****The Official Gravel Bike Gallery Thread****
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Meh, i'm a huge flat pedal convert. Especially for rocky stuff. I'll keep my SPD's for road use, but considering how much i need to hike a bike around here, having freedom of trainers is awesome. Especially with wide feet from generally using barefoot style shoes
I considered it but honestly I don’t mine being unclipped. I do have some dual sided pedals in a box so maybe if I could find some decent value shoes. For road shoes the only ones were the knitted Lake CX201. Even the MX238 felt too narrow.
Fork is a Rock Shox Rudy RD2
Fork is a Rock Shox Rudy RD2
After a few months of waiting for reductions the Giant Revolt X finally came down into the bracket of my c2w voucher and turned up yesterday. Not ridden it yet as waiting on new Cranks, but lots and lots of clearance ready for the winter of mud! I would have preferred the lower models colours, but now this has turned up it's a lot nicer in the flesh.
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Last ride on the bike in its current guise.
One hell of a route Strava did me a solid. Great mix of twisty single track, flat hard packed dirt and a smattering of steep rocky sections.
Amusingly I did finish the ride wondering if I’d have been better to keep this as my gravel bike and just add better gearing and have bought a road focused frame instead of turning this back into a road bike. However I suspect there’s not much in it.
One hell of a route Strava did me a solid. Great mix of twisty single track, flat hard packed dirt and a smattering of steep rocky sections.
Amusingly I did finish the ride wondering if I’d have been better to keep this as my gravel bike and just add better gearing and have bought a road focused frame instead of turning this back into a road bike. However I suspect there’s not much in it.
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Nice bike and picture, is that the moda gravel bike?
No it’s the Ican X Gravel. Since been replaced by the X Gravel 2
Chinese frame builder but my second one and both have been pretty faultless.
Nice, is that the G line electric or just the normal g line?
I chose the electric one, less sweaty riding to work!
Ah nice! Was thinking of getting one before but decided to get a full size bike instead
How are they for commuting? Do you do a long commute and how are they up steep hills.
Far more comfortable than my my previous Brompton. It’s great for hills but you need to put in some effort for the steeper ones. I cycle around thirty minutes each way.
Nice, Yeah I have to put effort into steeper ones even on my full size e bike, i bet its nice to be able to fold it, get on a train and then take it around and cycle somewhere though
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Have you bought that frame from china then? I'm looking around at gravel bikes but prices these days seem nuts for what you get.