Ludicrously expensive bike stuff

Stredda said:
It's a fork cutter FAT. You use it to reduce the travel in your forks. You can accurately cut some off the bottom until you reach the desired length. This model is for Fat bikes.
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beeb said:
I'm still not sure why they're a thing...
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I am pretty OCD about handlebar straightness but not to the extent of buying a $500-600 laser alignment tool.
 
Dales Cannon said:
Key word appears to be 'ride'.

I have been thinking about an electric motor and drop bars to make it an e gravel fatbike. You know, to maximise the hate.

As you were...
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Well, there's certainly drop bar fat bikes and electric fat bikes, so combining the two shouldn't be impossible.
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I would love to get one just to see the disgust on the face of this guy I know who thinks that gravel bikes are the greatest and MTB is shit (even though he owns one).
 
Stredda said:
Well, there's certainly drop bar fat bikes and electric fat bikes, so combining the two shouldn't be impossible.
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I would love to get one just to see the disgust on the face of this guy I know who thinks that gravel bikes are the greatest and MTB is shit (even though he owns one).
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Love it!

I also wonder what your mate will think of MTB in a few years when Gravel is more MTB that Gravel?

i.e. Suspension... Check. 2.1" (or larger) tyres... Check. Boost (road-boost, but still, don't worry, it'll get there)... Check.

Editing to add in, that Curve GMX+ is a tasty tasty bike to be honest. We were along for the ride at the recent Curve Demo Day in Sydney, and I got to ride the GMX for a short little 5 or 6km blast along some firetrail. It was especially interesting given my AliEx Gravel Packer build recently, and the GMX+ was not as hard to handle as I thought it would be, and everything was just that much smoother.

Sure, a Ti vs Alu frame, and 2.6" vs 2.4" tyres, all contributed. And I still love myu recent built for the short seat tube & chain stays. But if I was going to get into really long, rough road bikepacking stuff, the GMX+ would be at the top of my list!
 
fjohn860 said:
I usually just do a half safety squint with my dominant eye and line each forward facing side of the stem up with the fork lowers arch
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I usually do this twice tho as the first time inevitably I somehow managed to get it so wrong I nearly crash into a fence doing the 'jump on the bike and bounce up and down on the road' test ride. 2nd time seem to be well within the 'she'll be right' tolerance range.
 
Isildur said:
Love it!

I also wonder what your mate will think of MTB in a few years when Gravel is more MTB that Gravel?

i.e. Suspension... Check. 2.1" (or larger) tyres... Check. Boost (road-boost, but still, don't worry, it'll get there)... Check.
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Yes, it is getting closer to MTB all the time. They run MTB tyres for a lot of races now. They will probably always have drop bars for the aero advantage, but I can see there not being much difference between an XC bike and a capable Gravel bike in the long run.
 
Stredda said:
Yes, it is getting closer to MTB all the time.
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For the kool aiders maybe but its self defeating to turn a gravel bike into a mtbike.
I have several gravel bikes , none have suspension or wider than 42mm tyres, its pointless.
Gravel varies from smooth almost tarmac conditions to rough gravel no bigger than 50 mm.
During a ride we even ride sealed roads.
 
rowdyflat said:
For the kool aiders maybe but its self defeating to turn a gravel bike into a mtbike.
I have several gravel bikes , none have suspension or wider than 42mm tyres, its pointless.
Gravel varies from smooth almost tarmac conditions to rough gravel no bigger than 50 mm.
During a ride we even ride sealed roads.
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I've recent heard of terms like Gravel+ thrown around, which includes rutted/potholed fireroads and sections of singletrack, where suspension and wider tyres make a lot of sense.

Then you have Champagne Gravel which is is so smooth a road bike could probably ride it.

I find a bike that does both offers the most versatility and winter option when proper MTB trails are too wet.
 
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