Gravel / Gravé / Gnarmac / Groad / ATB

Weekend bikepacking mode

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I wanted to get a “better” frameset but every time I ride it, I just forget about it, it’s very much an agricultural workhorse.

That does look quite nice that

I had a GT Grade and an Arkose, liked the GT more, even tough now feels slightly dated

road bikes with a tiny bit more clearance and one extra bottle cage

Well based off the Gravel World Championship parcours, that's exactly what a gravel bike is.

150 miles at 21.6mph average probably needed some pretty big gearing too.

We don't have gravel roads in the UK like they do in the US so everyone gets wet over these 2" mtb tyred 650b things when they'd be far better off just buying an mtb.

seen these tyres at a good price. Do you rate them?

just buying an mtb

Best name for this thread

@umop3pisdn did you do a ninja edit?! I agree with your initial post, the majority of bikes on here with 2.1 MTB tyres are not gravel bikes. Well, every bike is a gravel bike to an extent but you know what I mean.

Ongoing curation of my position

Can’t rate them enough. Couple thousand km of gravel, lanes and commuting on them now and I’m looking to buy a new set for when they wear out. Super supple and they’re a dream at like 15-20psi on loose gravel. Definitely better than the gravel kings they replaced and a quarter of the price

For my money (...) the best "gravel" bike of all time (...) on real hardcore terrain.

Have you actually ever seen a gravel road?

cheers. tenner for 35c here, if they're the same.

That's them. I'm on 42c. Think @hp93 is using the 32c version

They roll well..

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Nice have ordered in 35c as I think 42c will be a little tight for me. For a heads up, 42c on Planet X for £9.99 at the moment too.

OK, so which seatpost is best bang for the buck that isn't the GC-R or the VCLS?

make sure you get one that won't break whilst riding on the Mongolian Steppe

(does anyone remember when I started an argument about that? Good times)

Come on over to the Netherlands for a weekend. We've got some lovely gravel roads around here which are really fast on 32mm tyres, but are very doable on 28mm :). I'll show you around!

Examples:

Strava link? :D

Noted, but I do need something that is a bit forgiving and gives a bit of travel.

Dalsland Runt 2019 is booked.

That Sport contact II seems to be cheap because

discontinued model. Successor: CONTACT Speed

https://www.continental-tires.com/bicycle/tires/city-trekking-tires/sport-contact2

Very similar to Danish "grus "as in smooth and fast (and windy AF on occasion I guess).
I've spent the summer on 25c and I've survived so far.

These look lovely, whereabouts in NL is that!

I've spent the summer on 25c and I've survived so far.

With all due respect some pros are riding wider tyres than that on roads. I may be way off the spectrum into MTB territory but I think it's pretty hard to argue that a road bike with 25mm tyres is a gravel bike.

assuming we are the edge cases, if you hate a bike for being slow and having fat tyres, and I simultaneously hate it for being overgeared and having narrow tyres, then it's probably bang on. Which to much surprise pretty much leaves us at an Arkose.

Hooray!