Gravel / Gravé / Gnarmac / Groad / ATB

Out of interest, do you still have the WAC bike?

Bits of the Sussex Mystery Tour go fairly close to T Wells: https://www.komoot.com/tour/854074366?ref=itd&share_token=aTJyg6mhji7wdcOE030DzbiSO9BaFWb1qJYYiZy6Hwhk5AlRoa&ref=its

Well, Groombridge is fairly close anyway. There are a couple of old railway tracks that have been turned into Downslink esque bits out towards Crowborough/Withyham.

@crow might be able to help

Swinley on Christmas Day

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Perfect winter ride! What frame is that - looks great

Thanks! @crow has indeed been a great help already by PM :)

Cheers for the link too @MTB-Idle

Looks like a brother with that tiny headtube

Ding ding ding

Wonderful. Looks a bit like my Arkose

Framesets start at only 6k!

Is this not a cx bike?

Not sure if you're serious, but according to ENVE:

The MOG checks all the boxes for what a modern gravel bike should be.

It looks like Cx tyres to me and there is no bottle cages... But lines are blurred

All the water is in the SWAT box

SQUAT to drink from SWAT

https://youtu.be/fIFMCjsqtN8?si=Gbmd09xHr8n0B0XY

Bit of a dude.

Owners of Crux, are they a nice ride? I don’t have the desire to strip and sell all the bits (already doing that with my SL7) from an off the peg bike but there seem to be some framesets floating about in the desired size for 30% discount.

I've watched every bit of Romance content on YouTube in the last few months.... The kind of cyclist influence you need and want.

yes it is very smooth, rear end in particular

Any opinions on GRX 400 shifters/RD? Tempted to get the shifter+brake combos on sale. Are they compatible with Shimano MTB brakes? I've got a PM fork, so either I get an adapter and size up the disc from 160 > 180, or get a PM front brake.

Would they work (in practice) with all the 10 speed shimano MTB and road cassettes?

I imagine it would be an upgrade from what I have now in terms of comfort, braking power, and shifting performance. Current setup is 6700 ultegra road shifters with TPR spyres, and a 9speed M711 XT derailleur on a hg50 10sp cassette. The cable pull works out for this combo.

It will work and any Shimano 2 pot caliper will also work fine.

Will Shimano be releasing four piston brakes for the road/gravel groups at any point?

Hopefully they wont rub as much as hope rx4 if they do.

Precisely. Four piston with the new increased pad clearance is what I want.