Gravel / Gravé / Gnarmac / Groad / ATB

Sputnik, a dutch framebuilder:

Looks shit. Terrible gear choice too, like the Brompton in the window of my LBS with the chain fallen off on the BB shell.

There's this picture with a slightly better small chainring 1x set up but small cassette and slack chain is pretty poor

Edit: This is actually a gravel e-bike they're also releasing

11-36 isn't a small cassette tbf.

Thought it looked more like a 32

Downtube makes it look like an ebike

Downtube makes it look like a ebike

Edit: This is actually a gravel e-bike they're also releasing

Aha...

a nice subtle Squid

Mamnick thread >>>>>>

no biek, just a pic I shot in Tuscany last Sunday while riding my 1973 gravel bike ;-) among approx. 7,500 others

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DM FSA chainset looks interesting

I want those 650B Zipps w/ 55m tyres that Si was using on his GCN bikepacking video with Josh. /csb

Just get 650b lightbicycle

After the last one? Do normal tyres seat properly in them?

I don't think my bike would actually let me run 55mm tyres.

"The frame takes up to 700x52mm tyres – that’s pretty massive! The fork is limited at an impressive 45mm. The frame also takes 650b wheels with up to 2″ tyre width too."

What did you do?

Mine have been great

i love my lightbicycle flyweight wheels, they are just above 1000g WITH a SON dynamo

I run 47c horizons on them.

I didn't -do- anything. The rim doesn't allow tyres to seat properly unless you bang it up to 120psi+ with a track pump. My mini pump wouldn't manage. Same rim with tubeless tyre was problem-free.

I’ve been running maaaaaaassive tubeless tyres on my lightbicycle rims for a couple of years. I took them to the Alps and couldn’t break or ding them despite being heavy and careless on DH MTB trails.

10/10 would (will) abuse again.

Yeah yeah

i thought they were like 1200g? nearer 13?

Depends on tyre and design dude. Not all have same bead quality. As it goes too, tubeless is becoming the norm, so many teething problems and universal standards have yet to be ironed out. I've not had a single problem with lightbicycle wheels, and neither have many people. 10/10 would buy again.

Really enjoying this bike..

Driveside down fail