Post your gravel bike
08-30-18, 02:28 PM
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The Crossrip works well for me on gravel and singletrack - no issues at all. Gearing seems just about perfect, ride is fine with 35mm tires at low pressure, not too heavy either. I will be doing a few cyclocross races with it this fall. So far it has handled everything I've tried on it. Glad I made the purchase.
09-08-18, 05:03 AM
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I designed this 650b bike to test using a long front center and short stem to get the front wheel out further and help with descending the rough stuff. It works really well and I'll be building all of my future gravel frames this way.
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09-16-18, 12:50 PM
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Just arrived Friday. Put about 40 road miles. Needs tweaking and adjustment. Really happy with the bike. It came with a new iteration of the Lynskey Gravel fork. The blades have a triangular cross section and the fender bolts are on the inside of the fork blades. It looks very clean compared with the ones on the web site. 
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09-16-18, 08:01 PM
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2018 Jamis Renegade Exploit. Steel.
09-17-18, 09:34 AM
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Looks perfect. Is it a Lynskey build, or custom? What size tires are you running?
You must give us an update after you've put some serious miles on it. I'm looking at this or the Litespeed gravel as my ultimate gravel bike.
You must give us an update after you've put some serious miles on it. I'm looking at this or the Litespeed gravel as my ultimate gravel bike.
09-17-18, 11:59 AM
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The frame is a stock geometry "large". The tires are the Mavic Allroad XL Gravel Tire in a 700x40. I am working on the stem length now. It came with a short 90 mm. I have replaced it with a temporary 120 mm that is much better. Next week I will try something closer to 110 mm. I looked at the Litespeed and couldn't get past the press fit bottom bracket.
09-17-18, 01:16 PM
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09-17-18, 08:00 PM
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My Giant Toughroad GX 1. Swapped the bars out with Specialized Hover Flare bars. Running 42c Sawtooth tires on stock wheels and 29x2.0 Kenda Kozmik Lite II on WTB i23s
12-07-18, 08:53 AM
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My cyclocross bike: Merida CX 4 from 2014. Race bike, very robust frame. 33c cx tyres.
My gravel bike: Diamant Adventure Road 2018 (A norwegian brand, very popular here in Norway...). 30c gravel tyres. Quite light to be a gravel bike with aluminium frame.. 8,5kg.
My gravel bike: Diamant Adventure Road 2018 (A norwegian brand, very popular here in Norway...). 30c gravel tyres. Quite light to be a gravel bike with aluminium frame.. 8,5kg.
12-07-18, 09:52 AM
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My cyclocross bike: Merida CX 4 from 2014. Race bike, very robust frame. 33c cx tyres.
My gravel bike: Diamant Adventure Road 2018 (A norwegian brand, very popular here in Norway...). 30c gravel tyres. Quite light to be a gravel bike with aluminium frame.. 8,5kg.
My gravel bike: Diamant Adventure Road 2018 (A norwegian brand, very popular here in Norway...). 30c gravel tyres. Quite light to be a gravel bike with aluminium frame.. 8,5kg.
I came close to buying a diamant road frame from the 80s on ebay last year. beautifully made bike with some great details. just a bit too small. not a brand thats known much over here in the US.
12-07-18, 05:05 PM
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Altamira CX 1.3 with 38c hutchinson overides
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05-16-19, 08:26 AM
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05-18-19, 08:15 PM
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Just arrived Friday. Put about 40 road miles. Needs tweaking and adjustment. Really happy with the bike. It came with a new iteration of the Lynskey Gravel fork. The blades have a triangular cross section and the fender bolts are on the inside of the fork blades. It looks very clean compared with the ones on the web site.
beautiful bike, do you have the actual weight of the frame? I was shocked when they quoted 4lb for size 56,
05-20-19, 11:42 AM
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Mine's had some upgrades/changes so I'm posting a new pic. 2019 Rove ST w WTB Ventures, Salsa Cowbell 3 bar, Wolf Tooth 34t chainring. Not too far from stock, but now it's just right....
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05-23-19, 07:47 PM
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05-23-19, 11:58 PM
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My Surly Cross Check. My Christmas present to me. Turning out to be a great bicycle!
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