Gravel / Gravé / Gnarmac / Groad / ATB

any way to get this as a GPX?

click download to device.

Thanks very much!

The "I'm not racist, but..." haircut.

The "I'm not racist, but..." haircut.

That's the 'I want to talk to the manager' haircut.

I did about half of that yesterday, then decided I'd cycled through enough bogs. I've done it twice before and it is a good route and in the dry is very much doable on a road bike, but yesterday wasn't helped by the rain during the week, and the gales on the day.

That's brilliant value

Even when you add another £30-35 to get it checked and adjusted at a reputable bike shop, it's still great.

(I strongly urge people to do this, as Decathlon as well as many other bicycle shop starting to get sales assistant with minimal experiences building bicycles instead of having a dedicated bike builder/mechanic to keep cost down).

Like that. A lot.

I'd cycled through enough bogs

Impossible

I live on the border with Belgium and the Decathlon mechanics are actually pretty good and often people who used to work at LBS in the area (usually closed due to Decathlon opening and stealing all their lower end business). Never tried one in the UK tho.

Cant find a weight anywhere....presumably similar to the road RC520 which was 10.4 kg I think?

I live on the border with Belgium...

Different kettle of fish there!

Roughly 2 Badger rides worth

Challenge accepted

Can someone help satisfy my brain please?

Fork designed for 700x35-40mm tyre, a-c 395mm ...

With a 26” wheel with 2.00” tyre, sit around 15mm lower hub to ground and overall height from tyre to crown also 15mm ish?

If anyone has this set up for photos PLEASE let me know!

I can do it at work tomorrow but I don’t think I’ll get a 2” in my fork... maybe a 650b with slightly narrower tyre yes.. need to work out differences though

(To go on a frame designed for 395mm and 26x2” but don’t want to use the stock fork)

If the A-C is the same then it doesn’t really matter what it was designed for right? It’s the same size. Just depends if the tyre fits I suppose. And also rake/trail but that’s secondary in terms of fit

That’s what I’m thinking..

This is the stock fork, but I want disc, obviously, you see the crown size.. I obviously would rather not have a large gap / have to space the mudguard loads. I could obviously use a 650b to fill the gap more, but then probably narrower tyre.. would like 2” ideally.

Hmmmm!

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Okay, 26x2 is 660mm
650b x 45 is 674mm
650b x 50 is 684mm

Use a 390mm fork, with 650b x

45mm = 5mm lower, + 7mm higher- so 2mm higher overall
50mm = 5mm lower, + 12mm higher - so 7mm higher overall..

Does that make sense?

If so, that’s my options I think

2-7mm
I have no idea what I’m talking about (disclaimer) but that’s the difference of running a tyre at a lower pressure or not. Which given a 2” tyre, you’d get some drop in height anyway. I say go for it if that’s the fork you want

Agreed, now, a fork to suit 390mm, disc, guards, 650b x45/50mm for a adult/child tandem #gravdem

First option -

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Basically, 395mm ATC mean you're gonna want a Meccano set to bridge the mudguard to the crown.

Yes sir! One thing I don’t want! Hence, 390mm fork with 650b wheel, so there shouldn’t be much gappage!

I’ll have to do a mock up at work tomorrow!

Even 390 there is a fair amount.

The Thorn 383mm disc fork have the least amount of gappage.

Now next order of business; make gappage a thing in 2019.