Gravel / Gravé / Gnarmac / Groad / ATB

I was in a rush! Or something. 😏

Sitting in Krakow airport waiting for my delayed flight. Can throughly reccomend the low Beskid Mountains on the Polish/Slovakian borders for awesome riding across a huge variety of terrain. Absolutely perfect for my current tastes in bicycle riding. Max and Piotr from Podia put together some breathtaking routes.

10/10, would reccomend!

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Glad to head you like the Resolutes, I was thinking of getting some. Do they come up at 42mm?

Some more pics:

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^ looks good. Poland is a beauty.

Gravel rat

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Resolutes coming in at 43.2mm on a DT 1700 with 25psi.

Lovely, I reckon they'll fit my frame then. Thanks friend

Gevenalle just looks so cool, but somehow can't imagine it being nice to really use.

I used them for cross last year. I like them. No real complaints; you can't shift from the drops but who does that anyway.

No dummy was spat here. It was a throwaway reply* to your throwaway comment.

*might have been less confrontational with less swearing, granted.

Anyway, you should race your bike, it's fun.

I should and I’ve wanted to for too long.
Apologies for the snarky reply

I actually do a lot of riding/shifting from the drops especially on the more technical gravel stuff.

Probably not for you then! I wouldn't use them on the road, but in terms of bomb proof shifting for touring bikes and off-road bikes I reckon they're pretty good.

My VanNicholas has just died, as I don't want to be without a bike for too long (and buying a new frame will ease the pain) I've started looking. Brother Big Bro seems to fit the bill, would need some fiddling in BikeCAD to get a similar fit, but nearly all components would be transferable (QR wheelsets, BSA bottom bracket, 30.9mm seatpost) whilst it can still be upgraded to 142x12 through axles if I would want that at some point in the future.

Are there any similar frames I might want to know about?

salsa vaya
something from on one
genesis vagabond
marin four corners
kona sutra or sutra ltd

Ace, yours or just your work?

My mates. We did it together four years ago.

He wants 650b×2" IIRC so Kona Sutra is out and probably some of the others too.

Cheers!

Vaya is a tad steep, especially considering I'd need new wheels.
What was Genesis thinking with that colour? But looks like a good option besides that.
Don't think I can make the Marin's geo work with that headtube.
Sutra looks ace, but same as the Vaya.

Big Bro starts to look like a better and better option. Especially considering I've been mostly doing trail riding anyway, I could do a parts transplant now and switch to a proper mountainbike set-up in due time.

yeah. well if I was you I would just get a flat bar bike. but depends on what you're riding.

I use this http://www.bikegeo.net/ for some fiddling to get the fit right on the next bike. Maybe it helps.

Just wondering, what happened to the VanNicholas?

Crack on the downtube. No clear cause, it just started creaking at some point.

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Damn :(

please can you share your routes

more details pls