Show us your Gravel Bikes

[fennec]

I think theyre neat, im drawn to them but i really dont like drop bars/shifters, but i like the flat bar 650B types out there that are more in ATB territory. Its a commuter, its a gravel bike, its a road bike, its a mountain bike. Jack of all trades, master of none kind of thing.

I would like to see more gravel bikes using weird suspension options. Rather than just putting low travel conventional forks on them. Give me flexible chainstays, suspension stems/steatposts, etc

 

[wynne]

Got four pairs of wheels for mine: fast road, winter road, 700c off-road and 650b off-road. Haven't ridden my mountain bike for nearly a year. It's the perfect bike for where I live - lots of country lanes, downland bridleways and farm tracks.
Still struggling to not call it a cross bike.

 

[Frankenorange]

Got four pairs of wheels for mine: fast road, winter road, 700c off-road and 650b off-road. Haven't ridden my mountain bike for nearly a year. It's the perfect bike for where I live - lots of country lanes, downland bridleways and farm tracks.
Still struggling to not call it a cross bike.View attachment 886099

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What frame is that?

 

[Frankenorange]

I'm surprised there isn't a dedicated gravel sub forum.

There are quite a few drop bar mtb conversions, re-born hybrids, and modern gravel bikes around and abouts on RB with threads in the various sections. Maybe be time to start a general sub forum that all of those bikes could go into. Could be somewhere for CX bikes, too.

 

[fennec]

Though full suspension gravel bikes, heres one from google:

as im thinking about this more, i dont like them
but i do understand their purpose
something like this would be, with flat bars, ideal for my commute, because its railroad ballast, a regular rigid gravel bike would have a terrible time and a mountain bike is overkill for the greenway portion that comes after that
and then you kinda just have a weird geometry mountain bike thats a little better on flats? thats the issue, they blur the lines so far that i cant tell theres a line anymore, but i do see a use case where they are the ideal tool

 

[jimo746]

Adventuring to Bakery

Adventuring To Boozer (ATB)

 

[winjohn]

Yes, I picked up an old battered Surly Straggler frame and am currently knocking it into shape. Unfortunately a size too small for me at 56 rather than the 58 I need but just doing it for the fun and to see what these Surly things are about. I have to say they are a bit different.

 

[hamster]

That full sus gravel bike shows exactly the same thinking and path as MTBs. The usual rush to extreme specialisation and away from versatility.

And so the cycle renews itself.

 

[bikeworkshop]

Suspension on a drop bar

 

[bikeworkshop]

That full sus gravel bike shows exactly the same thinking and path as MTBs. The usual rush to extreme specialisation and away from versatility.

And so the cycle renews itself.

Is that snake a 27five?