Guinessisgoodforyou
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Not my cup of tea at all. Edit, I'm possibly missing something.
Show us your Gravel Bikes
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You need to brew it a little longer
Guinessisgoodforyou
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Nope, I know built by an excellent builder. It just doesn't speak to me.
You tried adding sugar?
Guinessisgoodforyou
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It looks like a Taiwan built frame with his usual Mish mash of parts to me.
I wouldn't. Nice enough to look but not a practical all year round multi terrain bike. For me, the modern gravel bike idea, or maybe call it a disc-braked 1x cross bike, is what I waited over a decade for. The clay where I live makes rim brakes and front mechs practically unrideable off-road for half the year.
Very happy with mine, takes a bunch of camping gear nicely (and still rides nice when weighted down) plus it sends hard on loose and crunchy surfaces, whilst remaining comfortable over longer distances. It has adjustable geometry, but I have to admit that the couple of times I've tried swapped about the front about I've struggled to really be able to tell much difference (although, to be fair, I've not had it long and I've only tried a couple of times).
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Front mechs?
Yes, they often run really close to the tyre. In my experience the tyre deposits clayey clag on them and that gets transmitted to drivechain, eventually (often pretty quickly) bringing everything to a standstill. It's why a lot of cross racers ran 1x before it was a "thing".
This is my favourite bike ever but it's pretty much a dry conditions only ride. It hardly clears 33mm tyres and soon clogs to a halt in the clag.
I don't like marketing guff, but I can see that a gravel bike can be a useful, adaptable, durable, all conditions, fast bike that allows you to cover distance at speed and explore the rougher stuff too - mixing it up however you like.
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