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Can someone explain the logic behind a 36" wheel?

Nope. Probably not.

So it's ugly af just for sake of?

Is that cable touching the front wheel under the fork crown?

The Titanosaur concept is based loosely around the idea that Jesse needed a bike to take on the roughest corrugated roads in the Australian Outback before they are sealed. Doing it fast but in relative comfort would be pretty rad too.

https://bikepacking.com/bikes/curve-titanosaur-36er/

no, for publicity. or clout as the kids say these days.

otherwise, they probably wouldn't have used a wire-bead 2.25" 72 tpi tyre, that weighs almost 3 kg a pair; you can buy 3-inch-plus 29" tyres.

“Expensive mistake or fastest bike across the desert?
Not sure yet but it DOES descend like a screaming banshee out of the pits of hell.”
—Jerry Castle, Curve stunt rider

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-5F_7DwPpo

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tvue Welsh gravel.

*NDS fail
**Untrimmed rack stays fail

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Also the same....

I walked.

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That's a pretty cool looking bike, what is it? I would zoom in but the picture is tiny..

Yeah I tiny-ified it. It's a Salsa Casseroll. Build thread here . Defo under-biked for parts of this route, but it's light enough that it's no hassle to just shoulder it and walk down short sections where it turned to 20% grade rutted Jeep tracks.

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The photo look doable with your bike! I guess picture doesn’t really tell a whole story?

Oh yeah, this bit was totally do-able, but within a mile it was a downhill rocky track with car tyre ruts. Again, do-able, just slowly with careful line choice. Just reminded me of this thread and the recent chat about what 'gravel' entails in the UK. I guess 'multi surface' would be a better term but that probably doesn't sell many bikes.

Edit: the second photo i walked because I'm unfit and it was the last climb, nothing to do with the bike.

Multi surface is the hot new thing.

Also cut those struts, makes me nervous!

They do recognise that here though:

The wheel size is essentially a unicycle standard. There are literally only a few people making rims and only one tyre manufacturer for serious off road use. The technology in tyres has definitely not filtered through to 36er tyres just yet, and it’s one of the concerns we have when wanting to take this into some of the remotest, most inhospitable areas on the planet.

It would be a pretty weird/ bad fall for them to meet any part of my body, but you're right, it will be done soon.

Colliding with someone else could result in a Mad Max-esque impalement though!

The technology in tyres has definitely not filtered through to 36er tyres just yet

Will it ever?

Not unless off-road unicycling ever makes it into the Olympics

Got some pairs of barely used WTB Byway & Resolute tyres for sale:
https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/351874/#comment15445684

36" is stupid, too big. Someone will invent a 32er for the giants though, the small people have got 650b-specific road bikes now so it would seem fair. Nice and proportional for everyone.

And mountain bikers wouldn't need any persuasion to throw their 2-year-old, £3k 29ers in the bin to be replaced with brand new £6k 32ers

If I (2m tall) had the money I'd buy a 32er or 36er. There used to be a brand called DirtySixer but it looks like they aren't available anymore really