Show me your gravelbikes....inspire me.

[Andy sti]

Originally Posted by floppyb

What tyres and wheelset are you running here?

November GOAT 28s, I9 hubs, and 35mm G-One Speeds. Been super happy with it. Great wheelset.

[Burning Pines]

Cheap frame but seems great so far

[crossjunkee]

Picked up a Boulder made Merlin Sandstone a couple weeks ago. It's becoming my favorite bike. The ride is amazing. Reminds me of of my Spectrum from years ago.

[Mzilliox]

Who wants a donkey ride?
[IMG]Donkey day by Matt.zilliox, on Flickr[/IMG]

[Clean39T]

Originally Posted by Mzilliox

I love it!! How was the first ride? Did you buy it complete, or put the build together yourself?

[Mzilliox]

Originally Posted by Clean39T

I love it!! How was the first ride? Did you buy it complete, or put the build together yourself?

Bought it complete, put it together last night, rode it this morning, easy peasy.

The fat tire thing is interesting. smoooooooth.

the brakes, now thats pretty cool. one finger power, thats what i was after.

next step is to get it rigged up as my flyfishing bike. picked up a rear rack today and gonna start to brainstorm.

[gomango]

Originally Posted by Mzilliox

next step is to get it rigged up as my flyfishing bike. picked up a rear rack today and gonna start to brainstorm.

Interesting, for sure.

Curious about the direction you take.

I built up a Salsa Blackborow two summers ago and I added a BOB trailer.

I carry an inflatable Outcast "Fish Cat Panther" on my remote BWCA fishing jaunts near our cabin. I fish for smallies and muskies with 7 and 10 weights.

https://www.outcastboats.com/pontoon...oon-boats.html

https://salsacycles.com/bikes/blackb...borow_gx_eagle

[Mzilliox]

Originally Posted by gomango

Interesting, for sure.

Curious about the direction you take.

I built up a Salsa Blackborow two summers ago and I added a BOB trailer.

I carry an inflatable Outcast "Fish Cat Panther" on my remote BWCA fishing jaunts near our cabin. I fish for smallies and muskies with 7 and 10 weights.

https://www.outcastboats.com/pontoon...oon-boats.html

https://salsacycles.com/bikes/blackb...borow_gx_eagle

Im picky about this. i dont like to ride slow, so my goal is to build a bike that can carry the gear, but doesnt suck at everything else. I walk into and wadefish most of my steelhead spots. i think im close. I just need some better bags. I may pick up some plain jamne ortleibs, but i feel like theres a better solution out there. ideally id have the large bag one one side, and a slightly small;er bag on the rod side that i could then use as my "on the river sling" with spare coat, snack, water, etc. so far swift industries, and a couple portland bag makers wont do a custom for me, ill find someone to though. any of you paceliners know bag makers? or work for one?

[IMG]donkeyhorsedonkey by Matt.zilliox, on Flickr[/IMG]

[IMG]bikefishing by Matt.zilliox, on Flickr[/IMG]

[tuscanyswe]

What kind of bag do you need? Describe it bit better for one not native to your language ?

I know a guy who makes nice courier backpacks and similar, he also does custom but its also pretty far away from you i guess.

[gomango]

Originally Posted by Mzilliox

Im picky about this. i dont like to ride slow, so my goal is to build a bike that can carry the gear, but doesnt suck at everything else. I walk into and wadefish most of my steelhead spots. i think im close. I just need some better bags. I may pick up some plain jamne ortleibs, but i feel like theres a better solution out there. ideally id have the large bag one one side, and a slightly small;er bag on the rod side that i could then use as my "on the river sling" with spare coat, snack, water, etc. so far swift industries, and a couple portland bag makers wont do a custom for me, ill find someone to though. any of you paceliners know bag makers? or work for one?

[IMG]donkeyhorsedonkey by Matt.zilliox, on Flickr[/IMG]

[IMG]bikefishing by Matt.zilliox, on Flickr[/IMG]

Thank you for the response. Looks like a great ride!

I wish I could go into the spots I go with tires that narrow.

I can go 23 miles into the BWCA off of Spruce road on the bike and some of the roads are under water in the spring. Not deep, but just enough to be a pain. In the summer, mud, overgrown shrubs and native grasses don't allow for a "fast" ride.

I just use standard Salsa/Surly bags, along with a Swift Ozette I can transfer from bike to bike. I hate riding with anything on my back, so it's nice to have ample storage on the trailer and panniers. A little crowded on the trailer with the Outcast, pump and oars, but I make do.

In addition, I'm looking pretty closely at these from Cedaero.

https://www.cedaero.com/custom-packs/custom-pannier



Also, I would contact Ely at Ruthworks. Two of the guys ride with use his rando bags and they are super nice. Overbuilt I would say and he does exceptional custom work.

https://www.ruthworkssf.com/

[Mzilliox]

Ruthworks is way too nice for this application, ive got a couple of their bags, but maybe ill reach out. I actually contacted salsa yesterday about those very trout spot bags you linked, was just waiting to hear back, but ill do through the link you sent instead!

Basically my ideal bag setup based on what i know so far would be something like:

30-40l volume waterproof pannier on NDS to carry wet waders and or boots. This berthoud is a great size, just crappy material for the job, and way too fancy to stick dirty fishing gear in. i got a tip to carry boots on the salsa everything rack on the fork, so that may work too.

then this is the custom type bag id want: It would be a smallish (slightly expandable) messenger bag that had a pannier type rack attachment, a shoulder strap to carry on the river, waterproof zipper, a couple internal pockets and done. a lot of the backpack type convertible panniers are close, but too much straps and pockets, i dont need a full school backpack, just a simple sling. and waterproof.

these bags are actually looking pretty good to me
https://www.benscycle.com/axiom-mons...bg6863/product

[exapkib]

I've taken this bike on so many adventures--really can't say enough about it. It's a beast, yet with the Force 10 group it somehow builds up lighter than my steel road bike. I could use a smaller chainset (if anyone's sitting on a Praxis subcompact, let me know), but otherwise it's a wonderful all-around bike.

Some very memorable mixed-surface/off-road rides this summer (witness the wear to the bar tape) on Rock 'n Roads and 32mm Gravel Kings. Excited to try these new-ish Babyshoe Pass tires (thanks to the classifieds here!).

(I removed the fenders in an attempt to help with the dry year we're having around here. Isn't that how it works? Removed fenders = increased precipitation?)

[joosttx]

Shakedown ride for the new AXS Eagle 1X group. I really like the AXS. It works perfectly and was super easy to set up once I get a hanger with the correct thread pitch for Sram products. A 42X10-50 is plenty of a gear range for me. Also, the Hope RX4 are great brakes. I am really liking them.

[scoobydrew]

Very nice! Love all the different anodized bits with the AXS chain and cassette.

[simplemind]

Shameless plug AXS Groupo