
- balanced handling
- High level of comfort
- ample space in the frame triangle
- shifting comfort of the Shimano GRX RX810 Di2
- lack of agility in acceleration
- sticky tires
Buy if... You want a bike with the potential for adventurous, if not over-enthusiastic, riding
- Excellent carbon fork with good clearance and multiple mounts
- Tenacious tyres
- Comfortable handlebar
- Tyre clearance a little limited
- Front end is tall
- Frame finish only average
f you are looking for a bike to partner the pursuit of the more technical end of gravel riding then the Merida Silex+ 8000-E might well be a great choice. It does need a couple of judicious spec changes to really bring out its potential but the ride quality...
- Progressive frame design
- Nimble 650b wheel size
- GRX Di2 performance
- Handlebars offer too much reach
- Rim/tyre combination failed to hold air when set up tubeless
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Specifications
Frame
Suspension
Cockpit
Drivetrain
Brakes
Wheels
Geometry Merida SILEX 400
| Size | XS | S | M | L | XL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seat Tube Angle | 74 | 74 | 74 | 74 | 74 |
| Head Tube Angle | 71 | 71 | 71 | 71 | 71 |
| Top Tube Length (mm) | 548 | 554 | 579 | 600 | 620 |
| Chainstay Length (mm) | 430 | 430 | 430 | 430 | 430 |
| Wheelbase (mm) | 1027 | 1034 | 1060 | 1082 | 1103 |
| Standover (mm) | 716 | 744 | 772 | 799 | 826 |
| Stack (mm) | 587 | 606 | 625 | 644 | 663 |
| Reach (mm) | 380 | 380 | 400 | 415 | 430 |
| BB Offset (mm) | 75 | 75 | 75 | 75 | 75 |
Customer questions & answers
FAQ Merida SILEX 400
What material is the frame of the Merida SILEX 400?
The Merida SILEX 400 ist crafted with Aluminum
What is the recommended price given by the manufacturer Merida?
The SRP Price is our information at 1600 GBP
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