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My Trek Stache is sort-of built to that brief, the only failing is the mudguards. I could fit one to the Krampus fork, but would need some sort of clip-on type for the back. I've considered the Ortlieb Quick Rack as they do a mudguard that attaches, I've heard there's a new one on the way with through-axle fitting.
Anyway, I use it as a winter gravel bike/pub bike. Schwalbe Johnny Watts are silent and quick on the road, reflective sidewall, puncture-protected (not tubeless but i set them up tubeless and theyve been fine), big footprint is fine off road except on wet roots or really sloppy mud.
The Stache can be run SS, it has a bit of sliding dropout. I'm toying with the idea of putting a belt on it, as it has the raised chainstay
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Yeah, the guards are probably the biggest worry for me. I don't know that 'proper' guards are really compatible with the idea of a mountainbike. The old Crud rear guard on the Muddyfox, (and I have the modern equivalent, the Mudplugger, on my Honzo) is good as mtb guards go but nothing like a full guard. For a front guard, there's nothing comes close to a full guard.
I'm not settled on wheel size by the way. I have a decent 26" rear wheel and a 29" boost front wheel but I dunno that I see myself building a through axle, boost, rigid fork and was thinking about a dynamo anyway so that'd be a new wheelbuild.
Front rack could come on and off reasonably easy (dynamo light would need to mount to fork separately but that's easy enough to sort out) but I know from previously trying to have on/off guards that it just doesn't work with Scottish weather, once they are on, they are on.
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I'm kind of wanting to build some sort of fbnpna bike but not sure what. I'd also kind of like a rigid SSMTB. I wonder if I can make one bike that'll do both jobs.
I'm thinking disc brakes so sliding dropouts. I have a pair that might be old PMW ones or something. They have a hanger but unlikely I'll ever use it, I think at most I'd go 3 speed igh, I have a Nexus 3 speed disc hub that I could build into a wheel if I want to do this.
I'm also thinking front rack and maybe rear, mudguards, dynamo. Worried that loading it up with all this stuff is a pretty hard steer towards fbnpna and away from ssmtb though so anyone got any pics of bikes with all that kind of kit that still look like they'd handle some offroading that goes beyond champagne gravel?
Photos are of a couple bikes I've owned in the past that fit the bill.