Show me your gravelbikes....inspire me.

[ColonelJLloyd]

Originally Posted by sparky33

Did someone forget to patent the dropped chainstay?
It looks nice, checking the crowd pleasing boxes. I wonder what longer gravel race geometry really means since Salsa is typically quite high on the stack/reach ratio.

Not sure, but I am a fan of the general Salsa stack/reach skew.

Seven dropped the chainstay on this fence straddling buzz word barrage.

[sparky33]

Yowza. It looks weird in titanium.

Originally Posted by ColonelJLloyd

Seven dropped the chainstay on this fence straddling buzz word barrage.

[sandyrs]

Originally Posted by ColonelJLloyd

Not sure, but I am a fan of the general Salsa stack/reach skew.

Seven dropped the chainstay on this fence straddling buzz word barrage.

Man, that bike is... a lot.

[R3awak3n]

Originally Posted by sparky33

Good to read a balanced view of the UP(PER), especially wrt to a guy my size breaking one.

I wonder how similar the Norco Search XR Carbon is in ride quality. Norco frame warranty is 5 years. It appears to be a similar concept and geo, but with some practical accommodations and more sizes. A decent assessment of one a few pages earlier.

and most importantly, can the Upper droppah?

those Norcos are cool. I am sure they ride well. Problem is finding one. I talked to someone at NORCO said, unless you can find one in stores (ah, good luck with that), they won't have any new stock till the 2019 bike

Did they like make 7 of each size?

[Jaybee]

Originally Posted by sparky33

Yowza. It looks weird in titanium.

I've got no problem with the UP, Norco Search, or any other iterations of this in carbon, but I cannot get down with this Seven.

the Why cycles R+ manages similar clearance in Ti without a dropped chainstay. Same with the Search XR in steel.

What's that window/reflective thingy on the Warbird v4 chainstay?

[ColonelJLloyd]

Originally Posted by Jaybee

What's that window/reflective thingy on the Warbird v4 chainstay?

Skid plate?

[p nut]

Originally Posted by Jaybee

What's that window/reflective thingy on the Warbird v4 chainstay?

It's a chainstay protector for when you drop a chain.

[joosttx]

JohnH who frequents here is getting that Seven. I am stoked to see it. Last day of the blue Open. The Relevate top frame bag is awesome. The magnet fastener is really nice.

[choke]

Originally Posted by sparky33

Did someone forget to patent the dropped chainstay?

My guess is that someone tried those long ago and Open revived the design. If you look through pics of the early days of bicycles you can find a lot of crazy designs, some of which were later copied and extolled as a 'new' idea.

[livesadventure]

Here's my gravel and travel Ritchey Breakaway Ti Cx - running 40mm WTB nanos with a 1/1 ratio for steep climbs





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[Mzilliox]

what a great machine this one is . what else does a human need really?

[Mindaugas]

Wish it was mine, but that one is shredding in Canada now thanks to our partners in crime Blacksmith Cycle

Custom Wittson Gravel



And one fully built up

[vav]

Wow! That Ritchey looks the part. I like everything about it.

What a great thread this is. Sometimes I don't look at it for weeks and then catching up to the new posts is very entertaining to say the least.

[sandyrs]

almost 6000 miles in i'm still loving this thing!

[jtbadge]