Functional bikes. Not Porn not Anti

I had in my post preemptively agreed that carbon was surely appropriate, that Koga and the rider knew what they were doing... Definitely not arguing that, you guys are correct.
Only pointing out a little sadness... The bikes I love on this very thread, the ones most frequently posted, the ones people who come read this very thread seem to prefer, are very different to that Koga... Like if it's only about the aesthetic of functional, but not the reality of it... I realise how naive of me this is. Not naive actually, maybe just playing along with it...

Functional road truss forks, so 2018...

Pechtregon by Rob, on Flickr

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Cheers man, loving this beast.

Are you writing a sonnet?

Maybe a lament.

http://theradavist.com/2016/07/call-it-a-comeback-specialized-brings-back-the-sequoia-and-its-versatile-design

Forks arr the best bit

Aero set up, aero helmet and then wearing a loose t shirt and shorts..?

Apparently she broke the women’s record for Tour Divide by nearly four days.
More here:
http://bikepackersmagazine.com/lael-wilcox-the-queen-of-the-td/

And to think with me as her technical director she could have done even better #Amateurs

That aside, this video of her with REI from earlier this year is nice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diZgO_oZBZU

New Rawland bikes for the first time in ages, preorder open

Low trail, 27.5+, 26++, pretentious viking names

http://rawlandcycles.com/collections/bikes

Like it!

She also won Trans Am, not just the womens division, but the whole thing

Riser!

SUBTITLES!

even awesomer!

Yeah she's pretty fit, fast and determined. A true cyclist with a healthy state of mind.

Both of those bikes are nice. The Ulv is looking really promising.
Curious to hear people's opinions on it regarding the build and price. They're asking for $3000 for a full build with SRAM X1, 11 speed, hydraulics etc. Any ideas if they will charge more for it in the long run or offer just the frame/forks for sale?

The stock Elephant NFE frame/fork costs around $1400, a Soma Wolverine is less than half that at roughly $580. Another alternative is the Crust Evasion which was sold for $875 and is currently sold out. There's others out there but I'm not gonna do a price check now.

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The fuck is 26++? That ravn is just running 26"x 2.1? What's innovative about that? My 25 year old mountain bike/tourer is cool now?

I dunno, someone called those 26x3" tires that once I think

I can't help but agree with you, for 1/10 of the price of these I set up a 90s MTB and it's a hoot. Then you still actually have some money to go ride "gravel"

It's mental. Selling shit for the sake of it. It's like all the standards mountain biking dumped is attracting the 'gravel' lot.
I'm sorry but 3" tyres handle like a slug in a sandpit, it certainly ain't a "light, fast XC adventure beast".
Just get a hardtail and learn to lean back ffs.

You're right. You can definitely build up an old mtb frame on the cheap. Don't know if the handling will be the same but it certainly won't be completely shit. I built this up a year or two ago and it was fun.

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