Whyte Secta Hardtail Trail Bike – Lightweight, Capable, and Built for British Trails
Enjoy the freedom to go anywhere
Our gravel bikes have been engineered to deliver you incredible comfort, control, and capability so you can thrive wherever the trail takes you.
The freedom to go anywhere
Whether going far or going for fun, our rough gravel bike is designed with the capability to tackle the most demanding terrain and epic adventures.
Whether going far or going for fun, our rough gravel bike is designed with the capability to tackle the most demanding terrain and epic adventures.
Rough gravel
Fast and efficient, practical, and versatile, our light gravel bike is made to perform flawlessly, no matter where you take it – on- or off-road.
Light gravel
Verro - Rough gravel
Whether going far, going fast or going for fun, our most progressive gravel bike is engineered for capability and confidence so you can take on the most demanding terrain and epic adventures.
Tourus - Light gravel
Fast and efficient, practical, and versatile, our light gravel bike is made to perform flawlessly, no matter where you take it – on- or off-road.
Our gravel range
Find the right bike for how you ride:
Gravel the mountain bike way
For us, gravel started amongst the roots and rocks of mountain biking over 25 years ago when we began creating pioneering bikes that changed the off-road game.
Today, we continue to engineer bikes with a ride in a league of their own – on- and off-road: with more poise, more confidence, and more composure than any other so wherever the trail takes you, you can ride your best, every ride.
Award-winning performance
Our new range builds on our long history of creating innovative, trail blazing gravel bikes.
"Buy if you want a gravel bike that’s fun, versatile and will push to the limits of mountain biking.”
“The handling really sets it apart from conventional road bikes, with a stability and relaxed manner that few road bikes can rival.”
"A weekday workhorse that’s a capable and fun weekend explorer. A good value, versatile all-rounder"
Thrive everywhere
Ride. Race. Explore. Commute. We all ride for different reasons.
Some search for adventures, others to push themselves, some to escape, and others for fun. However you ride – whether you’re going far, going fast or going with friends – all our bikes are engineered to inspire and empower you to do what you love more capably, with more control and in more confidence than ever before.
Designed for the long-haul
We’ve designed our gravel bikes to be capable of everything you demand of them.
Full complement of frame mounting and bottle cage points so you can carry as much or as little bikepacking gear as you like? Check. Masses of weather-sealing to keep everything running smoothly for the long haul? Ditto. The ability to add even larger, wider and higher volume tyres for even more comfort and control? Absolutely. With our latest gravel bikes, the only limit on how far you can go is your imagination.
Rough & ready for everything
We’ve loaded our rough gravel bike with every advantage possible for perfect comfort and control, right from the off.
Wide, flared bars deliver extra control-boosting leverage and lift for wild or loaded riding; dropper posts give you additional confidence with the low-down stability to handle the roughest descents with the remote lever right by your thumb for instant operation; larger, more powerful front brakes for perfect stopping power and control; wide-ratio gearing to tackle any climb; capable wide rims and grippy high volume tyres, and more.
“We’ve been continually developing our unique mountain bike derived Total Geometry concept into our drop-bar bikes since 2011 when we launched the Saxon-Cross. It was a precursor gravel bike in all but name – before gravel was even a lazy label. Since then we haven't sat still: incrementally adding all the latest design concepts from geometry to drivetrain we can put on the bikes, to keep pushing gravel riding performance to an ever-higher level.”
– Ian Alexander, Chief Designer
Ready for it all
Our gravel bikes are fully featured to let you go everywhere:
Ride confident
With geometry and design inspired by our award-winning mountain bikes, we’ve poured everything we know about making bikes that let you ride confidently and capably through rough terrain into all our gravel bikes.
Fast and smooth
Fast-rolling and wide high-volume tyres give you the grip and the air volume to deliver comfort and control on every ride.
Reassuring control
Oversize 180mm rotors front and 160mm rear paired with hydraulic disc brakes deliver you reliable and controllable braking power on the fastest descents – even when loaded up.
1X or 2X
Choose between 1X ‘mullet’ mountain bike gearing on Verro, or 2X gearing on Tourus to deliver reliable and smooth gear shifting, together with the range to go far and fast – uphill and down.
Mounted up
A complete set of frame and fork mounts* ensure you can carry all the bikepacking gear and water you need for every adventure.
*If you want to run a rear rack with our gravel bikes dropped seatstay design, we recommend purchasing a combined seatclamp with integrated rack mount to give you the straightest and strongest rack fixing on our gravel bikes
Weather-sealed
Keep the water out with weather-sealed cable and hose ports, combined with an uninterrupted cable outer running the from gear shifter to rear derailleur.
700x50mm tyre clearance
Generous tyre clearance for up to 50mm tyres between the seat and chainstays so you go big on tyre volume – without mud slowing you down.
Get up, get down
Verro gets a dropper seat post for on-the-go saddle height adjustment at the touch of a button so you can tackle everything with total confidence.
Mudguard ready
Tourus is mudguard ready and compatible with our own Whyte ‘WHYMG55G’ aftermarket mudguards to keep you clean and dry.
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Confidence by design
We design the entire bike, folding the sum of its every part into the whole; no one single angle or measurement in isolation is a magic bullet for exceptional handling.
Our design team includes ex-elite road racers and eEnduro mountain bike champions, and our gravel range benefits massively from both mindsets. We pioneered drop bar bikes so capable they were illegal for racing and we’re still combining road speed, exceptional handling and best of both worlds component picks to make outstanding bikes for however you choose to ride them – on or off road.
Designed in the UK, ready for everywhere.
We’ve designed, tested and developed Verro and Tourus in the UK to ensure they’ll continue to perform flawlessly year after year – no matter how hard you push them or what conditions you ride through – good, bad, or atrocious.
To do that, we’ve paid as much attention to all the small details as we have the big. Everything from sweating the fine details of component selection to give you the perfect balance of performance and reliability, all the way to fully sealed cable ports, masses of mud clearances, and more.
Lifetime frame warranty
We back every gravel bike with a lifetime extended warranty* against materials and manufacturing defects on all frames for the original owner, together with a one-year warranty on parts, and a one-year cosmetic warranty on paint and decals. *Just register your bike for free within 28 days of purchase to activate your lifetime warranties.
Whyte original owner.
Standing behind what we make for the long haul
We back every gravel bike with a lifetime extended warranty* against materials and manufacturing defects on all frames for the original owner, together with a one-year warranty on parts, and a one-year cosmetic warranty on paint and decals.
*Just register your bike for free within 28 days of purchase to activate your lifetime warranties.
Our gravel range
Rough gravel
Verro
£1799
Our most progressive gravel bike is ready to take you wherever the trail leads – no matter how demanding the terrain or wild your adventure.
See the bikeLight gravel
Available in dark cobalt blue or black
Tourus
£1299
Commute, ride or explore: Tourus offers an outstanding blend of value, versatility, and performance everywhere.
See the bikesRide before you buy
Find Tourus and Verro demo bikes near you or come to one of our demo events to experience them for yourself.
Learn moreBuy the Whyte way
Secta is available exclusively from official Whyte dealers:
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At your local Whyte dealer
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