The G.1 Explorer has impressed so far. It's a surprisingly solidly built bike at its price point. And, unlike many other bikes sold at Walmart, it uses industrystandard parts and thus can be repaired and upgraded quite easily.

The G.1 Explorer impressed on its first local ride with its general competence. And it impressed on its second ride on the road with its general speed. But it is a gravel bike, so we need to see if it will actually gravel.

The route in this video includes some nice stretches through wealthy exurban horse country the kind of place where people will spend $248 on dinner and call it Tuesday. The gravel here is pretty wellmaintained, not too deep, no washouts or water bars or singletrack. But on this day there was plenty of washboard or corduroy gravel, which can be jarring on the wrong bike.

Let's go!

The first ride video can be seen here:    • First Ride: Walmart Ozark Trail G.1 E...  

The second ride video (road) can be seen here:    • Second Ride on Walmart's $248 Ozark T...  

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