Gravel / Gravé / Gnarmac / Groad / ATB

no reason at all not to... they're ace bikes (in typical tradition of recommending what you already own, here's a picture of mine)

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A hugely underrated comment

Do it! Just upgrade wheels later on... Or straight away.

Because you don't get a warranty second hand?

I give mine a double thumbs up. While the looks aren't to everyone's taste, you can't see it when you're riding it. And there's a lot to be said for a workhorse gravel bike. I have two sets of wheels and throw on some fat slicks and guards for winter road riding. If you do go down this route then I'd suggest two wheelsets with the same hub to avoid the small faff of having to adjust the calipers/shim the rotor for the wheel change.

Here's a picture of me being a fool on mine

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What did the gravel champs winner ride?

My money is on a LaVita.

Nicolai G1

Well seeing as both Ali Brownlee and Ruth Astle are both pro triathletes....

Not TT bikes.

Ryan Christensen was 1st over the line on a Canyon Grail but as he's not British, that didn't count for the jersey.

Ryan Christensen was 1st over the line on a Canyon Grail

After taking out Cameron Mason on the final corner, due to a back marker getting in the way.

Nah, Cameron went too early. Wouldn't have won anyway.

a back marker getting in the way

YAL again?

Ooowe this sounds juicy. Was anyone filming the race?

Don’t think they even sold anything through eBay (they reduce the price very slightly and re-write it)

The only anti-tripster comments is “it’s a little bit boring” and I think that was in the sense that it’s not going to get Instagram Likes.

I think it’s pretty jolly well effing OK 👍

I am sure there will be a million VLOGS out soon.

hi guyssss

This is what the seat stays might have to look like to get away with 3 eyelets and no heel interference:

They've really gone full bore with the mounts on this one:

That fork's a weird looking thing

Agreed, it's very offputting and it's aluminium as well. I feel like this is 8bar's modus operandi though, they make something that looks 90% decent then they fuck up the last 10% with something like that fork. On the plus side you can buy just the frame for 599 Euro and then have money left over for a nicer fork....

Is it like a fighter jet? Can you load rockets and cannons there?

Y u say this :'(

Yep can use heavy braking as a means to launch bidons towards other trail users!

good value

The lines between flared drop bars and mustache flat bars are becoming more and more blurry