Show me your gravelbikes....inspire me.

[maj]

Just out of the box. My commute to the office can easily be about 90% single track. I figured that a gravel bike would be the perfect commuter for this fat guy still recovering from a motorcycle wreck. Have to admit that the Masi nameplate first attracted me although there's really no connection at all to the old Masi. However, it's nicely set up and with a good closeout deal on last year's model, this was a good choice for my needs.



https://www.masibikes.com/bikes/comp...r-supremo-2016



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[gomango]

Took the Black Mountain Cycles Monstercross out on a shakedown today.

25 miles of bliss.

Trails here are muck, so are the gravel roads I ride after the recent 15" snowfall.

So far, so good.

[IMG]Untitled by gomango1849, on Flickr[/IMG]

[coelacant]

Thanks CJL, bending fender stays is not that hard, they're so soft, I used my hands, hammer, pliers etc, against a chair with a curve back, you can use just about anything you can find around the house with a gentle curve.
Mine turned out ok, as long as you don't look too close.
The bike can use a new coat of paint, it probably goes back to Jeff sometime
this summer.


[QUOTE=ColonelJLloyd;2132093]coelecant, that grey/orange Lyon is such a great bike. If you're the one who bent that front fender stay then kudos, my friend. That's well done.

[GonaSovereign]

This is a No. 22 Broken Arrow CX bike, currently set up for ride-everywhere duty. It's a rocket - I put up a quick description in the No. 22 thread.

The No. 22 people do have a gravel bike called the Drifter, if you want the slightly longer CS and ever-so-slightly steeper HT. Mine has a lower-than-stock BB, so about the same as a Drifter.

No22_3 by Geoffrey Morgan, on Flickr

[Luwabra]

Originally Posted by gomango

Took the Black Mountain Cycles Monstercross out on a shakedown today.

25 miles of bliss.

Trails here are muck, so are the gravel roads I ride after the recent 15" snowfall.

So far, so good.

[IMG]Untitled by gomango1849, on Flickr[/IMG]

Love this^^ great looking setup. It's trashed here too but it looks good in the near future

[gomango]

Originally Posted by Luwabra

Love this^^ great looking setup. It's trashed here too but it looks good in the near future

Heh thanks.

Couple of switches already.

Went to Soma Supple Vitesse SL 700x42s.

The 38s were nice, but I wanted more float.

They went on my Bilenky tourer.

Also added another King cage with the tool bag on the dt.

Just need to add the Klickfix for the Swift Paloma and I'm good.

[providence]

Originally Posted by gomango

Took the Black Mountain Cycles Monstercross out on a shakedown today.

25 miles of bliss.

Trails here are muck, so are the gravel roads I ride after the recent 15" snowfall.

So far, so good.

[IMG]Untitled by gomango1849, on Flickr[/IMG]

Looks like a blast. Component specs?

[thirdgenbird]

Originally Posted by providence

Looks like a blast. Component specs?

Centaur 10 with UT cranks and ultra shift
Brakes are Campagnolo
Wheels are fulcrum 5
Thomson post
Thomson stem (guessing)
Salsa bell lap bars

Or at least that sure looks like the Merckx bits.

Grady, she turned out great. The updates post picture sound perfect. That Merckx though... This is a better match for the application, but I love that Merckx frameset.

[Kentf14]

Not very creative but the CC gets the job done on 42s.

[gomango]

Originally Posted by thirdgenbird

That Merckx though... This is a better match for the application, but I love that Merckx frameset.

As for the Merckx, it's a very nice frameset.

I just needed the brazeons on the Monstercross.

I have a Tubus Tara that will see duty on our longer trips this summer.

The Merckx is headed to the classifieds soon.

Someone will love it, no doubt.

I'm trying to get back down to a smaller stable and ride more.

[AngryScientist]

since i just dug this photo up for the fixie thread:

fixie moots sees a decent amount of gravel, who needs gears!

[sandyrs]

Explored what I'm pretty sure is the closest actual gravel of significant length to my house.

[joosttx]

it was snowing when I took this picture

[John H.]

Is that on Pine Mtn?
I saw your bike in front of Fairfax Coffee Roasters this morning.
That is about the worst loop on a rain day- much less a super cold rain day

[joosttx]

Originally Posted by John H.

Is that on Pine Mtn?
I saw your bike in front of Fairfax Coffee Roasters this morning.
That is about the worst loop on a rain day- much less a super cold rain day

yeah. I ate breakfast at coffee roasters. i cut it short and went down to kent pump dam. got hailed rained and snowed on.