Gravel / Gravé / Gnarmac / Groad / ATB

One thing on the swarfs, they make a horrible noise when you get stones hitting them.

I'm keeping this mudguard free now and moving guards over to the (albeit slightly overspecced) commuter.

Noticeably slower according to my speedo.
On the Bob, it was easy to tuck on the downhills and hit 55-60km/h.
On the Cotic, I can really feel the extra wind resistance, and struggle to hit 50+km/h. Though as I say, I reckon it's more to do with the bars.

I run 650B/42c and can keep up on all but the spiciest chain gangs.

I also only lose ~15 seconds down a red run to some friends on hard tails, although I don't have much experience off road so not the most confident railer of berms.

Nice! Good to see a gravel bike covered in mud. What wheels are those?

BDOP DTO 40 - 38mm Carbon Rims on Novatec with CX Rays

Someone needs to slam that

, I'll also be attempting to bastardise my old airborne ti frame into a gravel thing..

That will be amaez. Let me know if you want that old triple chainset back. It will be surplus soon.

Are you retiring your mtb :-(

Was that the XTR 960? I've still got a custom titanium ring for that with the silly proprietary BCD...hmm.....it's going to be a slow burn thing though and I also have an unused XT or Deore I could use....

No. Going single ring. Waste not want not, especially given the nice chainrings that came with the cranks. If anyone can use them, it's @stedlocks

Going single ring & stickerless

\o/

You can have my stickers when you pry them from my cold, dead wheelset!

frame pump doesn't work with that frame :(

Both are pretty butters

When it comes to pumping up the tyres/tubes it will come into it's own.

Where do you find all these cool pics? Do you take them yourself?

Instagram is your friend

Just saw the model name on the top tube. Just. No.

But it’s so true

What wheels?

Zipp 303 650b

Fuck me what a piece of garbage