Gravel / Gravé / Gnarmac / Groad / ATB

Ha, I could definitely see myself going that route one day... I've got the rear Dura-Ace shifter sat in my parts box as well as some SRAM bar-ends, they're lovely to use on the road but I worry that I wouldn't be able to get my hands off the bars to reach them on some of the nearby rocky traily stuff

Speaking of your thread has your own bike materialised yet?

First pic also at Gorgie?

Close enough, just up in the playground above the Dalry Lidl car park. I ride through the underpass there every day, lots of fun trying to get round the sharp corners and up the little ramps as fast as possible. Other pic is basically across Dalry Rd and around the corner near the old distillery tower. Well spotted

please add this!

That looks great from this angle, who’s the frame manufacturer? Any more pics?

Sklar bieks, there's one more picture of it here: https://www.instagram.com/sklarbikes/

Thanks - that’s my lunchtime browsing sorted.

I climbed a 25% hill into a 40mph headwind last month on my Croix de Fer with 42/42. Would have really appreciated an even lower gears then.

Round near Kielder Water was more windy & up/down - really fun flowy stuff, but not fast. There were some cracking long downhill straightish bits though which allowed you to pick up lots of speed.

I did it this year, absolutely loved it (wearing my Dirty Reiver T-shirt now actually) - highly recommend!

Pics look great! I've got a whole year to get fit enough then :)

We were so lucky with the weather - glorious sun all day. Massive thunderstorm in the night afterwards though, so despite being pretty tired I managed to get next to no sleep in the tent, boo! I didn't do any training (not much gravel riding in west Yorkshire really) & coped just fine, albeit knackered by the end of it.

I know this big dick swinging™ is just for LOLZ but personally any gear that's low enough to keep me riding as long as I want to be riding, is good for me. If I'm unfit (always) and I have to get off and walk, then I'm not having a good time, I'd rather accept I'm a fucking shit rider and I need low gears so I can keep having a good time.

I'll see myself out

40/28, 11-34.

So much this. I’d rather have gears I can use than ones I’d aspire to use.

Thats the reason I ride my brompton most of the time these days, can always put it in an Uber

an uber or a uber?

A nuber.

It's definitely pronounced "Yuber" so the latter

I'm on a 36t ring. Fitted it for touring in mountains a year ago and never got around to changing it.

Worked alright for cross season!

/csb

Neat

Gearing seems a bit weird no? Single front chainring and then close range cassette = not much range. What's that good for; cross maybe?