Gravel / Gravé / Gnarmac / Groad / ATB

Crust-e rolls off the tongue nicely

That saddle 🙈

That saddle 🙈

Here below depicted @cjr and I in yesterday's ride, evidently very surprised to find all the #shitfromabutt has finally dried out and left just dusty tracks behind!

Before anyone says "Just get a horse", horses are the main suspect behind this mess, the bridleway police are still investigating the matter

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Those Ultegra levers seem to be holding up better than your GRX...

That hurts

me when I see this pic:

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Shitting whilst skiing could get really messy

Especially with someone ski jumping over you, so high to not even entirely fit on the tree trunk

mods pls add the image from post #17807 to the thread title

Went for a walk in Epping Forest near Chingford on Saturday, was wondering if it was anyone here who got stuck in the bog and then fall over sideways into it, you have my sympathies.

Less shit-like mud around today in Herts

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Aluminium? Depends on condition obvs but I’d say £600 ish, maybe a touch more if it’s mint. Which given the current market probably means £3k.

Bokeh Ti probably £1500.

‘21 unlocked. The ultimate LFGSS #nogravel chariot.

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This looks like a very sensible winter bike - seal of approval.
What's the frame?

Topstone Neo

To note this weighs about same as my CDF did with steel fork, pelago rack and guards 😂

Chainstays start in Canada and finish in Mexico.

I'd rather walk.

Is it just me or does that look like it was photographed in a studio?

Tukt is dead. It was about time.

am i asking too much of a Red crank to withsatnd the hurley burley of enduroad/gnarmac riding?

or am i a wattage animal.... this didn't happen as the result of a crash btw... got about 2000 miles usage out of them (not the original owner tbf). was going for a KOM section and was 7 seconds up, according to my garmin, went for the sprint finish and heard/felt a crunching noise... this was about 12 miles from home too... joyous

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Are they hover aero bars?

That'll buff out

My Arkose survived the winter. Apart from the Epping mud destroying a set of brake pads. Tempted to stick a pair of Rene Herse 38c extralight tyres on for spring, but I've a nagging feeling this will result in instant death.

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Are the Red a bonded crank like the Ultegras? If so, there's a lot of threads on other forums about the inherent design fault of using a bonded 2 piece construction for an item that's going to get (potentially) a lot of wet weather use.