Gravel / Gravé / Gnarmac / Groad / ATB

Slam it and put a double on. It’ll ride like the bike you want.

Yes they are custom painted to match the frame

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Oh my. Stunning!

Thing is the new bike wouldn’t have a double either

Thank you!

@hippy, @giofox and @yeahdext and any other crux owners, how are you getting on with them so far? Wondering if one would make a decent winter road bike that was 80% on road and 20% off road it whether this wouldn’t really be making the most of the bike. Decent weight appeals for winter road duties, and wondering whether running 2x groupset with two sets of wheels could be a goer but lack of mudguard mounts is annoying and clip-on guards suck. In Cornwall I need guards for approx 8 months of the year

Seems bonkers to buy a bike with no mudguard mounts if you need mudguards 8 months of the year

stop telling everyone to buy a trek checkpoint

Checkpoint is only one of a multitude of lightweight gravel bikes that take mudguards these days. I don't know why bikes with no mudguard mounts even exist except to trick people into spending money for clean lines

Isn't the pfadfinder fulfilling this purpose in a satisfying way ?

Yeah it’s great but I’ve always got half an eye on future possible purchases

Indeed

It's a great bike and I am enjoying it for the purpose I bought it for - riding technical off-road trails.

Pretty sure it's capable enough to make an aggressive gravel bike or a decent, eyeletless, road bike. But probably not what it's been conceived for. Anyway, bikes these days are good at everything you want them to, so just buy a bike that gets you excited to ride it.

But I must concur it'd kill me to ride with strap on mudguards for 8months a year. You can probably get a Ti all-road/endurance bike which would be just as capable for that 20% offroad

Exactly my thoughts - thanks for confirming them! This is what I’ve been alternating between winter road and off-road use at the moment and it’s doing great.

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Cervelo Aspero says hi

Doesnt get much better than this

Rented an Aspero in Germany, was fun. Don’t think it does ‘guards though

Yeah, ride that till you break it, then start looking for another bike

My Grevil doesn't take guards obviously. The asymmetrical stays also meant I couldn't use my mudhuggers, so I sold them here. I've used my SKS Raceblades on them as I did with my Diverge - even though that had fixtures. I think for "plug-and-play" mudguards the SKS are pretty good, if not a bit fiddly at first. Yes I know they look wrong on a Grevil, but I don't care.

Word

I haven’t ridden a Crux yet. I own one though! :)

In shop being bled, should be able to advise end of week…

Yeah, ride that till you break it, then start looking for another bike

Glad this was directed at ghostface rather than me, given my record I’d rather not be thinking about breaking the crux just yet.

Damn, now I am looking at one!!

I've not touched mine yet. Still need to get that "Fucking SRAM!" swapped out for Di2.

Personally I wouldn't buy a carbon gravel bike for a winter road bike, especially if you use mudguards. (I only dabble in mudguard use, I hate the bastards).

the crux is great but no mounts = not a winter bike imo. it is a pretty soft frame and generally feels great to ride.