Diamondback Men's Obelisk 700C Gravel Mountain Bike

Great bike, but the color is nothing like the pictures. It is much darker. Otherwise, I love it

Got this a few weeks ago when it was 40% off. It has all the modern frame standards so it can easily be upgraded when things wear out. Pleasantly surprised that it has a full carbon steerer tube on the fork. I'm 5'8" and was able to easily setup a comfortable riding position on the 50 cm version of this bike. The microshift stuff is clunkier than Shimano or SRAM to get dialed, but works ok once properly adjusted. I'll probably eventually install an inline cable tensioner rather than rely on the flimsy barrel adjuster on the derailleur. However, I think the 48t granny cog really stretches the max capacity of the rear derailleur. For the areas that I ride, might just replace the cassette with a 11-36 so the rear derailleur is not so stressed. I don't like mechanical disc brakes in general, but these are sufficient for road and light trail use. The thing that surprised me the most are the tires. They are smooth enough and carry speed well on the road, and have good traction for light trail and gravel duty. Their 40 mm width at 30 to 35 psi soaks up a lot of bumps. Nice to get a set of platform pedals with it, but I had to go clipless to enjoy it more on the road. It has all the mounting points for racks and fenders, but I'm disappointed with the lack of mounts for a second water bottle cage. It is a little heavy when compared to others in its class, and the handling is a bit slow compared to a road bike. However, it is smooth and stable at speed and on descends because of the longer wheelbase and slacker head tube angle. The value proposition of this bike is too good even if you exclude the $40 in Canadian Tire money that I got back for the purchase.

Excellent value on sale. Bike was as advertised, in stock and delivered with great service. Bike is good for beginner riders at an excellent price when on sale.

Great bike, fits 50mm tires easily. Full carbon steerer/fork. Thru axels. 1x. Somewhat new styling, marks all the boxes. Missing one star because the color is waaaaaay off, mine is much darker than the photo. Has to be the cheapest bike I’ve ever purchased but with that said I wouldn’t hesitate to purchase again. It’s solid and doesn’t flex, great bars, great seat. Brakes are pretty weak but once bedded and dialed they work well.

Pretty good quality bike for the price. I ordered the size 54 which is a large, maybe a couple of cm larger than I was hoping for but it goes ok! Box was packed well and bike was easy to setup, the brake discs had some grease on them from manufacture so made them very noisy and not very good but I had them cleaned and they’re good to go. No basic tools in the box but easy to put together with a hex key set and a few other bits. Bike rides really well when you get it into the sweet spot of setup for the gears, happy with the purchase

Components are good. Bike is heavier than the competition making it slow in climbs. Brakes work well.