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Has anyone tried putting 650b and fat tyres on a Pinnacle Dolomite (5) ?

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Has anyone tried putting 650b and fat tyres on a Pinnacle Dolomite (5) ?

Very max is 38mm and that only have like a milimetre of clearance on the fork.

Thanks, that's super helpful. So hardly worth the change from 700c?

Bought this fork off merlin, as linked earlier. Impulse purchase and didn’t read bit about steerer so I’m hoping it may be of some use to one of you. Taken some more measurements which weren’t initially provided too.

Merlin carbon gravel fork, 1 1/8- 1 1/2 tapered carbon steerer 220mm, steerer bung included. As far as I can tell it’s new though may have been fitted to a display bike, flat mount, qr, mudguard mounts, internal cable routing, 1 threaded boss on inside of each fork leg and it’s blue. A-c seems to be 398, 53 offset. 595g according to kitchen scales.

Looking for what’s I paid, so that’s £25 + postage.

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would definitely take this off your hands if someone on here could help me understand whether it will or will not fit on my cinelli tutto? I want to run a disk brake on the fron but can't tell if the stock fork is tapered or not..not very well versed in this stuff!

Unfortunately it would not as the current fork appears to Ben straight 1 1/8

I think I saw this for sale on FB Marketplace this afternoon. It seems to have been taken down. I'll pm you the details of the seller for you to follow up.

thanks dude, just sent you a PM. already been in contact with the seller & police but it's all moving a bit slowly

Road.cc seem to like the Condor Bivio Gravel
https://road.cc/content/review/condor-bivio-gravel-thru-axle-frameset-275299

Tempted. I’d like to use on road quite a bit too, so swaying more towards Stroma (not a graveaux)

I mean, I use mine predominantly on the road - I find the geometry not so different to the Condor Fratello I used to ride: comfortable over long distances, but I can put my head down and push it if I want to go faster. But yeah, I’m not going to win any sportives on the thing, it’s an endurance bike first and foremost. It’s just nice being able to deal with unpaved roads - way too many backpacking trips in the past I’ve found myself carrying the Fratello over some shitty terrain because the bike route I’ve been following has decided take go through some muddy woods. And it’s inspired me to do some more off-road exploring in the parks near me, which has been fun.

Not the fashionable option but if you are using it for more road than off road, just get a CX bike.
It's closer to a road bike in terms of geometry and handling than a gravel bike is, and it'll still take fat tyres, probably up to 40mm 700c in a slick on a modern frame

Yeah but why? CX bikes are designed for racing. You're not racing CX, you're not racing road so why bother with race geo at all? Most people would probably ride better with somewhat relaxed geo anyway, plus you get bigger tyre options and no weird race quirks like flattened top tubes for all that shouldering of the bike you won't be doing.

Do you berate anyone that buys a Supersix or an Aeroad when they're not racing?

Going fast is fun, it doesn't need to be reserved for those being competitive.

I don't "berate" people for choosing racing bikes. I'm the guy that rides audax on a carbon TT bike! I'm not "berating" anyone here, I'm merely offering a different opinion that involves using more comfortable bikes. Smooth is fast.
Many people would be better with a more comfortable geo that allowed them to hold a better position for longer rather than jumping on a race bike and then having to sit on the tops for half the ride because the front end is too low or the frame is overly long. Twitchier steering on race geo bikes often makes for more timid descending or at least a less relaxing ride generally.

"it’s an endurance bike first and foremost"

You've ridden an order of magnitude more Ks than me so I will defer to your expertise.

My tiny brain logic says: mostly road riding = ride a bike closer to a road bike

It's closer to a road bike in terms of geometry and handling than a gravel bike is

A proper race CX bike with euro geo really doesn't ride anything like a road bike. The numbers on their own aren't far off, but that does take into account the fatter rubber (which will change BB height/trail etc...).

Unless you're Sven van der Aert more stable is likely to be faster too.

Have to say this is my experience too, my Swiss Cross handles nothing like my Donohue on the road - both race bikes in different disciplines.

YMMV. I had an Arkose, it was fun off road with huge tyres but it felt sluggish and dull on the tarmac.
Genesis 853 CX bike I replaced it with rides like a road bike with the very same tyres. It's not going to be any faster, it just feels a lot more fun. It's twitchy and aggressive.
If you're more of a "jesus take the wheel" type person maybe you'd prefer less input and you can be chauffeur driven on your slack gravé bike around the Richmond Park "gravel" path.

Yeah, I get what you're saying, I just think lots of people see pro peloton and think "yep that's for me" when they would be much more comfortable, enjoy riding something that was a little less frisky, took bigger tyres to explore a little rougher stuff or ride a little longer with less arse pain or back pain yada yada. It's not like if you have the legs, riding a sportive/gravel/touring bike will suddenly make you terribly slow.

I got on my Tarmac with 25s the other week after riding my 47mm tubeless 650B Kinesis and almost crashed it a km from the house hitting a hidden tree root so maybe I'm biased against race bikes right now :D

Hmm, maybe I should have a little refresher on the Shiv with the 808s before I commit to 12hrs on it...

Alright PhilDAS

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