rickyk76

Great looking bike

MZilliox

thats amazing for 2 reasons, thanks!

TimothyH

@MZilliox, do I see a Fabric saddle on that bike?

HED Ardenness wheels too... I'd sure like a closeup of that machine.

By the way, you can totally bunny hop that small stick across the trail. No problem.


-Tim-

MZilliox

Nice eye! yes, i run fabrics on most of my bikes now. love em
And yes, ardennes plus wheels. I have a beefier set for more dedicated gravel and rough stuff, but my every day set is this one, as i ride around 60% road and 40% gravel, maybe flopped at times. so this set has 32mm compass tires. other set has 35mm clement xlplorers with treads.
Full build is Campagnolo 10s with 50-34 compact crank and 12-30 with mid cage rear. TRP mid reach brakes, 110 generic stem, ritchey neoclassic bars, record seat post, thats about it.

Lyon Cockpit by Matt.zilliox, on Flickr

top gear by Matt.zilliox, on Flickr

TimothyH

Burgundy is a super nice color. Very classy. 10/10. Would ride.

Gorgeous scenery and photography too. I hope you continue to post.

I'm running a Scoop Flat on my road bike and a Scoop Radius on my gravel bike, both carbon. Oddly, the Radius feels best when the nose is pointed up slightly, similar to the way some point up the nose of a Brooks. Others Radius owners have said the same thing and I see them pointed up in photos.


-Tim-

vlicon

Found this on Craig's List for $300. When the upgrades start it will be awesome.

jack pot 

8 miles in

kizale

2015 Diverge

jeffreythree

2017 Jamis Renegade Exile. Nothing exotic and definitely not high end, but I like it. Reminds me of my go anywhere, do anything work truck.

BNB

Just finished yesterday. Today signed up for gravel race. Frame by Stinner; wheels and bike build I did myself.

Frame/Fork: Stinner Refugio steel road/gravel, carbon fork
Headset: Cane Creek 40
Stem: Kalloy Uno Al
Handlebars: 3T ergonomic pro
Seatpost: Thompson Elite Alloy, silver
Rims: H Plus Son Hydra, silver
Hubs: White Industries CLD, 24h front and rear
Spokes: Sapim CX-Ray
Rotors: Shimano ICE tech Freeza 140 front and rear
Brake Calipers: TRP Hy/Rd Flat Mount
Shifters/Derailleurs: Sram etap
Cassette: Shimano 11-32
Bottom Bracket: Sram GXP
Crankset: Sram Red 50/34

Pynchonite

My gravel grinder/CX rig, Party Monster. I apologize for the sideways pics, but I have no idea how to fix them (suggestions welcome). Last photo is from the Mormon Pioneer Trail in N Utah, the bottom half of which is eminently CX-/gravel-able.

2014 Specialized Crux Pro Carbon Disc frameset (61cm)
Stan's Crest ZTR 29er wheelset
Panaracer Gravel King SLK 35mm (F), Hutchinson Override 35mm (R)
TRP Spyre brakes
Magura Storm rotors, 160 F, 140 R
SRAM Force 10-speed Shifter (R)
SRAM SS brake lever (L)
SRAM Force PF30 crankset (42t)
SRAM Rival 1 Long Cage rear derailleur
SRAM PG-1050 11-36 cassette
SRAM PC-1051 chain
Shimano XT pedals
Specialized CGR seatpost
Specialized Romin Pro saddle
Oval 327 handlebars
Ritchey WCS stem (110)
Lizard Skins DSP bar tape

Andy_K 

I haven't visited this thread for a while, but pics like this will bring me back! That's some seriously nice work. The decals are a nice touch.

I tried a 650B conversion on my LeMans RS, but something about the ride didn't feel quite right to me -- too much rebound in the frame I think. It looked nice though.

Zurichman2

BluesDawg thank so much for this info. I am still trying to get my bike set up for my first big gravel race/challenge the Pony Express 120. I am really kind of old school but was looking at your GPS unit and mount on your bike. How hard is it to set out rides into this unit, what is the unit and what is the mount?

Thanks
Zman

David Scott

My Giant Revolt 3

caloso

New CX/gravel/firetrail bike. Ellsworth Roots.



Built up with a mishmash of parts: SRAM Red shifters, DA crankset and FD, Force RD. Wheelset is a 10spd Shimano R500 (which I got for a song on Jenson USA (clearout of 10-speed only wheels))

BluesDawg

I have a Garmin 800. The current model would be the 820. I have no problem loading routes, either ones I have created myself on RideWithGPS or ones shared by others, onto the Garmin. But it takes a while to learn to use these things. There are many online instructions you can find to help. The mount in the photo is a SRAM product. I also have mounts from Garmin and Barfly on other bikes. They all work well.

becave7

You know it's a fun bike when a 1 mile beer run turns into an 8+ mile dirt ride and you forget the beer. Didn't even mount light's but thanks to these tires, who needs a light?

Hit my first real half mile of deep powder/sand on a ditch bank about a quarter of the way in, and although the Marathon Plus tires being a bit sketchy, this bike handled it really well!

dieselrover

Hadn't posted here since my project was still in progress, but I've pretty much gotten it to where it'll be for a while. I bought a Lynskey R250 frame earlier this year and loved it so much, I decided to rebuild my dirtier bike on a similar frame with some mostly similar components...

Anyway, the Lynskey Cooper CX small has almost the same frame measurements as the R250 medium. Running DT Swiss R24 wheels with tubeless Maxxis Rambler 40 - the silkshield version. They mounted up fine after leaving them sitting with tubes for about 24 hours. The fork is a velocarbon CX model - fits the 40mm tires just fine.

40 tooth M8000 cassette with Ultegra derailleurs and a roadlink adapter. I'm a fan of the SRAM cranks, so running the 50/34 which may be a tad big of a jump on 40t cassette, but it is working with the roadlink so far.

Ultegra-level hydraulic brakes, EA70 stem, 44cm bars, and a 168mm wide Romin Pro.

I'm testing out the handlebar bag to see how it fits loaded up and shaken about as this will be my rig for the D2R2 and I won't survive without some extra fuel/water I'm afraid.

Zurichman2

[QUOTE=BluesDawg;19602294]Thanks. It took me a while to find the post you were referring to. I think you were asking about the bags in this photo. The top tube bag is a Revelate GasTank. The under saddle bag is a Banjo Brothers Waterproof Saddle Trunk.

n06 by Benny Watson, on Flickr[/QUOTE ]

BlueDawg I read somewhere where people were having trouble with their Revelate GasTank floppinbg around some as it didn't mount too tight to the top tube. Have you had that trouble?

Thanks
Zman

a3inverter

2014 Honey Cross (with mini-v's!)

shoota 

2017 Raleigh Tamland
American Classic MTB Race wheelset set up tubeless w/40c Panaracer Gravelkings
Stages Dura-Ace crank w/ Ultegra 46/34 rings
Ritchey C260 stem, Logic Curve carbon bar, and Syncros (Ritchey) carbon seatpost

TimothyH

Nice. Looks like it came to do some serious business. I really like it.

How are you liking that tire and wheel combination? I have the same wheels and am thinking about putting the same tires on.


-Tim-

rhenry01

Just finishing up a few things before my first test ride.

shoota 

Thanks dude. Love the wheels and tires. Honestly, the 40mm GKs might be a little overkill for how I ride. They measure 43mm on these rims and they are super comfortable. I have about 400mi on them so far and they still look new. Fast enough on the pavement, grippy on the occasional 15-17% hill I come across. I really can't fault them. But I'm thinking very seriously about putting on Ramblers or Bontrager CX0 Team Issues for the weight savings.

gomango

Black Mountain Cycles- Monstercross

Summer photos-various by gomango1849, on Flickr