They can still shed mud with mudguard eyes, without guards fitted.
Gravel Bikes?
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They can still shed mud with mudguard eyes, without guards fitted.
In the USA there are many unpaved gravel roads unsuitable for skinny road tyres, gravel road bies have road geometry but wide tyres set up.
Brake judder. Solved on later models
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User19783
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I have a Genesis Croix De fer,
The bike comes fitted with 35 mm tyres , which are ok, but I wanted to go wider, so I brought a pair of gravel tyres at 41 mm wide,
The rear was ok for clearance, but the front, there was about 1mm between the tyre and the fork crown.
So I had to refit the 35mm tyres.
I might be now in the market for a new bike.
The bike comes fitted with 35 mm tyres , which are ok, but I wanted to go wider, so I brought a pair of gravel tyres at 41 mm wide,
The rear was ok for clearance, but the front, there was about 1mm between the tyre and the fork crown.
So I had to refit the 35mm tyres.
I might be now in the market for a new bike.
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User19783
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I am looking at this model, it fits the bill nicely.
Pinnacle Arkose Five 2015 Adventure.
Pinnacle Arkose Five 2015 Adventure.
CX bikes accept mid-size hybrid/touring and CX knobbly tyres up to about 35mm.
That is also true in the UK! If you navigate using Google maps bike mode it'll try and send you via every muddy footpath in the country.
I've just sold my road bike and bought a titanium kinesis tripster atr with two sets of wheels (35mm off road and 28mm road - the frame will take up to 40mm with mudguards).
Total weight is under 9kg (vs 8kg for my old bike) and it has the same riding position as before. I'm still getting PRs so I guess it's no slower - including uphill - plus I can take scenic traffic free bridleways and tow paths. Tow paths are great at 5 or 6am before any dog walkers get up :-)
Don't see any reason why I'd switch back to be honest.
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Gravity Aided
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- Land of Lincoln
Many of us in the States just use an older road bike that will take wider tires. Gravel bike events bring riders to places that never knew they existed, and that the riders never knew existed. A lot of them are held in Northwest Illinois, but we could have one here, as well. I think a steel bicycle is good for these, soak up a little more of the road features. I think a number of fellows like the older bicycles for their 27" wheels. As regards commuting, I generally tend to use a converted mountain bike with narrow 26" tires when crossing sketchy infrastructure (like my entire commute).
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
This made me chuckle. Now we not only have gravel bikes, we have specific gravel shorts!
https://www.pedaled.com/#!/products/kyoto-gravel-short/black
Actually, I quite like the look of those. A bit pricey though.
https://www.pedaled.com/#!/products/kyoto-gravel-short/black
Actually, I quite like the look of those. A bit pricey though.
They look very similar to a pair of DHB ones I've got sat at home. Great for non-lycra commutes and a lot cheaper... although they don't seem to sell them any more. Baggy style but quite close fitting (on my thighs anyway...) and stretchy material
I have had DHB shorts for commuting. Nice and well made apart from they don't last very long.
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
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- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
We've had pebble- dashing shorts for a while..
