Gravel / Gravé / Gnarmac / Groad / ATB

Almost an arkose

All you need is just a few serious bike enthousiast for these show-bikes. They will be ridden.
Most bikes do look better in my opinion when they have been ridden on by the way.

Gravel thread reopened.

What happened to that sub-wanker/pre-wanker/bikes-up-your-arse thread that was hot for a while? Is this a merge?

If this forum had a merge function all these sub threads would be smashed into one big one. Alas it does not.

This thread needs a submerge function.

To think it almost all ended with this

Was that not the reason the thread was closed?

This year's Xmas present to the Romanceür in your life? Bound to have at least one picture of Tom Ritchey in short shorts!

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Sorry, I thought I was closing @amey

I've just seen this referred to as 'gravity gravel'

Feel bad for grumbling about the thread now

Why does cyclescheme take so long?!?!

Bit the bullet and ordered one of these framesets. Should be a fun build.

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Have we had this yet?

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/11/14/a-murder-roils-the-cycling-world

Yes, but in the appropriate thread.

Fucking hell, I got a quarter of the way down before I realised how long-form that was. Forgot it was the NYer.
TL;DRIA

How is Strickland a pro cyclist? Belongs here if anywhere.

Although the Long Reads thread is probably the best place for it.

appropriate thread

but what about the spirit of gravel?

had forgotten about the article written by colin mention in the new yorker. a bit cringe.

also he just seems like such a colossal dickwad. i don't understand how you can be in your 30s and still think treating people like that is ok. would have been a lot more sensible if she'd shot him not mo.

The spirit of gravel has always been a colossal gaslight, made possible by the lack of rules. I think it’s been extinguished now, thankfully.

I love the analogy of gravel racing being pro cycling's "frisbee golf".

Beautiful bike. Looks like a poisonous frog!

"an image-obsessed sport that empowers self-involved men."