Gravel / Gravé / Gnarmac / Groad / ATB

So, Campag Record brake levers are best then ;)

Hen's teeth innit.

That has me thinking about looking for broken old silver campag levers to remove the shifter mechanism from.

Hen's teeth

Nah, just take any old broken ergos and tear out the shift bits.

Edit: these are old veloce ergos that I've gutted:

That’s exactly what I was looking out! Now to find some...

I have a pair of modern ones that I’ve used (couldn’t be bothered to gut) but looking for the nicer old shape now.

Edit: that All City is delightful.

I have a pair of black xenon shifters with the old shape you can have. I'm in Sweden though so postage might be expensive but I'll look into it if you like.

Thanks, but after ones with silver levers!

I did try them with mini vs. Had too much shudder and only just had mudguard clearance at the front. Deore V brakes worked much better..

I assume you are referring to the Decathlon bike. Don't you think there's a bit of Gravel Tax in it's pricing?

Do you prefer canti's over mini v's? Why?

I love canti because they feel great, but it may required careful set up if it's not great at first.

Mini v work brilliantly but can be very spongy, even with compressionless housing, I actually found the Tektro v brake levers actually made the brake feel sharper and didn't detect any loss of power (as you'd expect if you use MTB levers on road pull).

I did try them with mini vs. Had too much shudder and only just had mudguard clearance at the front. Deore V brakes worked much better..

The mini-v does have problem with juddering, as well as high squealing, which I'm not entirely sure why that is the case, however Shimano Mini-V made a difference compare to the entry level Tektro Mini-V.

I assume you are referring to the Decathlon bike. Don't you think there's a bit of Gravel Tax in it's pricing?

Dunno, £500 is pretty good for an entry level gravel bike that doesn't required expensive componentry to maintain (10 speed stuff can be found cheap as chip, especially through Decathlon).

The SCR-5 are just rebaged Tektro R200s.

I’ve found all the Tektros to have a decent amount of play in the pivot and have preferred their nicer TRP levers. Trying to decide between the TRPs and Sram 500s on a bike now.

S500 the one to go (I chopped the left side for running fixed).

True Ed,
Considering getting one …. Decathlon bikes have hacking potential . Solid frames , reasonable parts, and the potential to alter or upgrade from your parts box.
The Riverside 900 is another bike with the potential to become something different

@Eeyorecore s500 if you can live with the hole where the shifter normally would be. really dont know why sram doesnt have a plastic cover or such thing to go over that. other than that very comfortable.

edit: for hollowing out campys you could watch out for cheap mirage shifters

The SCR-5 are just rebaged Tektro R200s.

Can't really find Tektro R200 online, unlike the Cane Creek SCR-5.

Is that your Stumpjumper? Looks good.

Wrong thread but the pinaccle experts are probably here...

https://www.evanscycles.com/en-be/pinnacle-arkose-r2-2019-road-bike-EV339951

Do I need to look further for a road+ bike? Will probably be used as a road bike/commuter type bike.

arkose is fine.

@si_mon628 thanks! unfortunately not my bike anymore. had to go to fund other shenanigans
can really recommend these frames for gravel style riding tho

https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/345444/

Please contribute.

Me, too. I was riding a 98 Rockhopper for gravely stuff before my Midnight Special I posted a few pages back. I rode the Spec for a tour around the Ardennes last year. It was perfect.

It wasn’t so good on more roady stuff, so I built the Surly.

NB I am replacing the steerer extender with a VO gooseneck Cigne stem soon.

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oookay, specialized seriously wants to send me a full carbon sequoia from 2015 as a replacement for my full steel bike. and i need to send them a proof that i saw thru my old frame in order to send the new one... don´t really know what i should do now

send a pic of the frame - i'll photoshop it in half!

Well, if you do, I'll still take it in 2 halves :D
Just don't cut through the seat tube and cut the down/top tubes close to a joint, not the middle

if i don´t get any other offer, thats what i have planned to do.

@PhilDAS they want me to cut it at the bottom bracket near the frame number