Show us your gravel/cross bike...
03-21-15, 01:41 PM
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If you want gravel, go out to Tillamook Forest. TONS of it out there and on the weekend, there is a bunch of it that's gated off and nobody is out there. I used to ride a dual sport motorcycle out there all the time and so much of it is un-passable due to the gates, but I checked with the logging company and they don't care if you use it with non-motorized vehicles. Bring your triple though. Steep grades. Want a really fun ride, Google Beaver Slide road. I'm not sure you'd get up it on a bicycle, but it's a fun decent and it hooks up with the abandoned railroad and there are a lot of tunnels you can explore on that track. Fun adventure.
03-21-15, 01:44 PM
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If you want gravel, go out to Tillamook Forest. TONS of it out there and on the weekend, there is a bunch of it that's gated off and nobody is out there. I used to ride a dual sport motorcycle out there all the time and so much of it is un-passable due to the gates, but I checked with the logging company and they don't care if you use it with non-motorized vehicles. Bring your triple though. Steep grades. Want a really fun ride, Google Beaver Slide road. I'm not sure you'd get up it on a bicycle, but it's a fun decent and it hooks up with the abandoned railroad and there are a lot of tunnels you can explore on that track. Fun adventure.
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03-22-15, 06:25 PM
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I put some 26x1.95" Happy Mediums on the Long Haul Trucker for an assault on Forest Park this weekend.
It didn't see much gravel until we got to Firelane 10, but this was just a test ride with this configuration before a planned trip to ride the Great Allegheny Passage and C & O Canal Towpath later this spring.
It didn't see much gravel until we got to Firelane 10, but this was just a test ride with this configuration before a planned trip to ride the Great Allegheny Passage and C & O Canal Towpath later this spring.
Now, that's what I'm talking about!!! Love it!
03-25-15, 08:39 AM
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I put some 26x1.95" Happy Mediums on the Long Haul Trucker for an assault on Forest Park this weekend.
It didn't see much gravel until we got to Firelane 10, but this was just a test ride with this configuration before a planned trip to ride the Great Allegheny Passage and C & O Canal Towpath later this spring.
It didn't see much gravel until we got to Firelane 10, but this was just a test ride with this configuration before a planned trip to ride the Great Allegheny Passage and C & O Canal Towpath later this spring.
I'm going out with the Space Horse this evening for her first true gravel run. It's about 28 degrees here in Nebraska, over cast, very wet, so PERFECT conditions!
Man she's gorgeous.......
03-27-15, 07:18 AM
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New baby at home...picked up Monday night, less than 100 miles so far. I was hoping to ride over to the Ahnapee State (gravel) Trail early morning today but woke up to more snow!
I don't mind snow but I dislike the transition from winter to spring, when you really can't plan anything 'cos the forecasters really don't have a clue what's coming our way...
I don't mind snow but I dislike the transition from winter to spring, when you really can't plan anything 'cos the forecasters really don't have a clue what's coming our way...
03-27-15, 08:54 AM
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This is my home built multipurpose bike. I have clearance for much larger tires should the need arise. The mountain bike gearing really paid off when I rode CO two years ago. As a flatlander, I appreciated having it.
03-29-15, 10:00 AM
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Here's mine:
1983 Trek 620
700c wheel conversion
moustache bars
Everything else is pretty much stock.
Plans for it include
Albatross or Soma Oxford bars
Bar end shifters
7 speed freewheel
Front bag that sits lower
1983 Trek 620
700c wheel conversion
moustache bars
Everything else is pretty much stock.
Plans for it include
Albatross or Soma Oxford bars
Bar end shifters
7 speed freewheel
Front bag that sits lower
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03-29-15, 11:47 AM
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On-One Dirty Disco
Not sure how much gravel only it will get but I hope it makes a great "all-around" bike.
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03-29-15, 11:55 AM
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03-29-15, 12:16 PM
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One of the things I love about this thread, in addition to the really cool new gravel bikes coming out, are all the "home brewed" gravel bikes. This is a great way to repurpose an old steel bike that has reasonable tire clearance.
03-29-15, 06:21 PM
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Total cost $17 for the freewheel and now something that would get use again.
03-29-15, 07:31 PM
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Speaking of "home brew" here's an old bike that I've had since the 80's that's slightly too small for me, threw on some old bomb proof wheels and 32c knobby tires, got them to fit by crimping the chainstays slightly and dremeling the drop outs so the wheel slides back further, enough clearance for 32c now. Installed a cheap Sunrace 13-28 freewheel, Spd pedals, and bombed some local trails this weekend, performed like a champ and very chuckable with it being small.
Total cost $17 for the freewheel and now something that would get use again.
Total cost $17 for the freewheel and now something that would get use again.
03-30-15, 07:21 AM
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^^^ Nice! I'm digging those Gary II bars, may have to try a set soon.
03-30-15, 10:14 AM
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This is my first cross bike. A new 2012 Trek X01. Was a "you can't leave this behind at this price." A right sweet ride.
04-01-15, 10:52 AM
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I dropped in because I had no clue what a Cyclocross bike looked like. Looks like it's just a hybrid in the opposite direction. Interesting.
04-02-15, 10:16 AM
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04-02-15, 11:33 AM
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So far entered in:
Miesville FiftySix (56mi)
Almanzo 100 (102mi)
Fulton Gran Fondo (road) (102mi)
The Westside Dirty Benjamin (100mi)
The Filthy 50 (50mi)
Dirt Bag (88mi)
My dance card is full this year.
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04-02-15, 12:27 PM
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"Jack of all trades, master of none." Love it!
That steel frame is gorgeous. Would probably go with canti brakes, I guess I'm more into that stuff than discs.
Me likey.
"Jack of all trades, master of none." Love it!
That steel frame is gorgeous. Would probably go with canti brakes, I guess I'm more into that stuff than discs.
Me likey.
04-06-15, 03:01 AM
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After 7 months of waiting, building, and constant speedbumps, its finally done. 58cm dark and dirty blue crosscheck, sram rival cranks derailleurs and brifters, avid shorty 4's, velocity a23's laced to 105 hubs, salsa cowbell 2's and a brooks cambium saddle. I am so stoked
04-06-15, 11:48 PM
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After 7 months of waiting, building, and constant speedbumps, its finally done. 58cm dark and dirty blue crosscheck, sram rival cranks derailleurs and brifters, avid shorty 4's, velocity a23's laced to 105 hubs, salsa cowbell 2's and a brooks cambium saddle. I am so stoked
04-07-15, 08:22 AM
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Space Horse incoming.
Throwing on my WTB Nano 40Cs and a set of Gevenalle CX2 shifters. Eventually a Brooks Cambium, as well.
Throwing on my WTB Nano 40Cs and a set of Gevenalle CX2 shifters. Eventually a Brooks Cambium, as well.
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