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jackbepablo
I’ve realised I ride gravel way more than I ride mtb trails so I’m quite tempted to replace my under utilised hardtail with more of a flat bar grav bike. So far I’m liking the look the Spa Rove as it ticks a lot of (pretty much all) the boxes on my list of requirements which is as follows (in order of importance),
Steel.
Ability to be run geared or ss so sliding, rocker or otherwise adjustable dropouts or ebb.
Clearance for 29 x 2.2-2.4” tyres.
Tyre clearance created with use of a yoke rather than heavily crimped stays.
Can take my 15 x 110/12 x 148mm wheels.
Dropper compatible seattube.
All the mounts.
My current choices for gravelable bikes are a fixed/ss bike that takes max 40mm tyres or my pumped up Raleigh Twenty which is actually surprisingly good on gravel at least until it gets lumpy at which point the wheel size becomes a problem.
Thought I’d ask in here (and in the gravel thread) to see if anyone could suggest any alternatives that I might not have looked at yet.
Should also say, I’m open to buying a geared frame and changing the dropouts to sliders but this counts out the likes of Genesis as they tend to use large plate style dropouts and I’d also want a frame I was going to chop up to be used or at least cheap.