Gravel / Gravé / Gnarmac / Groad / ATB

Bombtrack Arise anyone? New version seems to have more clearance (40s rather than 35) but gained a kilo (11.5 rather than 10.5).

I like the ability to stick a mech on at a later date (though sceptical as to how well it works). However Bombtrack always strike me as one of these brands where you're paying a chunky premium for the brand (yes, Mason, looking at you)

Or any other single-speed-with-clearance bikes/ frames worth considering?

Big list here
https://www.lfgss.com/comments/15234935/

nice, thank you!

HHS: "I bought all the cool parts the internet told me to, but why is my bike so uncool?"

Nice bit of #UKgravel today.

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Idyllic! where is this terrible #nogravel?
Did you have to ride 200km on a motorway to get there?

absolutely awful gravel out at swinely in the MOD land

I was cutting through some bushes on what looked like a lightly trodden foot trail to feel crusty and happened to stumble on a couple of teenagers in full BDU's and some of the governments finest rifle replicas, they were not impressed but I was having a joyful time.

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It's castle howard near York. 46 mile and about 50% off road I reckon. Headwind down a main road home wasn't much fun but enough 'rough stuff' made up for it.

telling my kids this was the eiffel tower

Why all these horrible bikes have cable discs?

The money ran out after buying the frameset.

Even horrible bikes can be redeemed sometimes

;)
https://www.rapha.cc/gb/en/stories/rapha-custom-richard-sachs

I'm sure it's well-trodden but I discovered a nice spot of #nogravel today: the off-road climb of Leith Hill through Dingwall Woods. Probably aided by the fact that there was nobody around (was quite early)

which features breathable performance fabrics and fits close for aerodynamic benefits.

Perfect for a racing a bike that weighs more than the Ever Given with brakes that don't work when it's wet. I really dislike that guy, Sachs is so far up his own arse.

Sachs is so far up his own arse

He is but I do applaud him for successfully selling "custom" frames for 40 years that are all exactly the same

Yeah with a two year waiting list! Peak gravel, that.

I guess the people on his waiting list must like him.

Ted King on wide, slick tyres. I look forward to your rebuttals.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s17ouh_ZM7M

my pelago sibbo for not so serious riding.

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I'm too old for youtube videos but those tyres on his Cannondale CX bike look pretty knobbly to me?

I haven't actually read that piece :/

I don't blame you