Gravel / Gravé / Gnarmac / Groad / ATB

What are the mounts for on the inside of the fork leg?

The steel diamond bike is so close to being just as good and the Ti loops are pointless (I have Ti and Al versions, the Ti was just a silly spend). It makes a much better dirt road bike than most gravel bikes.

just in case I mess up some of the mounts on the outer leg, so i can just use a thru bolt. And some lowride racks mount on the inside

afaik brake tab on the outer edge ("tangentially", according to david kirk https://www.bikeforums.net/15437249-post39.html as pointed to me on the other forum) is the way to do it as it resists de-raking and the braking forces in general in a better way

The steel diamond bike is so close to being just as good and the Ti loops are pointless (I have Ti and Al versions, the Ti was just a silly spend). It makes a much better dirt road bike than most gravel bikes.

I still want the Ti one. Titanium All The Things.

Yeah fair enough. Go all out, make Jeff happy.

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Why though?

Ed - these do 35c + guards - lots of fun to ride (if not the current flat mount and thru axle standard): https://www.rutlandcycling.com/bikes/road-bikes/gt-grade-cx-rival-2017-cyclocross-road-bike-red_378753?

I'm running an ally one of these set up for off road and a carbon one (£400 more) set up for wet road (full guards) - oh the joys of cyclescheme.

Interested, not least because the Pacer is now extinct. Its geometry looks perfect.

Glad to be of help.

new niner.
from biek radar : a prototype full suspension gravel bike from @ninerbikes with a RockShox RS1 fork cut down to short travel. Who’s keen on this then? @ Sea Otter Classic

At what point does it stop being gravel and start being a drop-bar mountain bike?

80mm travel

i'm completely against this, but at the same time i think its the best thing i've ever seen

This looks like a silly amount of fun!

At the stem

so fucking stupid I can't believe

When you spend > £4k on it and it still weighs more than 8.5kg.

ouch!

I find the dropper more curious. If you're riding that steep a terrain, surely you're better off with an XC bike no? Also 140mm rotors on a 'fast' bike?

It's beginning to feel like nineties Paris roubaix when everyone started running rock shox and Kelly made their full suss road bike.... Ain't no new thing as Gil once said! :)

I said this before and got a shitstorm of abuse. If you need a dropper on your gravel bike, get a mtb