Gravel / Gravé / Gnarmac / Groad / ATB

Chainstay dimple in the right place for my 66t chainring that I need to avoid spinning out on gravel descents

you pedal down gravel descents ?!

Totally outdated thinking. For high speed, you simply need to install a gravel fairing

That's supposed to be protected time for "recovery" from "efforts"

protected time for "recovery"

Not for me. Can't keep control of a bike and a beer at the same time on descents.

i'm pretty sure pedalling down a descent makes you a scab

pedalling at all is a bit :S tbh, just suggests you haven't brought a big enough battery/planned your recharge spots effectively.

I have no idea what efforts are.

Unless you can class trawling everywhere at what seems to be 10mph average an effort! Definitely need recovery for that...😅

effort is what it takes to get out the door to even ride your bike, amirite!

does it knock your bottles out for true authenticity?

Ok, well I'm going with 'Gravel Soirée' if there's at least one other.

signs up

@leggy_blonde

So I bought some gravel event wheels non-boost 0bvs from Wiggle.

They are the Prime Kanza Carbon wheels.

THEY ARE SHOCKINGLY SHIT (what was i thinking...)

Front wheel rim bed is deformed so tyre beads do not sit properly and which is really pronounced once tyre is mounted and spins.

Rear freehub makes a fucking strange noise like the something about to break every time I put "power" (lol) down...

Absolute jokes. I knew I should have gone for the new Enve's...

rumour has it there is a new fairlight "design document"paging @Belagerent

Ok Gritfest

Happy now?

I’ve been event doxxed

Carbon wheels cheaper than direct from China. What could go wrong? 🤔

Gavel bingo.

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Yes. A PDF. I look forward to your usual standard of excellent observation.

Design is everything to this business, it’s our foundations, so I take it seriously

His perchy dangle mug is gonna collect all kinds of shit from the back wheel that way round. Should have taken his cross bike and a backpack.

Germans are just weird

You know there was a lot of PDF bashing here but as a boomerI find it easier to navigate. The narrative remains in chronological order as the author would want (vs a website).

I will eventually invent a reason to buy a Fairlight and so should @6pt .. we owe it to PDFs.

There’s a spelling mistake on page 18. I can’t believe they’re this careless with their 89 page PDF’s. Says a lot about their attention to detail.

No PDF bashing here. Its actually a good read. I just enjoy the perspective of some forum users on this thread. You included. My only criticism of the Fairlight lookbooks/PDFs is I would like hyperlinks if poss to jump to the bit I want to look at rather than scrolly-scrolly. No idea if thats possible?

Anyway havent you just built a Fairlight (very nice btw)?

ha! No thats a Talbot but I would 100% buy a Fairlight as soon as I invent a need for it. Its extremely detailed design bike and I hugely respect that.