Show me your gravelbikes....inspire me.

[dbnm]

Around ABQ.

[cuda]

Wyoming, RI, enroute to Arcadia.

[Hilltopwalters]

Upstate climbing on the single speed, good times.

[weisan]

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[Hilltopperny]

Back to 650b


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[d_douglas]

Originally Posted by Hilltopwalters

Upstate climbing on the single speed, good times.

ALL-CITYs are visually appealing bikes! Single Speed climbing sounds fun, but only for a few minutes

[adampaiva]

Good ride today to process through my possible return to civilization.
Lots of excellent baby butt pavement and good mix of gravel (although I misremembered a few roads so was expecting more like 69% gravel). Very rewarding scenery with a mix of nice gravel through the woods and picture perfect hilly Catskills farmscapes.

The most excitement came at around mile 55 on Laird Road when I was pretty gassed and crawling over a hill. A large piece of wood was spray painted “BEWARE VERY LARGE DOGS”. I saw an older women in the lawn and then two VERY LARGE German Shepherds. They seemed uninterested in me and I commented “you weren’t kidding”. Well they did not like that and were incensed and immediately took chase. Nothing like 200 lbs of pure bred killing machine to motivate you for a sprint. 1/2 mile later they were left in the dust and the woman could still be heard yelling and I was just trying to keep myself from throwing up on my handlebars but sure happy to not be dog food.

[ColonelJLloyd]

Awesome pics, Adam. You win the yesterday's green jersey and the dogs are awarded no points.

[weisan]

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[Oo0cH]

IMG_0151 by Hugo van Doorn, on Flickr
Just finished my 650B Conversion: 650B Reynolds Blacklabel XC with 48mm Gravelking SK.

It rides like a monster truck!

[Fixed]

All city gorilla monsoon

[mikehkaiser]

Black Mountain Cycles Monster Cross Disc. Maybe a little overkill for a "gravel bike" but it does the job extremely well.

[KJMUNC]

3T Exploro LTD w/Ultegra and HED Ardennes

[XXtwindad]

Originally Posted by adampaiva

Good ride today to process through my possible return to civilization.
Lots of excellent baby butt pavement and good mix of gravel (although I misremembered a few roads so was expecting more like 69% gravel). Very rewarding scenery with a mix of nice gravel through the woods and picture perfect hilly Catskills farmscapes.

The most excitement came at around mile 55 on Laird Road when I was pretty gassed and crawling over a hill. A large piece of wood was spray painted “BEWARE VERY LARGE DOGS”. I saw an older women in the lawn and then two VERY LARGE German Shepherds. They seemed uninterested in me and I commented “you weren’t kidding”. Well they did not like that and were incensed and immediately took chase. Nothing like 200 lbs of pure bred killing machine to motivate you for a sprint. 1/2 mile later they were left in the dust and the woman could still be heard yelling and I was just trying to keep myself from throwing up on my handlebars but sure happy to not be dog food.

Holy crap. I thought this stuff only happened in movies. You know ... “Chopper...sick balls.”

In all sincerity, is “flight” the best scenario in this? I’m not a canine expert. Good to know for future reference...

[mikehkaiser]

Originally Posted by adampaiva

The most excitement came at around mile 55 on Laird Road when I was pretty gassed and crawling over a hill. A large piece of wood was spray painted “BEWARE VERY LARGE DOGS”. I saw an older women in the lawn and then two VERY LARGE German Shepherds. They seemed uninterested in me and I commented “you weren’t kidding”. Well they did not like that and were incensed and immediately took chase. Nothing like 200 lbs of pure bred killing machine to motivate you for a sprint. 1/2 mile later they were left in the dust and the woman could still be heard yelling and I was just trying to keep myself from throwing up on my handlebars but sure happy to not be dog food.

Gah! I hate being chased by dogs. Happened too often on the roads east of Austin. Lots of big dogs with open fences.

The pics are amazing. If I were you, I'd stay away from civilization until the leaves are done changing.