Viathon

Call it a ‘Walmart’ bike if you must. But Viathon's G.1 GRX 800 is light, fast, and sporty, and costs much less than its competitors. That's a lot to love.

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Dirty Kanza’s a big event, and plenty of riders structure their year’s riding around it. That wasn’t to be my path. Eight days was all I had. Eight days to get myself from couch to Kanza, on a bike from Walmart that I'd never ridden.

Viathon ticks almost all the high-end boxes for a bike with a lower pricepoint. But does it have enough soul and personality to compete with more established brands offering quality bikes at a similarly low price?

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