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
I'm up for a gravel forum!

I'm planning some backyard landscaping, and I want to discuss what's the best gravel. ;)
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silentbutdeadly said:
If memory serves...you are looking for Amos Lane from the Old Mail Road up to Keera Road. I only ever rode down it on the cross bike and it was hectic at the time.
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If only they would. We're having enough trouble getting them out to Coomie at the moment.
 
I'd love there to be a gravel forum. I'm pretty well restricted to gravel riding nowadays with an occasional cautious ride on my mtb. In the past 2 years I've had 2 total knee replacements and at the same time am dealing with life with Parkinson's Disease.

I have much poorer balance at slow speeds and am not good with fast decision making at speed on singletrack trails. Gravel riding allows me to get out on the bike and still enjoy the dirty stuff, a sense of adventure and speed, solo and with others. I still own a mtb (Salsa Spearfish Carbon) and even an eMtb (which doesn't go out too often)... the gravel bike/s are a new passion and I'm loving all the upgrading and parts hunting I used to love on my mtbs.

Reason #1 "Strava 2023 saw a 13% increase in mountain biking, and a 55% increase in Gravel Riding." - Cycling Weekly
Reason #2 Roadies seem to hate Gravel riders even more than you guys do
Reason #3 If you don't include the gravel forum, I'll take it to the cool-forums-ombudsman and launch legal action for discrimination against the disabled and under the governments inclusion laws.
Reason #4 Mtb-ing is much more mainstream today. I miss the old days where It was rare (and exciting) when driving down to Brissy, to see a mtb on the back of a car or ute. Where workmates thought we were all mad for riding down (and up) mountains. Mtb-ing felt a bit more on the fringe. Today Gravel feels a tiny bit like mtb-ing did back then. Not as fringe worthy but still a little anti-social.
 
FatMuz said:
Reason #2 Roadies seem to hate Gravel riders even more than you guys do
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I was surprised to hear that. I thought that most gravel riders were roadies. But I can see how gravel would pull riders from both road and XC.

I've got no issues with a gravel section since we already have a road and track section anyway.
 
I think a lot of us here ride different disciplines.
Have bike, will ride.
Whilst the forum is based around the mutual enjoyment of MTBing, the sharing of knowledge extends beyond just MTB.
A gravel sub-section would be nice, please and thank you 😊
 
FatMuz said:
Reason #2 Roadies seem to hate Gravel riders even more than you guys do
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Accurate. BikesnobNYC has gigabytes of hatred to all things gravel.
FatMuz said:
Reason #4 Mtb-ing is much more mainstream today. I miss the old days where It was rare (and exciting) when driving down to Brissy, to see a mtb on the back of a car or ute. Where workmates thought we were all mad for riding down (and up) mountains. Mtb-ing felt a bit more on the fringe. Today Gravel feels a tiny bit like mtb-ing did back then. Not as fringe worthy but still a little anti-social.
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Places I go riding the car parks tend to be packed with MTBers but I still see eff all people out on the trails. Maybe I smell.
 
ozzybmx said:
Wasn't long ago that 30mm internal was cool-aide worthy for 2.5 WT's.

Now getting the dirt roadies riled up with tear-drop-aerodynamics.
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The pros were getting their aero on at this year's Unbound.
Imagine all those tasty bonus Watts when they aero-optimize their wheel/tyre setup.

www.cyclingnews.com

Shave the hairs off your tyres: Dylan Johnson's Unbound Gravel bike is a Frankenbike of the highest order

Three Felt gravel bikes, three wildly different setups for Johnson, Niki Terpstra and Dani Shrosbree
www.cyclingnews.com www.cyclingnews.com
 
ForkinGreat said:
The pros were getting their aero on at this year's Unbound.
Imagine all those tasty bonus Watts when they aero-optimize their wheel/tyre setup.

www.cyclingnews.com

Shave the hairs off your tyres: Dylan Johnson's Unbound Gravel bike is a Frankenbike of the highest order

Three Felt gravel bikes, three wildly different setups for Johnson, Niki Terpstra and Dani Shrosbree
www.cyclingnews.com www.cyclingnews.com
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322km at 27kph, every little gain would add up over that distance. It was interesting to see what makes a difference and what didn't. Like a bladder on you back and even one down your front made a substantial gain. The 2.2 tyre with deep rims was faster than going several sizes smaller in a gravel tyre. I saw one guy even use core flute panel to box in his frame triangle for an aero advantage.
 
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