Gravel / Gravé / Gnarmac / Groad / ATB

Yeah.. there's really no compromise for a well fitting saddle.
Totally understandable.

Bought from here a couple of weeks ago and now resplendent in the finest aliexpress has to offer...

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Stick something in the bar ends before they take a human core sample.

Guys... sorry if this isn't the right place to ask this but... the GRX groupset seems to be flatmount only. Are XT/XTR calipers the way to go, if you have postmount frame ?

SLX are fine, but yeah.

SLX and a BH90 hose with a banjo

Deore calipers are just fine.

Sorry if this has been asked a bazillion times but does the specialized pizza rack fit to the pinnacle arkose easily?

Edit: scratch that realise it doesn’t

I need something that appears not to exist: a 1.25" tapered fork that is 12mm thru axle, flat mount and has cage mounts. Are my Google skills just weak?

@Jaap knows all about this.

In a good way?

Yes, he knows of at least two I believe.

That's what i thought when i purchased one without paying attention.

Local bike shop helped out by providing a stabiliser leg adpator to use as a connector to the bolt on the underside of the fork. Just needed to drill a couple extra holes in it.

Clearance is a little tight. It pushed the front of the mudguard down into the tire, so had to bolt it up to the rack. Then lateral alignment wasn't quite right so bodged a 2p coin to flatten out the curve of the mudguard for better sideways clearance.

(excuse the handlebar/saddle levels, have been fixed now)

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I thought the mid fork eyelets are strictly for mudguards only and using them as rack mounts was verboten or have I been missinformed ?

Give a shout to @jameso see what he says. He's the master mind behind it.

I've personally put a pizza rack on it before and loaded it up at around 8kg on rough roads to experiment (I had a spare fork). Didn't work out well.

No you’re right, not for load bearing.

Ah. bugger. Might not stick any load on this and keep an eye our for a new fork. what is the go to suggestion for new fork which can fit an arkose and take a rack?

Bombtrack EXT fork
Curve has one
Velocio has one might be called no. 11
(The velocio one looks pretty crap irl)

I don't think that can take cargo, only 1.5kg per bolt.

They were never designed to be load bearing. You have Curve, Bombtrack, Whiskey or the proven one, Rodeo Labs

I answered another question.

what is the go to suggestion for new fork which can fit an arkose and take a rack?

Surly Midnight Special fork with Hope adaptor.

Readers, really enjoying it since the switch to drops.

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My gravel / cyclocross off-reader is a much -maligned Cotic-X

Tough as old boots and fits me like a glove. Steel frame & fork, 1x9 friction thumb shifter, bb7 SL brakes & hope hubz

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Both 1.5" taper, which is not what I need.