Gravel / Gravé / Gnarmac / Groad / ATB

OK then

http://sheffieldurbancx.co.uk/

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bga8LWcjbsy/?hl=en&taken-by=fairlightcycles

There's a full photo now

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bgq4twoAvDp/?hl=en

Can't get my head around even clearing a chain with a 2.25 on the back like that!

I know what you mean

Should be sweet if it's 1x but if you put a road chainset on the front that's gotta hit in the easy gears...

Mine doesn’t hit the chain with 2.3 on the Arkose with a road double chainset.

Admittedly The clearance is a little too tight (wheel still spin) but can’t see why it can’t be done.

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Toight as a toight toiger!

Also are they the same forks genesis use?

Me and Alb might have co-operated a bit there

edit, as he already alluded to ... I spent your check tho : )

Just the colour of the reflective tabs. Coming soon to an FWE range near you, edscoble.
Took me 2 winters and a TNR in between to break a rear that only had the lower stay fitted - good guards. Plastic fittings aren't exactly hojo style but they do release OK when sticks jam in there.

You would not believe how many back-and-forth emails it took to get the CL lockring clearance added.

I discovered some of those fork made it out into the mainland after trying to get a TRP Centerlock rotor to work with I from a boxed bicycle.

guys, 3 major reasons to go for an Arkose 3 over a Sonder Camino AL Hydro V2...GO!

(been mulling over an arkose for weeks but now thinking I could save some benjamins by going for the Camino instead and get a similar biek)

Arkose looks better, has better reviews, is virtually the same price, you can trial ride for size at any Evans shops, shimano is easier and cheaper to maintain

agreed on all points, except price wise aren't we looking at 749 vs 1249??

Does anyone know what 650 tyres a Genesis Datum will clear? I ask for a friend, who has just got a good deal on a frameset. Clears 700x35 + mudguards normally

@Alb @jameso @edscoble

Arkose 2? Same shifter. Just 10 speed and alu steerer.

Agree with lots of this. But on the other hand, Camino comes in better paintjobs, Shimano hydro shifters are fugly, Camino can take a front rack, and you can customise it in a way that Evans won't let you, eg. get it with 650b wheels and tyres for little or no extra.

I really want to love the Arkose 2 but - again, I don't think that turquoise blue on the evans site does it any favours...for me anyways :)

For 749 you get cable brakes I think... Not liking the external cables on the sonder, cleaning that is always a pain

I don't think the datum would work very well with 650s , looking at mine I think you'd struggle to get more than 35 in due to the chainstay shaping. Happy to be told otherwise

Time for a 'Gravel bike (anything other than an Arkrose)' thread?

This thread is still for all gravel bikes. It’s just that us forumers in the real world have a budget :)

Ok thanks I'll let you know if he gets anything to fit

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thnx @broken_777 for the setback seatpost. It works nicely.