Gravel / Gravé / Gnarmac / Groad / ATB

I love it. I'm easy to please though. If you're ever in Bristol and are short feel free to try it out! ;)

This is amazing

Shimano alfine does one for their 39t chainrings

Put 30&32 in today, steering was fine, lost a bit of traction, so 28&30 next time.

#PSIoff

aye but its liek 35quid to be seperate!

I have a spare I think. Shall I have a look for you?

please --- youd have to post it to me , if its too much hassle, honestly , dont bother ! thank lolo.

I'll PM you tomorrow.

Jesus, that’s almost as much as the entire chainset. Thought they would be £5-10.

...so - project GravelBoard (Boardman bike - get it - ok i'll never use that again) is getting some legs,
adaptors for the thru axel -> qr wheels are done + 25mm marathon plus' need fitting, bashguard is coming (thanks @Lolo ) and fit....
as its a winter commuter + gravel bike it got 2 jobs so things to get :

• triple crank spacer thats missing
  
• burly set of disc wheels that can take punishment + discs (160mm)
  
• gravel tyres - think yorkshire dales landy tracks + tarmac....
  
• nice fitting fully waterproof top tube frame bag (bit enough for 2 tubes/tools/bladder??)
  
• single bottle cage relocate (down the bottom of the frame)
  
• currently running trp/hy - would like to run "proper" hydro. long term
  
• clean the thing. (!)
  
  

pah Y1F913000 Shimano 6.5mm spacer - c'est impossible!

mid september if i buy via ebay from taiwan!

Can you get hydraulic levers for a triple? No idea, but doesn't seem very common.

its going to become a super compact double.... ;-)

Dropped down 6 teeth on the front and suddenly my semi slicks can climb mtb trails. Now I really want to try 650b big tyres for extra comfort

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Exactly right, I have the Gravel King which is pretty much a slick tyres, simply having a much lower gear mean I get to sit down and have more weight on the tyres.

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Travelgravel

That's pretty much my dream bike. Perhaps some guard mounts and it would be there.

Road bike or mountain bike?

hideous mutant morelike

seems like a lot of monstercross bikes don't give you any aerodynamic benefit over flat bars, which are seemingly superior for any technical terrain. i feel like the stack should be at least a little lower than an xc bike.

You have to be going pretty fast to get any aero benefit but the difference between drop bars and flat bars is going to be decent. To my mind there is a niche for bikes like that but it's this:

• riding somewhere with sustained high speeds where you need aeroz, maybe big headwinds for example
  
• but you need fork travel
  
• but you don't need to do technical climbs and stuff
  
• but it's too technical/bumpy for Tour Divide-style flat bar + aero bars combo (i.e. not a bit of on-road followed by a bit of off-road)
  
  

If you're riding for miles on this:

or this:

maybe even this:

I could maybe see it making sense. But for most people no

Edit: maybe this too

i mean i am being super judgy i know. there are certainly fine applications of this bike. i just find it ugly.

my highball is used to ride like 30-40 paved miles to/from trails or for dirt/gravel touring.

Was going to say something about sus gravel 650B vs just getting some bigger 29x2.3 wheels and sticking with a simple rigid fork but f-it, why not. Brands will make stuff to offer choice and choice is good. I hope they sell well. I'd have a Slate if that's what I was after though. The Lefty is so good in that application but it's £££.

The new Cannondale gravel bike look awesome.

Thats all I’m gonna says.