Gravel / Gravé / Gnarmac / Groad / ATB

This looks great: https://cyclingtips.com/2018/03/trek-checkpoint-review/

Ha. Sorry.

I do have a cdf fork that's on hold for a mate. Should he change his mind I'll let you know.

Rant time:

Credit for this feat goes to the dropped driveside chainstay, which takes a dramatic detour down around the chainrings to create some extra space. Trek may not have come up with this concept — Open debuted the same idea on the original UP in 2016 — but it’s effective nonetheless.

Have they not heard of mountain bikes? Open UP didn't invent that. MTBs have done this for years so that they could clear a chainring and fat tyre at the same time.

Rumors have been circulating for some time now that Shimano is about to introduce chainring options that are more gravel/adventure-friendly, but it appears they’re not quite ready yet.

How about a derailleur that works with a 42t cassette and drop bar shifters you plonkers? Just look at how popular the RoadLink and TanPan are.

It sort of sounds like they've damned it with faint praise to me but we'll see when there's a proper review I guess

The carbon one?

Yep. Will keep you posted.

Cheers. Straight steerer carbon forks are in high demand, someone off here will definitely have it if your friend doesn't!

You sellin?

Yep.

Once I get the other forks off @coldharbour
Would be a shame to respray tho!

https://www.condorcycles.com/collections/forks/products/pioggia-disc-fork
condor sell one, crap tyre clearance though... the genesis one is pretty heavy (around 750g iirc)
anyone know of any reliable China jobs worth looking at?

Would be a shame yeah but I got one bike that colour already :)

Yeah, there are a few about, but it's not really worth £150 to upgrade from the steel one I've got already. So it has to be second-hand, but the sketchiness of a random carbon fork off eBay rules most of them out. Which means that buying someone's off here is the best option really - I trust people on here a bit more because people have met each other in real life and no one seems to be trying to rip each other off. If someone says "I never crashed it" that's a bit more believable and if it collapses under me on the first ride I think there's a better chance of getting my money back and so on.

Can't get them to stop leaking through the sidewall

Huh I set these up today, no real problems

Bit tricky to get sat in the bead but that all

Like you’d have that kind of saddle to bar drop

:-)

I hate you.

Which sealant?

Like you’d have that kind of saddle to bar drop

Luckily he doesn't.

sounds fair! I've got an equilibrium disc with straight steerer so have been looking at options on a lighter fork than the genesis one. not much around though unless you're prepared to spend a few hundred quid... best money no option option is probably the ritchey wcs. nice and light but a bit spendy.

Love this, especially the colour.

Stan's race

Ha that seatpost is about 1cm in

Have they not heard of mountain bikes? Open UP didn't invent that. MTBs have done this for years so that they could clear a chainring and fat tyre at the same time.

Do the mountain bike work with road chainset with narrower q-factor?

Ssshhh Ed, frankoffbike likes getting annoyed by things.

Alright I'll stop complaining. I promise I'm quite nice in real life

Think the tubeless ones have TLC on the sidewalls, @cake , can't see that on yours.

yeah I know, just frustrating as @Mikey5000 got the same ones working fine and my back tire's fine whereas front seems to leak slowly. will give it a ride tomorrow see what happens.