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02-16-2020, 12:15 AM
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https://www.baumcycles.com/orbisplus.html
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02-16-2020, 12:21 AM
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"Dream"?
I'd pay Tom Kellog and Steve Hampsten consulting fees to collaborate on fit and geometry, have firefly build it, and have a Lauf fork on the front.  
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02-16-2020, 01:08 AM
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02-16-2020, 05:39 AM
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You can’t go wrong with a Routt RSL or the OPEN. I picked up a No22 Drifter for mine and couldn’t be happier.
It really all depends on what and how you want to ride it as far as set ups go. I have a three wheelsets and have run mine with both 1x and 2x drivetrains. It is my favorite bike.   Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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02-16-2020, 06:39 AM
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Gentleman prefer titanium.
Especially if it's (gonna be used as a) gravel bike.  January 30, 2020 by SPP™ SlowPokePete, on Flickr February 15, 2020 by SPP™ SlowPokePete, on FlickrSPP
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My "dream" gravel bike, you ask?
it doesn't exist. Anyone who say otherwise is a fukcing liar! It maneuvers on treacherous conditions like a bat in hell... It speeds on paved roads like a demon... It seduces you to ride it every day like a succubus...
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02-16-2020, 08:05 AM
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interesting thread!
for the most part, everyone has described almost the exact same bike. maybe we've reached the high water mark of what a modern gravel bike has become? personally, my ideal gravel bike is very different from what most people want. much of that is because an amazing gravel ride for me, 90% of the time means many miles on quiet country roads linked together by beautiful gravel sections. great gravel for me is nicely maintained, smooth surfaces. stuff you actually can ride and enjoy on road tires. i dont really enjoy super chunky technical stuff. that of course, informs the bike i would select as my ideal gravel bike for my ideal gravel rides  my dream gravel bike would be a very light, thin gauge, skinny tube titanium bike with rim brakes, DT shifter stops and a beautiful hand made steel fork. such a bike could ride on lighter, skinnier tires and handle rough roads well due to the non super stiff frame/fork construction. it seems to me that modern gravel bikes emphasize super stiff frames with yuge bottom bracket areas and super sturdy rigid forks, then add the needed suspension/dampening in via really big fat tires. i'm an advocate of going in the other direction. i especially enjoy riding a curved blade steel fork off-road, seems to make a really big difference in smoothing things out, at least for me. the other thing my dream bike would be is designed just for me, as to the above philosophy. any stock bike i buy, or even most customs are made for a wide range of users. i've always felt this is sub optimal. i weigh 130 pounds. there is no way a bike is optimized for ME if it's also made to carry someone my weight up to >200#. anyway, good, interesting thread here!
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02-16-2020, 08:49 AM
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My Trek checkpoint sl isn't something I look at and appreciate. BUT it gets the job done, comfortable and responsive. Weighs 16lbs with 25c road tires and pedals. It does what I need it to do so well I just don't see a point in going with another bike. Maybe titanium, but what would I really gain? So maybe it is my dream gravel bike. Carbon doesn't rust, isospeed adds comfort, geo is comfortable, and I generally don't care of it gets banged up.
Dedicated road bikes are a different story.
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02-16-2020, 09:20 AM
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