Ludicrously expensive bike stuff
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silentbutdeadly
has some good things to say
Hear me out....
DH Gravel. Which might just be 42 mm tyres and drop bars on a park bike...but what the hey, aye?
Isildur
The Real Pedant
Ah man. If I still had the old Glory00 frame in the shed, I'd totally build it up with a rigid fork the the drop bars just for the photo.
Thanfully, I sold it a couple of months ago, so I don't have to waste previous time on that!
ozzybmx
taking a shit with my boobs out
360° still from a recent 50km gravel pub crawl with a shuttle back to Melrose from the last pub.
One on a 47c, mine with 29 x 2.2 and my mate in the middle with 29 x 3" DHF Minions.
ozzybmx
taking a shit with my boobs out
It a custom Waltly, he did a bit of research into it. It may have been based loosely on a fatbike with a few geo adjustments and rack mounts added to make it a fat dropbar bike. Blanked out his name
silentbutdeadly
has some good things to say
Having watched just today a riding buddy realise that the headshock on his Specialized Roubaix had detached from his fork at roughly 30 km/h... suspension on a gravel bike should be ignored.
Stredda
Runs naked through virgin scrub
Like mountain bikes there will be (and already kind of is) a wide and varied range of gravel bikes to suit what you are looking to ride. As @rowdyflat mentioned you don't need wide tyres for a lot of riding if a lot of the road is sealed or champaign gravel.
Racers seem to be going wider as on less that optimum gravel, the wider tyre does actually roll faster due to the MTB tyres being able to run high TPI casings, which gives a softer side wall and because of the extra volume, the puncture resistance is improved over a narrower gravel tyre with the same TPI.
Also, if comfort is a priority, wider tyres are preferable.
All just depends on what you want out of your bike.
Racers seem to be going wider as on less that optimum gravel, the wider tyre does actually roll faster due to the MTB tyres being able to run high TPI casings, which gives a softer side wall and because of the extra volume, the puncture resistance is improved over a narrower gravel tyre with the same TPI.
Also, if comfort is a priority, wider tyres are preferable.
All just depends on what you want out of your bike.
Asininedrivel
caviar connoisseur
There already is suspension for gravel bikes. They're called hardtails.
When does this magical time happen and why was I not aware of it
DougalStrachan
Likes Dirt
The only reason to ride gravel is to pub crawl in my opinion
Calvin27
Eats Squid
What forks are those?
ozzybmx
taking a shit with my boobs out
The forks on the fat gravel bike are Carver forks.
rockmoose
his flabber is totally gastered
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