Holt my beer, again, Faran and others

There's always the Tubus Vega 29 ( non-evo ) version, which gets you 390mm height

Oooh, learnt something new today, had no idea that was a thing.

Some say, you can ride a fixed gear on 19c tyres around the Tamsin trail, but it was the perfect place for a shake down. It felt awkward at first but soon got into the rhythm, even started to get a little confident and at one point, attempted to bunny hop a twig but that nearly pulled a muscle in my back.

By comparison, having mostly ridden a rat bike made from gas pipe and an Arkose for the last year, this thing is smooth. Much pleased.

Fit was pretty OK, almost certainly going get some SQlab 30x12 bars and need to tinker with reach and drop to get it a bit lower.

Not subscribing to the church of slam that stem and preferring to use a negative stem to keep plenty of steerer I've made the error of getting a lovely Hope Zero that was offered at trade, an offer not to be refused but it is Zero degrees (duh!) and not much scope to drop the front.

Would welcome the chance to borrow any -10/-20 stems in the 50-70mm range before splashing on anything else.

Oh and it's not that sort of build but ready to ride as pictured (minus rack) this comes in at 11.9kg.

great bike, lovely job

Nice!

Can someone explain the logic here, that more sweep = racier because in my mind, it is the opposite. I think the 12 degree will be a better fit but still curious.. have they just fudged the web page.

Do they bring your hands more under your body, allowing you to balance and get a bit lower? Because this season, i have been mostly riding these and I would't call them racey.

I have looked at this, and thought about it a bit, and come to the conclusion that I haven't the foggiest.
I've also looked at how much SQLabs bars cost, gasped slightly, and then noted that Stooge have their Moto Bars in stock for £72.

I ride the 12 and like it. Tried 15 from another brand and didn't. You can rotate bars a bit also to affect angle.

I do like the carbon ones with inbuilt flex. But they're super buyer money

Stooge have their Moto Bars in stock for £72.

30x12 are £89 at Tweeks or... £199 carbon, eekk.
And if the 12 degree is racey enough for @skinny, that's racey enough for me.

At a grav grav event this weekend, will try to fondle as many different handlebars as possible.

I have a lightly used one of these that I didn't really get on with if you're interested? Trimmed
down to 760mm

https://r2-bike.com/SYNTACE-Handle-Bar-Vector-7075-High10-318-x-780-mm-12

I've tried loads, but don't seem to get on with anything more than about 9 degrees sweep

I went from 6 deg to 17 deg (stooge moto) and noticed no diff, i dont even know what sweep does ?!

i dont even know what sweep does ?!

It doesn't really matter on Zwift

true!

First outing, Brother in the Wild south coast edition. Been to all 7 and ridden it fixed, grav and now mtb. Underbiked has been fun, the constant fear pushing the descents or losing the front wheel on a grain of sand, but right now I'm here for some bounce and this is waaay more fun.

Hello to the other Holt rider on here!

Next up, the Trans-Cambrian Way.

I have a lightly used one of these that I didn't really get on with if you're interested? Trimmed down to 760mm

Will pass for now thanks, keen for both sweep and a little upsweep,

Hello to the other Holt rider on here!

Hey 👋
It was nice to meet you briefly. Mine was just a loaner but a really fun bike for the event. Do you have that double picture?

And you, will get them off my mate and send over later.

3 nights, 3 bikes and 3 different sporks.

On what started off like a Bikeradar shootout for best british hardtail for UK gravel, a Fairlight, a Cotic and a Stanton were loaded up to ride the Trans-Cambrian trail, all that was missing was @JacqueLucque showing up on a Mason RAW.

https://bikepacking.com/routes/trans-cambrian-way/

The route covers some sparse parts of Wales and we carried nearly everything needed, wild camping 2 nights and staying at the Claerddu bothy in the middle. It was all terrain and all weathers, and much harder than expected!

The Holt with little panniers, perfect.

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fucking RAD

vibey!

Nice. Also, that 3 bikes in 1 shot pic goes to show just what a decent choice a rear rack can be. Looks so purposeful in comparison to the other two.

Ha! Looks rad in full bikepacking regalia. I'd like to do the full route one day.

Nice. Also, that 3 bikes in 1 shot pic goes to show just what a decent choice a rear rack can be. Looks so purposeful in comparison to the other two.

Was great, could get a bit sendy and still use the dropper. For the others, the carradice snapped inside and they both had loads of weight up-front, along with bag swinging, bouncing and tyre rubbing to deal with.

But PSA, loctite an off-road pannier rack.. cleaned the bike yesterday and was missing 1 lower rack bolt, the other side had nearly worked its way out :O

Looks awesome, both the bike (s) and the route. Inspiration for a plan.

missing 1 lower rack bolt

Eeeeek. I mean, I guess if a rack is going to fall off, better a rear rack than a front rack but still...

I will come back to this thread when you buy tailfin