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Originally Posted by Russian bear
How about doing an aluminum frame and carbon fork? Everyone goes gaga over steel and smooth ride blah blah, but when you have 40mm tires on, does it really make a difference in the ride feel? Niner has the rlt in alu for instance, haven't checked the weight on it though. Trek has the 920 frameset etc.
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This is a reasonable point. I hate hate hate the ride of aluminum CX rigs on 33s. Rattles my fillings and the rear end never seems to stay stuck to the ground.
40-45mm tires though can hide a lot of ugly. With the added tire weight, aluminum might be the only way to hit a sub 19lbs gravel bike.
and cost less too.