Gravel / Gravé / Gnarmac / Groad / ATB

Awol is such a great and beautiful frame...

Looking for a new handlebar. want something about 48-52cm wide, bit of flare and no raise. any tipps?

As full bikes they were a bit lardy. As frames, I regret not buying one. Surprisingly light and well thought out. According to Speshy UK, they sold terribly worldwide.

Not sure where this bike belongs anymore.

Anti porn perhaps?

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In the US they only sold well in a few cities, Boston, SF, Seattle etc.

Fbnpna

Polished guards would make this even better.

Meh, don’t disagree but I reckon metal guards (Said steel a second ago ya ninja) are a bit shit in the real world.

Functional enough ?

Don't be ridiculous, needs a front rack at the very least.

Yeah, been there done that, prefer the carradice (it’s massive) and the carbon fork than the rack/basket/boat anchor fork. Almost 3kg lighter, makes a difference.

Too functional for the randonee wankfest that is the functional thread

I reckon metal guards (Said steel a second ago ya ninja) are a bit shit in the real world.

Why?

Plastic/chromoplastics tend to bend and twist (When they get branches stuck in them/caught on shoes/knocked when locking up etc) then return to shape. Metal don’t. Can’t disagree they look good though.

Rene is GOD

metal guards are a bit shit in the real world

Might as well insult his mother next, jesus.

I thought this was a safe space

@Tijs is very sensitive about metal guards, nowhere is safe.

Luckily LFGSS is not the real world.

What's with the mudguard chat in the gravel biek thread? Be gone with you.

I love the look of metal guards but SKS guards are just so cheap in comparison. With metal guards I feel like you'd always be babying them and worrying about them .

Thanks @BareNecessities.

We all know most gravel bikes are actually just "the commuter" anyway!

Oi!

Sorry thought this was functional

I’m kidding. Trying to keep threads on topic in this place is impossible.