Show me your gravelbikes....inspire me. - Page 47

Uncle Jam's Army · #**691** 01-30-2015, 12:29 PM

Good god, jooostx, those are awesome pics! How about we all pack up our gravel bikes and join joostx for a ride in Marin?!

Limonade · #**692** 01-30-2015, 04:01 PM

all these great shots! Just more motivation to get move out of the urban jungle...

bikerboy337 · #**693** 01-30-2015, 04:24 PM

I need to move... get me back to CA and out of RI... I've been in Boston/RI since high school, but man, thats georgeous and I want to go back home to Cali (granted southern cali)...

joosttx · #**694** 01-30-2015, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by firerescuefin

Joosttx...I'm almost ready to kick the picture of my kids of the computer desktop for a couple of those shots

Great pics. Please share more if/when you take them in the future.

Thanks man. Come on out for a ride. I'm around.

adhumston · #**695** 01-31-2015, 01:54 PM

This is the bargain bike I built up for my girlfriend's son's 17th birthday. He's been mountain biking with me a few times, and loves it, but living in Nebraska we don't get to enjoy that as much as we want. Gravel is the next best thing in our neck of the woods, and I've been riding it for a few years now (first on my road bikes, and now on a disc 'Lugi). We've only been out once together due to the winter weather, but he seemed to really enjoy it!

Thanks to all I've purchased from on this forum to help make this budget build possible!

weisan · #**696** 02-03-2015, 09:56 AM

This thread is so goooooood it needs to stay up top... ALWAYS!

Here's my latest gravel grinder Merlin Ti Cross

Fendered ride yesterday

paulorama · #**697** 02-03-2015, 02:32 PM

My 97 Lobster

plag · #**698** 02-04-2015, 01:39 AM

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Originally Posted by petitelilpettit

Late to the party, but here is mine. Niner BSB9 RDO with Shimano 105 11 speed. Not much more you need than this.

Currently has the stock Schwalbe Racing Ralphs, gonna get some Clement LAS tires for gravel grinding, or at least until next cross season.

I saw one of those at the local shop, love at first site. It was in that mint Bianchi color.

Dead Man · #**699** 02-04-2015, 01:59 AM

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Originally Posted by plag

It was in that mint Bianchi color.

Bianchi Celeste, tis called.

Kobe · #**700** 02-04-2015, 07:35 AM

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Originally Posted by paulorama

My 97 Lobster

Awesome Rock Lobster. You don't see many of them and that color is quite unusual.

Kirk Pacenti · #**701** 02-04-2015, 07:48 AM

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weisan · #**702** 02-04-2015, 08:03 AM

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Originally Posted by weisan

That looks like a Cambridge built Merlin. I am jealous.
KP

Thanks KP pal. Now if what you said is true, and I have no reason to doubt that because you are so involved with the industry and well informed, this will be the first sports car I own

"The company (Merlin) was founded in 1986 by Gwyn Jones, Gary Helfrich, and Mike Augspurger in Cambridge, Massachusetts[2] They were the first to manufacture bicycle frames constructed solely from titanium. Merlin became known for their meticulous and visually pleasing puddle welds; this contributed to their reputation as the Lamborghini of bicycle frames.."

The pacenti wheels were the perfect match for a bike of this caliber.

JWDR · #**703** 02-04-2015, 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by weisan

This thread is so goooooood it needs to stay up top... ALWAYS!

Here's my latest gravel grinder Merlin Ti Cross

Fendered ride yesterday

I dislike Internet bike diagnosis but my Mark 1 calibrated eyeball shows me the straddle (transverse) cable in the front looks to be excessively long, leading to too little mechanical advantage on the front brake set. I would personally lower it to at least as low as possible with the current main cable.

weisan · #**704** 02-04-2015, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by JWDR

I dislike Internet bike diagnosis but my Mark 1 calibrated eyeball shows me the straddle (transverse) cable in the front looks to be excessively long, leading to too little mechanical advantage on the front brake set. I would personally lower it to at least as low as possible with the current main cable.

JWDR pal, thank you for the advice, i will fix it tonight!

I was wondering about that...seems like it has a lot more resistance on the brake levers to pull these Paul brakes than say a regular dual pivot. Is that normal?

sparky33 · #**705** 02-04-2015, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by weisan

I was wondering about that...seems like it has a lot more resistance on the brake levers to pull these Paul brakes than say a regular dual pivot. Is that normal?

You can increase/decrease the amount of resistance (aka spring tension) by rotating the square-ish looking spring adjuster nuts.
IIRC, I think the Paul Neo Retro manual says to set the straddle 3 inches above the tire if you can. I set it a tad lower and it's good.

That's an awesome bike btw. Nice acquisition.