Gravel / Gravé / Gnarmac / Groad / ATB

Ya know Lfgss is nationwide now innit...Loch Fitty, Fife.

Near Redbourne? Think I recognise it.

Yep, the gravel section is just past the motorway bridge

Looks like South Norwood Country Park.

Are spokey dokes the summer revival for Grav SS21?

Spokey dokies are timeless.

Took the words out of my mouth

Misleading road sign is misleading. #nogravel here.

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how to make your otp bike a "GRAVEL BIKE" guide

1) buy a fitting half frame bag
2) sew patches to it, the more obscure or Instagram account related the better
3) repeat step 2 but for stickers
4) find some niche bottles, rapha is fine, but if you pay import tax on them that's better
5) swap the saddle, options are a brooks cambium or a flite, there is no other options
6) swap the stem out to one half the siz
7) re wrap the bars in some gaudy or outdated cotton tape, the more niche the better
8) add mudguards, metal or plastic both valid schools of thought
9) some form of saddle charm needs to be added, be it a pizza slice or keyring,
10) prepare yourself, get a nice shirt on, put shorts over your bibs, take off your spdsls

congrats, you're ready to ride a 15 mile loop around your house taking in 1-3 bits of bridal path you saw while driving the dog to the vets.

Some big shots being fired

Don’t forget to convert it to 1x , or if already 1x convert it to 2x.

Buy 650B wheels, or if already 650B buy 700C

Has the gravel aesthetic struck irony already? Is that ahead of schedule or am I behind? Sorry, I tuned out for ~100 pages.

Buy 650B wheels, or if already 650B buy 29r

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2) sew patches to it, the more obscure or Instagram account related the better
3) repeat step 2 but for stickers

What about some leather James Bond stickers?

This is sepukku

MTB thread -> -> ->

Please don't invite this thread's madness to the mtb thread. We're too busy figuring out why all our stuff doesn't work

Probably because MTBs actually get ridden

love this.

Probably because MTBs actually get ridden

Just not to and from the location where they're ridden

11) Remember why you bought an OTP bike; because 10 out 10 times it will ride better than anything custom or artisanal.

Is Rob English still blocking you on Instagram?

Instead of getting a Rob English whenI turn 40, I am going to buy a motorcycle; which by then would be a gravel bike