Gravel / Gravé / Gnarmac / Groad / ATB

They will sell A LOT of them

MvdP ran 50psi in his 38c tyres at the gravel worlds. Idiot.

That’s a rod baik

The rubber around here has been skinny of late

I gave up on the Spesh saddle and went back to an ISM. This one's also new to me, their MTB one. It's a bit shorter than the Breakaway I normally use and has a curved bum. So, the fit is different again but I think it's "ok" for the 30mins I've tested it.

A little shakedown ride of 600k (road) on the weekend should reveal any issues.

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my eyes!!!!

bum comfort know's no style boundaries.

You ride Treks, which presumably means you're already wearing coke bottle glasses.

This. Function>form.

This will (one day, I promise) be ridden more in a day than most of this thread ride in a week.

Just be thankful it's not the green Breakaway that came off the Mason.

Soon to be on Temu

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I don't understand that a fork flap can help reduce the aero penalty of a disc caliper, but why do they leave that ugly axle head flapping out in the breeze? It would make their life easier if they made the forkflap continue to the bottom of the fork and then did a counterbore to hide the axle head.

They couldn't think of a better name than Fork Flap?

and you reckon ISM are ugly. At least saddles are hidden by arses for the most part.

It's a shit design. They could have a replaceable thru axle insert like Mason use, that sits flush.

You would of thought that the time and effort put into the Fork Flap that someone would have suggested what about cover the whole thru axle..

Maybe didn't translate well...

Ascetics of these type of saddles will never be pleasing to the eye, but as you say it's not always seen when in use.

Not really gravel but i know all the English enthusiasts are here

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Road bike.

Ugly fucking mess of a road bike.

Fly-tip Camo

What's the point, when you've got 45litres of bike packing bags on there too?

What's the point

I realise this could be the thread title

at least has mudguard mounts

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The 1W I save from not having unused holes in my frame is still worth it.

Those tyres are for floating over muddy bridleways, yeah?

Only aero bags allowed on that bike