Gravel / Gravé / Gnarmac / Groad / ATB

Yes that is some premium dehydrated muddle you’ve got there.

#nogravel in Surrey on Saturday either. Here are some edited highlights

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0Ig90RKv-k

I don't see how anyone can be against 'gravel' bikes when you see this. Looks like a bloody good time.

thanks mate, it was :-)

Bearable on mute.

hehe, yeah sorry for the annoying electropop.

I normally like to tie my vids together with a decent copyrighted tune but then of course I can't upload it to youtube so its a bit pointless.

posted this in a horse forum, was sent here

That's very nice! Yours?

Spent the last 5 days living out of a hut and riding some actual gravel around the Trossachs.

Riding gravel is really tiring and it makes your hands sore. I wouldn’t recommend it.

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Glen Finglas.

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Glen Lyon.

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Somewhere near Rannoch.

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Lots of lovely pics from the tour, but what the people want is some close ups of those grx jockey wheels after all this

WTF is this decent cycling content? This thread is for gravel marketing hype and 1x vs. 2x wars only.

The guy I was riding with runs an Alfine 8 speed. I’m converted. It’s the future.

My left hand lever is showing wear, I'm too embarrassed to post it.

I was really confused with the red bike photo then the green and black bikes in the shots and then I worked out you might've been a group of three. I think I should lay off the sauce for a while...

As for hub gears, I love the idea in principle, but the whole thing about shifting while not pedaling and having to use a grip shift (based on Ryan Duzer's comments anyway) puts me off.

It's the same with belt drive - "awesome! no more frickin' oil on the carpet!" but the reality is having to carry a belt around with you on a custom frame or customised frame and I put it back into the can't be arsed basket.

The left?!?

I lean it on its left side against the wall in the hallway, the paint there looks worse tbf. I don't use either shifter, my commute is flat and I don't need any other of the many gears I have covering a massive range.

Nice I recognised the last bit up to Farthing Down! What was the rest of the route?

Glad you liked it. Rest of the route here

Check out this route on Strava: https://strava.app.link/llijZELpBfb — Grrrr.... ravel: North downs way loop

It is. I like your Rapture ;)

Yeah, there were three of us for one day as another friend came to join for a day trip.

I was against the idea as well but you can set it up with a bar end shifter. And when you’re averaging 10mph on a ride it’s not like not pedalling for a second to change gear is going to be a problem, haha! You can also change gear when you’re stopped which, for someone like me who falls off regularly, is great ;)

He was riding more of a drop bar MTB though, so probably made more sense to have a hub gear on that.

I hope no one minds the cross post from the 'any questioned answered' but I've had the 1 x vs 2 x debate for a sort of cross bike but wanted to gauge opinion on the set-up, particularly Middleburn Ro2 cranks, here goes: ...... I'm tempted to run Ultegra R8000 shifters/long cage rear mech with Deore cassette for a 1 x setup using a Middleburn RO2 chainset. Is it wrong/will it work? Any opinions on a new Ro2 chainste/crankset also gratefully received. I'd run it with a 48 chainring, ideally a Specialities TA Syrius but thats not set.... Yours sincerely, etc etc

1x with a 48t chainring would give really big gears! Ultegra long cage can only go up to 34t cassettes IIRC

You could use a GRX rear derailleur and a 46t cassette - not officially supported, but it works.