Gravel / Gravé / Gnarmac / Groad / ATB

Does anyone rate the byway?

Hard to tell if there was any gravel in the Peak today.
#(s)no(w)gravel

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No.

Shit at everything.

Here's an ATB for BareNessecities viewing pleasure

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Has mounts, uses p-clips and a post mount…hmm

Firefly been producing so much cool bikes recently, they make moots look like some default titanium bike from aliexpress. Their anodising game is just insane.

What I thought. Does anyone rate the Pathfinder Pro?

Can anyone ID that rear rack?

Nitto R10

Same in the borders - I'll call it premium gravel!

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I'm wondering if non-disclosed 4130 Tange tubing really justify a price of 1999 USD?

Thanks.

Is anyone aware of something similar that runs off rack mounts and maybe rear caliper mount? I’m looking for a lightweight, compact rear rack to support a dry bag. Considering trying a bagman but would prefer the bag to run inline with the bike rather than across.

someone is going to recommend a tubus fly.

Oh yes. That is an option, but I was thinking even lighter and more compact. Triangulating off the upper rack mounts and the caliper bolt, not descending to the dropouts.

What's the forum budget steel gravel bike these days? I was set (and may still get) the Wonder Camino frameset, but after faffing about building a mates bike with internal cable routing and swearing the night away, I want to go with something simple and externally routed with tyre clearance for 700x45 as minimum.

Worst tyre I ever tried

i thought the camino was aluminium.
Brother mehteh ?

That Brother looks nice. I’d be looking for a Pipedream ALICE though. Super nice. Oh and a fork with external cable routing as well. I hate the internals on my sequoia, it really made trying flat bars a chore and a half.

Fearless Warlock? https://www.fearlessbikes.com/framesets/

I’ve been looking at the Nitto r14, can be had with or without tombstone, about 500g. Lightest good looking option I could find.

But I think given my use is commuting, being able to whip it off with one bolt for leisure is the killer feature of a bagman

Kepler surely

Still not been used in anger and a few details - dynamo lights etc - still to wrangle into place, buuut this is is my new bike

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Plus alternate wheelset for audax/all-road

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Sweet bike.

It is, I was going with that to keep my budget low, but now I'm thinking going steel, paying a little more for less faff and more chuckability.
@Chaley Nearly got an Alice off the forum some years back, regret not getting it then.