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Advice on Cheap Allroad Build
I am thinking on dipping my toes in the gravel/allroad trend. I don't want to spend a ton of cash because I'm not sure I will have a ton of time to dedicate.
Ideally I'd be looking at a steel frame - I am a big dude and don't want / need carbon. Also thinking of going 1X and discs. Any advice for a basic set up? |
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What's your budget? What type of terrain do you imagine riding?
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old school mountain bike. not much money at all
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What kind of budget are we talking about? |
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I will most likely be riding it on the road and then some hard pack gravel. Not planning on going into anything super rough.
I would like to keep the budget around $1500 - so used stuff works. |
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Actually - this is kind of a silly thread. There are all kind of low end builds from trek, spec, ect that would probably work.
Comments of riding gravel on Al? |
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With fat enough tires I doubt you'd tell!
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My take:
-You're going to want 2x if you're riding the road a lot, or else you're spending a lot of time spinning in the little cogs. -Also, unless you just want a new bike (I get it), nothing around St. Louis is really steep or rugged enough to require discs in my experience. -Something like a Black Mountain Cycles Monster Cross/Lemond Poprad/All-City Macho Man, Space Horse is perfect for this kind of riding - lowish BB for great road manners and descending, 2x compact drivetrain, decent sized cassette, cantis or mini-Vs, or even a Black Mountain Cycles Road or All-City Mr. Pink with 32s. Last edited by jtbadge; 08-19-2019 at 03:13 PM. |
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what jtbadge said.
if you are going to be on the road more than 50% 2x is the way to go. Maybe set it up 48/32 or 47/32 you find plenty of opportunity to use the bigger ring and if you go 11-32 rear you should have pretty much all bases covered. |
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Charge Plug 3
Going to list a medium frame set here pretty soon, inexpensive. It’s alloy so should be stout enuf. I really enjoyed the ride and geo is pretty neutral. Have the stock wheels, bars, mechanical discs and rotors too. Takes post mount discs.
https://www.jensonusa.com/Charge-Bikes-Plug-3-Bike-2016 |
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I recently saw, and thought, the Raliegh Tamland (2018) was a nice place to start for the money.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/2018-Raleig...k4q00M210R0vGg |
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