What's next? After gravel, what's the NEXT BIG THING?
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Oh my god, you're right! The next big thing in cycling is redneck animal shooting! For only $3,499.99 I can sell you a bear with a rifle and a Confederate flag, guaranteed to put motivation in your sprint.
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This thread officially sucks now.
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Hopefully it isnt because of the stars and bars joke, but guessing it is.
I understand how it can be tough to acknowledge and laugh at the shortcomings of the area you live. It helps me to know that everything is a tradeoff and compromise and that is especially true when it comes to where you live.
I understand how it can be tough to acknowledge and laugh at the shortcomings of the area you live. It helps me to know that everything is a tradeoff and compromise and that is especially true when it comes to where you live.
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Funny how you never see MTB'ers talk about packing heat or being assaulted by animals or people in the actual woods but it sure is a problem for gravel riders all of a sudden. Since most gravel riders are ex-roadies it makes all the sense since they all love the drama.
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So what would be a good name for cycling biathlon? Bikathlon?
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Not that you need a gun for Cascade bears.
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Is this true? Sad if so. I don't own a MTB because what you describe is the only kind of riding for one around here. My experience of MTB is renting them, and riding remote, wild trails. I always thought I was being entitled, not being able to want to ride a MTB in urban areas.
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E-Goatbikes. In 2022, the National Park Service finally decides to allow so-called "e-bikes" on trails, but dictates that they need to blend in with the natural environment and appear to be animals, so as not to be as scary to pack horses they might encounter along the the trails.
What is that? It's the perfect answer to a question I had the other day. What would the bike that Conan the Barbarian rides look like.
It's just really fantastic.
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A lot of sheep farmers are going to get jealous...
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Until texting gets treated like the DUI level offense it is, I see no reason for gravel to be supplanted by something else. It's a pragmatic choice to get good miles and good scenery without being run over.
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There are many epic gun threads over on MTBR.
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So most bikepackers carry full main triangle bags. Why on earth do you need all those bosses inside the triangle? I can see you needing the bosses on the top tube near the seat tube and head tube so you can run 2 bolt on bags on the top but it's missing that.
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Adult big wheels - I already want one.