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  • {triple-post / cat / matrix glitch / horse}

  • That's not tyre sealant....

  • aka just walk

    Continuing the traditions of Brick Lane fixie hipsters of the early 00’s, bike-walking re-imagined has enjoyed something of a resurgence during the pandemic. Venture beyond the suburbs into England’s quiet lanes. We dare you! You’re now as likely to see David (39, kitchen designer) walking his ‘Topstone’ carbon gravel bike (with a trail of tyre-sealant), as you are the somewhat expected sight of countryfolk upon a horse.

    Here Stephanie walks Hugo on a July morning. Stephanie thinks David’s bicycle is juvenile (“boys will be boys”) but is quite interested in a new kitchen.


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  • r/gravelfanfiction

  • not sure you'll ever get anything down bike brake hoses without a bleed kit.

    Where there's a will there's a way.

  • Give up and eat comfort food?

  • Wouldn't the brakes get too hot with sriracha? Only works if you've got cooling fins on your pads, or some spare sour cream

  • Page 666 is the spiritual home of the gravel thread. It’s always page 666 here.

  • It's only a matter of time before the majority of the content of these threads merge (see also the Dynamo threads) and people who don't like it find some sort of retrogrouch thread which merges with this thread a number of years later

  • This thread has now passed 2 million views

    I'm so proud

  • quick no one post so the thread's stuck on 666 forever

  • Can't wait to get the dynamo, bikepacking, practical and gravel merged into one hotpot of overthinking and underriding adventureurs. The horror.

  • you got everyone blocked? wise choice

  • Only hippy.

  • I'm surprised that bikepacking is such a controversial topic on the gravel thread.

    Rename to "£4k carbon race chariots" I guess and merge it with the CX/turbo trainer threads

  • I'm surprised that bikepacking is such a controversial topic on the gravel thread.

    It isn't, it just has it's own thread so there's no need to double up in this one.
    We haven't bundled unladen road riding with the racks/touring thread.
    Based on the sheer numbers of gravel bikes sold in the last couple of years, I'd say the percentage of those customers doing multi day trips and over night camping is low. The vast majority are doing single day off road routes. Not necessarily racing or even going fast. They go here.

  • Sigh. The Bikepacking thread is full of gear chat...

  • Bikepacking you can do with any bike. Even with 4k carbon chariots. That was the appeal, carrying stuff in your road/MTB/fixed/whatever bike. The industry just seen the opportunity to pigeon hole all of it into a new genre and sell a fuckload at inflated prices.

  • The vast majority are doing 60km round Kent with bikes laden for a round the world trip

  • Only managed 40 with @amey

  • His XC bike slow you up?

  • Right, but I only pointed out that bikepacking is one singular possible reason to use wide drops. It seems the mere mention of handlebar bags has set the "just get a CX bike" squad alarm off and now everyone's calling for the merge police.

  • And also that off-road riding can rattle a rack to bits.

  • Yeah sure, maybe it's gone a bit far.
    But the dude who kicked it off was this guy with silly wide bars and he aint bikepacking

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