Show me your gravelbikes....inspire me. - Page 24

GRAVELBIKE · #**346** 07-14-2013, 10:02 AM

If your frame/fork has the clearance, I recommend these tires:

http://www.gravelbike.com/?p=2164

bicimechanic · #**347** 07-14-2013, 10:41 AM

Kinda sorta gravel bike. When it was new. It's kinda dirty now. I like it.

fourflys · #**348** 07-14-2013, 11:29 AM

^^^ Nice Bike!

and I gotta say I like your shop's site, sounds like a really cool shop! if I'm ever in the Baltimore area, I will stop by for sure! Please feel free to chime in with your experience!

GRAVELBIKE · #**349** 08-07-2013, 10:51 AM

This arrived Monday:

David Tollefson · #**350** 08-07-2013, 11:05 AM

My own design, built on a 3-day one-on-one session with Dave Levy at Ti Cycles:

Slack front end, loads of front-center and trail, low BB, 26" MTB wheels, disc brakes. Ultra stable, no-hands at anything 10mph and up. Clearance for 2" tires rear, 2.5" up front, fender clearance (obviously). MicroShift shifters and FD, 105 RD, Velo Orange seatpost, Fizik Gobi saddle, Dimension stem and compact bars, Origin 8 headset, Gossamer cranks and BB, Avid BB-5 brakes, Jagwire cables.

Best bike I've ever ridden.

sc53 · #**351** 08-07-2013, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by GRAVELBIKE

If your frame/fork has the clearance, I recommend these tires:

http://www.gravelbike.com/?p=2164

Got these on my Black Mountain monster cross and they ROCK (n'roll)! I actually bought the BMC frameset just to fit these tires, which I already had and couldn't fit on any other of my bikes. Mike helped me set up my monster cross with these tires and all the rest of the bits to make a great gravel grinder. Mine was posted WAY earlier in this thread.

Monster · #**352** 08-07-2013, 12:32 PM

Here's another fun gravel rig. More cruiser than racer, but nice and comfy at the Dirty Kanza this year. The fatty tires and flat bar were rock solid on the decents.

Monster Bicycle Co. Model 2

CaliFly · #**353** 08-07-2013, 04:32 PM

Here's my Lobster...crawling out of the sea to crush the gravel pathways of my neighborhood.

illdthedj · #**354** 08-07-2013, 05:14 PM

im sorry i havn't read thru this entire thread....and my question is probably covered within....but....

What exactly is the difference between a Gravel Bike and a Cyclocross bike?

4Rings6Stars · #**355** 08-07-2013, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by illdthedj

im sorry i havn't read thru this entire thread....and my question is probably covered within....but....

What exactly is the difference between a Gravel Bike and a Cyclocross bike?

A lot of people use CX bikes to ride gravel, but in an ideal world the only similarities between the two should be durability and the ability to take 30mm plus tires.

In my eyes, a gravel bike should have distance road bike geometry + room for fat tires. The "sport touring" bikes of yesterday, essentially. Proper CX racing bikes have high BBs and more aggressive geometry, not what I want to ride for 50-100 bumpy miles...

Long distance gravel rides/races have gained so much popularity that some manufactureres (Raleigh most notably) are actually producing gravel specific road bikes. Are they necessary? Of course not...but I think it's great.

illdthedj · #**356** 08-07-2013, 05:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 4Rings6Stars

A lot of people use CX bikes to ride gravel, but in an ideal world the only similarities between the two should be durability and the ability to take 30mm plus tires.

In my eyes, a gravel bike should have distance road bike geometry + room for fat tires. The "sport touring" bikes of yesterday, essentially. Proper CX racing bikes have high BBs and more aggressive geometry, not what I want to ride for 50-100 bumpy miles...

Long distance gravel rides/races have gained so much popularity that some manufactureres (Raleigh most notably) are actually producing gravel specific road bikes. Are they necessary? Of course not...but I think it's great.

ahhh...so Gravel Grinding Races/rides are typically much longer in distance than a cyclocross race? that would make sense in terms of geometry differences between the two.

raygunner · #**357** 08-07-2013, 07:39 PM

Dueling Signals from the Chris King Gourmet Century. Mine is the black one, I threw on some Grifo XS tires on the ride and they performed great!

bismo37 · #**358** 08-07-2013, 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by raygunner

Dueling Signals from the Chris King Gourmet Century. Mine is the black one, I threw on some Grifo XS tires on the ride and they performed great!

Those Signals are spectacular!

Anarchist · #**359** 08-07-2013, 10:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by David Tollefson

My own design, built on a 3-day one-on-one session with Dave Levy at Ti Cycles:

Slack front end, loads of front-center and trail, low BB, 26" MTB wheels, disc brakes. Ultra stable, no-hands at anything 10mph and up. Clearance for 2" tires rear, 2.5" up front, fender clearance (obviously). MicroShift shifters and FD, 105 RD, Velo Orange seatpost, Fizik Gobi saddle, Dimension stem and compact bars, Origin 8 headset, Gossamer cranks and BB, Avid BB-5 brakes, Jagwire cables.

Best bike I've ever ridden.

What a fabulous bike! Congrats!

veggieburger · #**360** 08-07-2013, 11:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 4Rings6Stars

In my eyes, a gravel bike should have distance road bike geometry + room for fat tires. The "sport touring" bikes of yesterday, essentially. Proper CX racing bikes have high BBs and more aggressive geometry, not what I want to ride for 50-100 bumpy miles...

Long distance gravel rides/races have gained so much popularity that some manufactureres (Raleigh most notably) are actually producing gravel specific road bikes. Are they necessary? Of course not...but I think it's great.

So a gravel bike generally has more relaxed angles than a cross bike? Interesting...did not know that...