Gravel / Gravé / Gnarmac / Groad / ATB

This one?
https://www.wiggle.co.uk/brand-x-ascend-­cx-dropper-seatpost-85-105mm

ah yes, this is the one I want. Thanks. I was looking at the slightly cheaper Ascend II, which has the same dimensions but a different lever.

Reality is gradually encroaching:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/403643726221?hash=item5dfb0a798d:g:dGwAAOSwaiZiVJx9

Ahh yes, almost what the poorman can afford

Why has no one else though of this? Gravel too chunky? Just sift it!

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In my quest for a 50 mm rake fork with fender mounts at the dropout, integrated dynamo routing and eyelets at the fork crown both front and back, I've stumbled upon Seido, a components company by Bombtrack. They make this fork which would be available at a local shop in two weeks, and seems to fit the bill perfectly.

It would cost me at least 200€ less than the Fairlight Cempa 2.0 I was about to order (and that's excluding shipping).

Is there any important difference I'm missing here?

Ive got a surly midnight special fork for sale atm??

I hate that fork with a passion, sorry! It truly is a marvel of engineering, but I think it deserves a better rider than me!

Please redact statement for future buyer...

Better?

I couldnt agree more!

Is the ameybot broken? I don't remember seeing this radavist bike posted here yet

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One difference could be ability to take a front rack. The one you posted doesn’t say if it can. So probably not specced for it.

If it can I’m ready to swap out my old bbtrack fork for this one.

I must try harder :(

It was even called a gravel monster, and photographed on some gravel

I'm not sure what makes a fork rated for a front rack or not tbh, can the carbon experts chime in?
I'm not sure if the Fairlight one can take a front rack either, and their website is broken for me most of the time, so I can't check.

Spork, Enve Adventure, the one by Allygn (and I'm sure many others) are rated for a front rack, if you're so inclined. Seido also has this one, which is explicitely rated for a lowrider.

Just seen this, ridden one of these motors was pretty terrible.

Is that 46 rear with a big chainring? What's the point?

It's too close to being actually good to be in here

Its not just the fact that my current forks cant take a front rack but they also lack fixings for mudguards and can only take a 160 rotor. While my frame is made for a 180. This would solve a couple of issues thats been buggering me. The ones youve listed are sort of out of my budget i think.

That angle somehow manages to hide the mad bars

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Decent top gear for road riding with a tyre/wheel change maybe

There is an ISO standard for bicycle luggage carriers; ISO 11243 in case you want to purchase it and read it at your leasure. It basically involves mounting a rack with the max specced weight and swinging it around a bit. It specififcally does not apply to removable bags, so I think most companies would not bother applying it to 3-pack mounts on the side of the fork.
However, if I had a fork with 3 mounts on each side and one at the crown, I would feel perfectly fine attaching a rack loaded with 5kg if it attached to at least one hole on each fork leg and the crown. I wouldn't expect a warranty if I pulled out the threads though.

Thanks for that perfect explanation. The trick is to not specify how you pulled the threads ;) In all seriousness I have no plans to use a rando rack atm but it's good to know!

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