Gravel / Gravé / Gnarmac / Groad / ATB

Amen. No droppers nor SIDs either

Like in old school beat em ups, they're the same guy with different colors.

Zwift 4k looking great in that picture

Is that an Aethos?

Those Conti are apparently regarded to be very fast.

I’m gonna says 100%, want one but can’t get it on trade sadly.

They are. Made 50/50 gravel/road rides genuinely pleasurable, rather than a drag.

Crux, I reckon.

Not got a long shelf life I've heard

I’m about 800 miles into mine and the are starting to look decidedly used.

Definitely not. Rear knobs are showing wear after 600k. Doesn’t bother me too much as I’ve really enjoyed them in the dry conditions we’ve been having and they’ve changed how I ride that bike.

Crux

Have you tried it with a 30/32 slick?

Oh it's not mine 😅.

What is this?

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If it works, it’s genius.

More detail here in the Cyfac section: https://theradavist.com/2022-concourse-de-machines-part-one-contest-contestants/

Leading-link fork, elastomer and leaf-spring suspension. Apparently it locks out under braking, which the designers see as AGoodThing™ for riding over cobbles. Seems slightly bonkers to my more MTB-centric mind, but there you go...

looks to be a similar idea to a Lauf fork suspension but using a regular carbon fork mounted backwards.

Edit:
Dont listen to me!

Leading link MTB forks were tried a couple of times in the 90s and were shit then....

Basically, if it's on the Radavist, file under Attention Seeking Bollocks

Complete over thinking / engineering for a person who clearly needs a MTB and probably still rides slow.

But it's concours de machines - it's a contest of overengineering and I love it

it's a contest of overengineering

yeah but at what point do you go..."is this a drop bar mtb now?"

at what point do you go..."is this a drop bar mtb now?"

About here, maybe?

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It's a show bike. Built for a show.

Lol

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