Gravel / Gravé / Gnarmac / Groad / ATB

Checkpoint, after studying the photo a bit more.

same colourway as mine!

Should be prefixed with Dad…

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not locked outside the station? i do not believe you

ha!

I'm thinking of trying some wide bars, anyone got any experiences? I was thinking of PNW 48cm

I like wide bars on my MTB so I'm thinking I probably will on gravel too. I have finally accepted that I simply don't have the build to be aero.

5 rides in on the Crux. Today being the first I felt a mountain bike would have been most suitable. Absolute slop fest.
Or, is now the time for me to unleash the 650b wheels with some knobbly 2.1s and lower pressures?
The ride I did will be a lovely blast in the summer, just not now.

I've got the widest crust shakas on my gravel bike, would recommend. I have 800mm bars on mtb, 440s on road bike. So yeah, wide bars every time for me.

Sounds good, I'm also at 800 and was at 44 before I ditched the road bike entirely. Did you drop much stem length? I think the middle option is the way to go with the PNWs, over 600 at the drops might be a stretch too far.

The shakas are I think 520s at hoods 560 at drops so not as much flare as the PNW.
I never had any different bars on this bike so not much to compare it to, but the bike has slightly shorter reach with the same size stem as my road bike (11cm). I'd keep the same stem to start with, I don't think a few cm wider bars makes that much different in reach.

is now the time for me to unleash the 650b wheels with some knobbly 2.1s and lower pressures?

Think the path to enlightenment goes..

Buy 2.1 mezcals > buy hardtail > buy Arkose

forum opinions on suspension seat posts for gravels.

A - good
or
B - heavy / another thing to go wrong / waste of money

I have one on a road bike, no opinions

The elastomer style ones are genuinely good. If for little gravel then the ee silk is nice, bigger rough gravel the thudbuster is ace.

For shorter riders or smooth gravel I wouldn't worry.

AliExpress has eesilk knock offs... Just sayin

Canyon VCLS works and is not heavy. But is rather costly

Not PhilDAS approved though.

personal experience? (of the eesilk rather than AliExpress)

it would be mainly for protecting my bits while riding the reiver in kielder...

No but I'm tempted to give it (the knockoff) a try

I don't think there's any need then. Good pressures and tyres and you'll be fine.

Do you really think so? I found it a massive PITA - damping was not noticeable but the two leafs slipping if tension on the internal nut wasn't high enough definitely was

I had one as stock on a Canyon endurace. Rode it for maybe 8k km before replacing with a Chinese carbon post to lose some weight. Now its on my gravel bike and have done another 1.5k km so far.

No slippage so far - tightened with torque wrench and I'm not super heavy. I find it adds a bit of damping (like a soft rear tyre) but haven't tried any of the elastomer posts to compare. Didn't need it on the endurace but feel like it helps a bit on gravel

I r got a set of PNW Coasts in 52cm with a matching 60mm stem if you really want to push the boat out.

I loved them. Can’t remember why I changed now, but I think it was because I saw a bargain on some crabon. Had them on both my Midnight Special and Evasion Lite. Great bars.

Yours for £30.

I’m already pondering a hardtail to sit between my Crux and Tallboy. I don’t have space for an Arkose at this time…