Is it time for a gravel forum?

Do you want a gravel forum?

  • Yes

    Votes: 8 72.7%

  • Yes

    Votes: 3 27.3%
  • Total voters
    11
LPG said:
What about an other bikes section to cover road, bmx, gravel, kids bikes etc? No need to single out gravel as the only bike type we want to talk of outside of MTB.
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Que pasa? We have downhill, enduro/all mountain, xc, road and track, and ebike sub-fora. I would argue gravel is becoming big enough to warrant the same.
 
Slowman said:
Que pasa? We have downhill, enduro/all mountain, xc, road and track, and ebike sub-fora. I would argue gravel is becoming big enough to warrant the same.
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Haha, that is quite right. Site hasn't been up enough for me to keep on top of things!
 
Slowman said:
Que pasa? We have downhill, enduro/all mountain, xc, road and track, and ebike sub-fora. I would argue gravel is becoming big enough to warrant the same.
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Maybe we could delete the word Track from Road & Track and call it Road & Gravel ?

Dunno if anyone has posted anything track ever...

The first 20 posts on that forum topic has the oldest at 2021, so Gravel could revive it a bit.
 
Cardy George said:
My club is finding it hard to ignore gravel racing.

Especially when you consider we are the only natural terrain bike club still operating in the area.

Might have to subscribe just so I know what shit they're talking about.
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We've got a 'gravel' event here every year...it makes for some hilarious offs on gravel bikes.

There's definitely a decent hill climb TT race in the offering on the Victorian side just a bit west of you guys...
 
It's certainly the zeitgeist isn't it.
Had fun doing the dirty docker 80km on Sunday. Goal achieved, no one passed me downhill.
Plenty passed me up.
I cleared the one sharp technical pinch climb and had a hoot on the short downhill single-track close to the end.
 
Mattyp said:
Why would you put drop bars on an MTB... 🤣🤣 Keep it on the road
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Haha yeah why indeed!

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Jabubu said:
So an XC hardtail with a dropper bars?
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I've heard of dropper posts, I Do NOT want dropper Bars.

If there are now dropper bars, that would be triggering to a number of cranky old burners (all of us???) who would be in great physical difficulty if the front end of the bike were to be lowered at the handlebar level, because my gut/our guts would get in the way of pedalling properly. And stuff...
 
ForkinGreat said:
I've heard of dropper posts, I Do NOT want dropper Bars.

If there are now dropper bars, that would be triggering to a number of cranky old burners (all of us???) who would be in great physical difficulty if the front end of the bike were to be lowered at the handlebar level, because my gut/our guts would get in the way of pedalling properly. And stuff...
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What Bubu is failing to tell you is the guys putting road bars on their gravel bike are full professionals like Keegan Swenson who are after every last second of advantage they can get.

Not sane mortals like you and I
 
Cardy George said:
What Bubu is failing to tell you is the guys putting road bars on their gravel bike are full professionals like Keegan Swenson who are after every last second of advantage they can get.

Not sane mortals like you and I
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I tried to make it that Bubu was talking about some sort of trigger activated extension stem. which could raise and lower the bar height.
Because there is no such thing as dropper bars, only drop bars.









Fuck it, I'll be at the discord server....:rolleyes:🤪
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Dozer said:
No. Gravel bikes are road bikes with fatter tyres. They aren't mountain bikes. And neither are ebikes, they are motor bikes.

Disclaimer: I have a groadie (gravel roadie, get it?) and in no way at all does it resemble anything akin to a mountain bike. It's a roadie that only just manages smooth dirt roads and certainly does not feel any good on gravel. ;)
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I don't see a problem with it (we have a roadie section!), and I ride my gravel bike on MTB trails pretty often. No way I could do those trails with a road bike.
 
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