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so many beautiful bikes on here! I want them all!
I think most old-school bikes would be great on gravel as long as they have adequate tire clearance... that's what kills me about most current production bikes, most can fit a 25mm at best... it seems around 30mm is the sweet spot in my opinion...
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Agree with Chris (Fourflys)...some great looking rigs. The picture is coming together in my mind. Thanks for the input.
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i'd ride my Focus Cayo in the gravel if it'd take a tire bigger than 25. actually maybe a 27mm would fit but i don't have any to guinea pig with.
if it's sandy or loose i prefer a 32mm anyway.
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I rode D2R2 on a touring bike in 2010 with Dave Wages and a friend of his, and pretty early into the ride it was obvious that I had too much bike for such an event. So afterward I talked to Dave about building something with all of the conveniences of a road group, specifically Di2 with DA road brake calipers; he suggested XL tubes, a stretched chainstays, more BB drop and a bit of extra trail. I requested clearance for a 28mm tire, maximum, and couplers.
The Parigi-Roubaixs I have mounted measure close to 30mm, and with the pads at their maximum reach in the caliper slots, there's still plenty of clearance. The bike rides pretty much like a normal road bike, but the longer stays, slacker HTA and added rake make it feel bigger and more stable. I am happy that I don't have weird gearing or (especially) cantilever brakes. Even in the **** DA brakes are fine. If I were looking to have another mixed surfaces road bike built, I'd look to those builders who like to ride those kinds of roads and make a habit of doing it. Dave Wages, who participates in multiple gravel road centuries every year, Dave Kirk (do they even have pavement in Montana?) and Carl Strong, who has been building his "dirt road bikes" for years and years--those are a few of the best. Chris-- Oh, and 'cross bikes are for racing.   
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 I've ridden up the wall to many times when I lived in Peachtree corners! 6 gap, Brasstown bald, and a rando event called 10 gap. VERY HARD! I'll wait for you guys to get back. I'm a FAT guy and not built to do that shi....errrr stuff any more. Geoff is from Co. and maybe he will handle it, maybe not as well. Those rides are Tripple Bypass hard, Death ride hard!  I watched the pros have to get pushed up the wall in the tour of Ga. HECK NO!  Just let me know when. I can walk up hills as well as anybody you have ever meet!
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How do you like the mini motos? Any comparison to the TRP Vs? Thanks That Zanc continues to look just so so right.
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Found this article, which talks about the cross/gravel bike as the most versatile bike of any on the road.
http://teamrodrigo.com/2012/11/17/cr...ile-bike-ever/
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 I do agree a cross or gravel bike is the bike to have if you could only own one bike though... Not that I ever want to be in that situation!
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