Gravel / Gravé / Gnarmac / Groad / ATB

Alloy cross bike = king gravel bike

Not biased by owning a tcx as well, obviously. Like the raw look - did you strip it yourself?

This is now an enjoyable thread

Uh oh

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Knew we could count on you.

this is now an enjoyable thread

Cheaper forks with mounts etc
https://www.fyxation.com/products/carbon-fiber-adventure-fork

But you get had by customs. Brother sometimes do something similar

Is this the customer?

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Love this!!

Thanks, but unfortunately they have a 45 mm rake, while my bike's current fork has a 50 mm rake.

You'll barely notice 5mm.

Columbus Futura Cross+ ?

He must really like Norway

Liz’s TCX for the win 🏆

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Ok, that opens up a lot of options then! Was convinced it mattered because I read some blurb about the combination of whatever HTA + 45 mm offset fork was the standard on gravel bikes, but that 71.5 HTA + 50 mm offset fork also gave equivalently nice handling. I was also influenced by the fact there are a lot of forks out there with chip dropouts which allow changing the offset by 5 mm, is it just marketing bullshit?

Also, unsure if trail is the only number I should look at when making comparisons like that, or if there are other metrics.

@cheekysnaker : if we give up on the whole 50mm offset thing, that works too, but it's in the same price range as Fairlight's Cempa 2.0, which is precisely what I wanted (more than the Enve actually), down to the stupidest detail like the orientation of the mudguard eyelet. If I'm buying a fork in the ~500€ range I'm definitely buying the Fairlight one.
Was hoping there were sub-300€ forks, like the ones specced on Bombtrack Ext (most likely Carbondas?) with different details (definitely want a front facing eyelet at the fork crown for instance).

Message fairlight? they sometimes have some seconds in the outlet section but maybe they've got one knocking about
They're very helpful I find

I've messaged them yesterday about availability and shipping costs to France, hopefully they'll tell me if they've got one laying around unlisted on the website :)

Gravel Fixie ready to ride !

Pictures...

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HTA/offset/trail will change, and will affect the ride feel, so it's not entirely marketing BS. However, whether that change is better or worse is likely to vary according to personal preference, terrain, riding style etc. too.
It's unlikely a 45mm offset fork will push the trail figures outside of the useable range for a bike initially designed for 50mm offset.

that looks terrible, please send to me (dibs still)

I jest! Looks like a fun run around!!

Why not have a steel one built? Geoff Roberts can probably build you something in that price range.

Thanks, I will not limit myself to 50 mm offset forks then :) Will continue looking around to see if I can find a sub 300€ one.

@Alex_B : that's something I considered, I need to shoot an email to the framebuilders I know to inquire about their prices (I'm in France, not the UK, so Geoff Robers wouldn't be very convenient!).

ringing endorsement

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