littlejoeaz

All-City Space Horse. Pretty simple... 3x9, Tiagra/Soma/FSA. Team Vision 25 wheels (suprised they held up). Got to try out these new Kenda Flintridge 700x40 on a 13 mile stretch of the Arizona Trail this weekend. Chunks of razor sharp rock, loose gravel, sand, thorns... underneath my 250lbs of rider weight. They held up like champions!

09box

That is a nice looking frame and color Promance. Do you have any more info on it??

rjacob

Here is my home made cyclocross/gravel bike. Build from a Trek 700 hybrid bike.


I have a set of videos on my Youtube channel showing the whole build.

JayChadney

I recently bought this Crux Pro and am turning it into my one-and-only bike. It came to me with a Rival 2x10 group set. The first pic shows it after I switched the crankset to a 1x Red (42t) and put my saddle on it. The second pic is after I picked it up yesterday after a full re-build. SRAM Red shifters, XO rear D, 3T Ergonova Team bar, Thomson stem and seatpost, Stans Alpha 400 wheels, WTB Nano Race 40c set up tubeless, TRP carbon brakes. Tommy at Tuite Bicycle Repair https://www.facebook.com/tuitebicyclerepair/ built it up for me. He builds bikes for Breadwinner Cycles. Awesome job! When it is in it's "road" version, it will sport Zipp Firecrest 303s. I still have yet to take it on it's new maiden voyage.

familyguy

I commute in Sydney, Aus. on this. Rides very nicely. I know nothing about them, aside from I've only ever seen two!

Will Wheeler

Here is my newly acquired Verenti Substance 105 (Wiggle) "multisport" steel bike. I am really liking it so far.

jerman

Felt VR4
pick it up tmrw..

https://www.bikeforums.net/attachment...1&d=1483075499

athrowawaynic

I love this thread. So many beautiful bikes.

Troy Winter

Frame/Fork: All City Macho Man Canti 49cm
Headset: 1 1/8" Chris King No Threadset Headset
Shifters: Sram Rival 22 DoubleTap
Front Derailleur: Sram Rival 22 w/YAW
Rear Derailleur: Sram Rival 22 medium cage
Crankset: Sram Rival 22 50/34 chainrings, 170 Crank Arms
Bottom bracket: Sram GXP
Brakes: TRP CX 8.4 Linear pull brakes
Wheels/Tires: DT Swiss R24 Spline w/ 700c x 38 Teravail Cannonballs
Cassette: Sram 11-28
Stem: Easton EA50 100m
Handlebar: Specialized Expert Alloy Road Bar 40cm width, compact drop
Seatpost: FSA SL-280
Saddle: All-City Gonzo

Cyclist0108

I got this at the end of May 2014, having gotten in the queue in late July 2013, when I was still having trouble walking (after breaking my ankle ).



Steel frame, Chris King wheels, etc., Shimano hydraulic discs (which I really do need around here), Di2 (which I don't need, but comes with the brakes currently, and the shifting is flawless). This is the most stable bike I have ever ridden, and the best ride I have ever experienced with my clothes on.

I wanted to buy locally (Santa Cruz CA), and I really lucked out with John Caletti. Everything exceeded my expectations. My only regret is I waited until I was 50 years old and broke my ankle before I got this for myself as a recovery incentive/present.







Pictures filched from the Caletti Cycles website.

I've been riding it off-road a bit (firetrails and mountain bike trails) in addition to back-country roads in the Santa Cruz mountains. It handles incredibly well and has enabled me to regain my cycling confidence. On the other hand, it kind of ruined mountain biking for me. (I finally just officially gave mine to my 13 year old, who rides it more.)

As for the frame builder, John Caletti, he's an extremely nice guy, and the diametric opposite of a pushy salesman. If anything, I had to talk him into a more expensive component set. Frankly, I'm not worthy of this bike -- too old, too slow, too fat, too lame from the ankle break, and a cheapskate who typically buys Nashbar instead of name brand -- when I showed up at his shop the first time in 2013 a few months after my ankle break, I was still having trouble getting up and down from his doorstep. He had every reason to tell me to go away (which a few LBS essentially did), but he took me very seriously as a customer and built a bike with a better understanding of what I needed than I had, and it certainly wasn't for a lack of customers. There was about an 8 or 9 month wait, but for me it was worth it, and it gave me a goal to work toward in terms of recovery and hopefully got me into a bit better shape overall. I would definitely recommend him and the bikes he makes to anyone.

bikemig 

That bike is hot.

justin1138

Great looking bike! Where's that top pic at?

tomazo

Taken on todays ride

From what i know, this is Empella Bonfire SL frameset, painted as Guerciotti. Tiagra 4700 groupset. Aksium wheelset.

It's CX frame, but i use it mostly to ride gravel and paved roads

IMG_20161230_140858 by t do, on Flickr

IMG_20161230_141357 by t do, on Flickr

JayChadney

Thanks. It is Smith & Bybee Wetland Area in Portland, Oregon.

Cyclist0108

Thanks. I added some more photos and description.

As an added bonus, I used the measurements from the custom bike to retrofit and modernize my 1987 Bianchi (cf: https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vi...omponents.html )

bikemig 

I like the story and the bike. Gravel bikes are the best swiss army knife bikes out there; they do a lot of things very well and allow you to explore new terrain. I get a lot of use out of my "vintage" gravel bike which is a 1993 bridgestone XO-2. It's a drop bar road bike built around 26 inch wheels. Back in the early 90s, there were no 29ers and a 26 inch wheel was your best bet for a bike designed for riding gravel and dirt roads. I use it as a gravel bike in Iowa running 26 x 42c tires. It handles those road beautifully.

Cyclist0108

Sounds like a great bike. I have Clement 40mm X'PLORs on mine at the moment, which pretty much lets me ride on everything except huge ruts and sand pits. Now that I have two wheelsets, I find myself wondering if I would have been better off with 26" wheels. (If I buy a Long Haul Trucker in my size, it is only available for 26" wheels.) The mountain bike my kid took over is a 26" (the only kind I remember when I got it 10 years ago.) Maybe what I really want is a 26"-Plus mountain bike with drops.

Dave Cutter

Just order in a new Access Old Turnpike gravel bike. From the local Performance Bike Shop

A great sale price $649. It won't be in till later in the week... I'll review it better then.

justin1138

Awesome, thanks! Didn't realize you could ride through the wetlands. I kinda figured you were in Portland by the Breadwinner reference.

JayChadney

You really can't. This is at the canoe launch area and I turned right around and back up the path. 😇

epdarks

2016 Felt F85X - all stock other than the pedals and bottle cage

Barchettaman

Vortrieb CX rig on studded tyres.

Vortrieb alu frame, 62cm, Kinesis alu fork
Ritchey WCS headset
Syntace bar & stem
FSA PowerDrive crankset 46/36
The rest of the drivetrain is 10-speed 105
Oval Concepts wheelset with Schwalbe studded snow tyres

Currently set up with a slightly higher bar/stem and platform pedals for safer snow commuting.

kshapero

Me Ol' Turnpike

rjacob

DarKris

Glad to see that hybrid conversion all finished up. Looks nice