Show me your gravelbikes....inspire me.

[beeatnik]

Originally Posted by mhespenheide

Beeatnik,

I'm really intrigued. Can you say more about this? Are you kidding us, and that's a standard 'dale, or does it have more clearance than normal?

It's a standard 2011 team bike. The Planet-X brakes make it easy to mount 30s (maybe 32s). As you can tell, they clear with ease (and at every point including fork and chainstays). The ride is like butter.

A friend did have track bike tight clearance with Campy skeleton brakes and the same rims and tires (Challenge PR). He didn't want to risk a rock causing havoc so he stuck with 25s (which measured 27.5).

[mhespenheide]

Originally Posted by beeatnik

It's a standard 2011 team bike. The Planet-X brakes make it easy to mount 30s (maybe 32s). As you can tell, they clear with ease (and at every point including fork and chainstays). The ride is like butter.

A friend did have track bike tight clearance with Campy skeleton brakes and the same rims and tires (Challenge PR). He didn't want to risk a rock causing havoc so he stuck with 25s (which measured 27.5).

Thanks for the explanation. Man, I might have to check that out. If only the bottom bracket drop in large sizes were a little more in the 70-72mm range. Nonetheless, it sounds like they might be a great all-around "normal" road bike.

[weisan]

This is still one of my all-time favorite threads....EVER!

Thanks to Angry-pal for posting it.

[bikerboy337]

Looking forward to adding my Ti Warbird to this thread soon. Frame arrives this week. He he... Just in time for some winter trail rides


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[RudAwkning]

The "Murder Machine". In all its murdery glory. It's murderiffic!

[bcgav]

Originally Posted by RudAwkning

The "Murder Machine". In all its murdery glory. It's murderiffic!

Hyper-X?

[RudAwkning]

Originally Posted by bcgav

Hyper-X?

Yarp. With a Winter Cycles (Eric Estlund) fork. Not a big fan of the stock unicrown Vicious fork.

[bcgav]

Sweet. Building one now with ENVE CX fork with fender eyelets and paint by Parlee. Did you replace the Parabox? Which brakes are you running now?

[RudAwkning]

TRP Spyres. I put the black carbon arm from the SLC version on the standard black Spyre body for extra murderness. "None more black". Considered HY/RDs as well, which I have on my Kirk, but these actually work pretty darn well. I like 'em better than BB7s.

Sold my Volagi Viaje, which is soon to be replaced with an Ellis Strada Fango.

[alessandro]

Originally Posted by weisan

This is still one of my all-time favorite threads....EVER!

Thanks to Angry-pal for posting it.

Weisan-pal, this is one of my favorite threads too!
But, while I take nothing away from Angry Scientist (or his bikes), Geoff is the thread starter.
Geoff, what is the status of your gravel grinder?

[bluesea]

Originally Posted by RudAwkning

Yarp. With a Winter Cycles (Eric Estlund) fork. Not a big fan of the stock unicrown Vicious fork.

Sweet upgrade!

[Peter P.]

Originally Posted by RudAwkning

Yarp. With a Winter Cycles (Eric Estlund) fork. Not a big fan of the stock unicrown Vicious fork.

You mean to tell me Waterford doesn't offer a disk fork for their own frames?

[RudAwkning]

Originally Posted by Peter P.

You mean to tell me Waterford doesn't offer a disk fork for their own frames?

At the time they weren't. I believe they are now. If you look at the current Gunnar forks, the dropouts (not inverted) and disc tab (hollowed out) are a little different than the current Vicious offering. BUT...still unicrown with really fat blades. Just not my cup of tea.

[John H.]

Here is my gravel bike (finally). I bought it as an experiment to see where I wanted to go with gravel bikes.
Even though it is a cross bike it rides so well on the dirt and road that I am having a hard time seeing how I could get a better bike for my purposes.
This photo is just after a 105k ride with 2 long dirt climbs.

[firerescuefin]

Originally Posted by alessandro

Weisan-pal, this is one of my favorite threads too!
But, while I take nothing away from Angry Scientist (or his bikes), Geoff is the thread starter.
Geoff, what is the status of your gravel grinder?

I thought I was going to go with a stock offering (and may still), but may be posting something very cool (custom for me) soon. I plan on doing multiple events in 2015, so I need to get it moving quickly.