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learnincurve posted:The question someone cleverer than me will ask is exactly what kind of gears and brakes do you have? Cantilever limits your options a bit but it’s all still easily doable. The sassy answer to that question is that i have none for I am a human. The less sassy question is that I still dont have a bike yet, but the ones I am interested are the Jamis Renegade S3 and S4. The S3 has the Shimano GRX with hydraulic breaks and the S4 has the Shimano Sora. Preliminary google search tells there are parts available CopperHound posted:If you're thinking about buying a bike to convert. Don't. I know salsa and other manufacturers sell flatbar gravel bikes. This is more a curiosity questions.
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It isn't hard, but it is expensive. You're essentially buying a complete new drivetrain unless you do something fairly janky.
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ElMaligno posted:I know salsa and other manufacturers sell flatbar gravel bikes. This is more a curiosity questions.
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Thank you all for answering my questions.
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ElMaligno posted:Well after reading, googling and thinking I think i have two finalist for Gravel Biek. Just don't miss out on another 6 months of gravel riding with chronic indecision, 'kay?
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just buy the bike that you can get physically in your hands. don’t play the “it’ll be here next week” game.
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bicievino posted:Just don't miss out on another 6 months of gravel riding with chronic indecision, 'kay? 1) Been trying to sell my motorcycle for that long. 2) I was hit by SAD and depression at the same time 3) Winter loving sucks On the positive side i may have a buyer for the motorcycle..
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ElMaligno posted:1) Been trying to sell my motorcycle for that long. Huzzah! Let the spirit of gravel embrace you
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Development posted:don’t play the “it’ll be here next week” game. They might be totally honest, but can be victims of totally optimistic / bullshit times from their suppliers.
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kimbo305 posted:I agree but I think you should elaborate that to mean that you shouldn't trust any shop's claimed delivery times for anything they don't have in stock. This is the main reason i went from wanting a Cannondale to a Jamis. I have a Jamis available to buy as soon as i have the money Vs having to order the Cannondale and/or looking for it in other farther away shops.
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Also Jamis gravel bikes are really good!
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ElMaligno posted:This is the main reason i went from wanting a Cannondale to a Jamis. I scored a Gorilla Monsoon for like $10 last night and am now selling my medium 2021 Topstone 1. It’s a drat good bike, but I can’t justify both it and the GM, especially when I know the GM is gonna become my daily with its hilarious monster truck capabilities. Hit me up if you have any questions!
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Senf posted:Gorilla Monsoon 
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Senf posted:I scored a Gorilla Monsoon for like $10 last night and am now selling my medium 2021 Topstone 1. It’s a drat good bike, but I can’t justify both it and the GM, especially when I know the GM is gonna become my daily with its hilarious monster truck capabilities. I dont have any questions, I just want to sell my motorcycle to a non flake
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I am just here to vent today. loving gravel bike, if you give it any reason to make noise or break parts, it will do both in a heartbeat. I keep it clean and lubed, but it is a constant battle. I have a 1 year old Revolt 0 with 1850 miles on it. So far I have replaced 2 BB's, 1 crankset, 1 headset, 2 chains, 3 sets of brake pads, chainrings, a freehub body, a small chainring and a seat post. Granted, I am a heavy rider and I push the bike hard, but things are just not holding up the way I would expect them to. The road bike holds up just fine, but I am going through a lot more parts than I expected on the Revolt.
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I looked up your bike out of curiosity and it looks like they put a praxis crank on the 2020 and a shimano crank on the 2021 so they know they hosed up
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You need to buy it from the factory to get the real sturdy revolt  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mmdxs_0yYwc
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Cat rear end Trophy posted:I have a 1 year old Revolt 0 with 1850 miles on it. So far I have replaced 2 BB's, 1 crankset, 1 headset, 2 chains, 3 sets of brake pads, chainrings, a freehub body, a small chainring and a seat post. Granted, I am a heavy rider and I push the bike hard, but things are just not holding up the way I would expect them to. The road bike holds up just fine, but I am going through a lot more parts than I expected on the Revolt.  this is not normal.
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Clark Nova posted:I looked up your bike out of curiosity and it looks like they put a praxis crank on the 2020 and a shimano crank on the 2021 so they know they hosed up What’s wrong with Praxis cranks? Nobody I know has had issues with them. Aluminum or carbon.
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Unpaved shoulders count as gravel. Change my mind
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iospace posted:Unpaved shoulders count as gravel. Change my mind The entirety of American road infrastructure counts as gravel.
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ElMaligno posted:The entirety of American road infrastructure counts as gravel. Not wrong.
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vikingstrike posted:What’s wrong with Praxis cranks? Nobody I know has had issues with them. Aluminum or carbon. Well for me, i broke a chainring, cracked 3 of the 4 spider arms, and the bearings went bad. All within 500 miles. Cracked a second spider after another 700, bearings went bad again too. I replace the whole mess with a DA BB and 810 GRX double. But I think that BB is about to poo poo the bed too. The OEM crankst was a Praxxis Zyante double.
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Cat rear end Trophy posted:Well for me, i broke a chainring, cracked 3 of the 4 spider arms, and the bearings went bad. All within 500 miles. Cracked a second spider after another 700, bearings went bad again too. I replace the whole mess with a DA BB and 810 GRX double. But I think that BB is about to poo poo the bed too. The OEM crankst was a Praxxis Zyante double. Geez. Thats a bad run for sure. Maybe you should start the fuckpraxismemes insta
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vikingstrike posted:Geez. Thats a bad run for sure. Maybe you should start the fuckpraxismemes insta Their customer service was really spot on, and I got a cool t-shirt out of the deal. So I'll give them a pass. I am a larger gentleman racer at 190 ponds, ans I do put out a fair amount of the watt things. My friends do keep a list of BBM parts (Broken By Mark), so breaking stuff is by no means unique to the Revolt. Among the other bikes I ride, this year I have also cracked the left and right arm or a DA 9000 crankset, a replica CInelli 1A stem, 2 pairs of handlebars and another seat post. Not to mention a Propel frame and fork, but the was a dumb rear end crash where I rode into the back of a parked truck while daydreaming.
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I got a new bike!  Lots of gravel to ride here, and there's a relaxed but super long single track that goes up a hill. Most of it is as below:  I did 50ks today on the dirt with like 15 of that on singletrack.
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Has anybody done any gravel riding around Gunnison Colorado? Possibly visiting family friends there for a week in July and am looking for some routes to ride.
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Cross-posting from the Bike Touring thread since it's pretty silent.Cannon_Fodder posted:Attempted to 2-day the 100 mile Coast to Coast Gravel Grinder.
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tylertfb posted:Has anybody done any gravel riding around Gunnison Colorado? Possibly visiting family friends there for a week in July and am looking for some routes to ride. Haven't ridden them but there are gravel roads through Hartman Rocks.... which you'll see as you're mountain biking there, which is what you should be doing instead of riding gravel.
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tylertfb posted:Has anybody done any gravel riding around Gunnison Colorado? Possibly visiting family friends there for a week in July and am looking for some routes to ride. Maybe head up to Crested Butte if you can? Gunnison is nice, but it’ll be real hot and CB is unreal. If you wanted to ride there you could try taking 730 along Ohio Creek from Gunnison up to Kebler Pass road. Kebler Pass itself will be spectacular that time of year. You could also ride from downtown CB up over Schofield Pass then go back through Oh Be Joyful on 734. I don’t know what the conditions or the roads are like other than Kebler Pass (busy, beautiful) and 317 up to Schofield Pass (also insanely beautiful). Just wanted to offer some ideas.  Gothic Valley looking down from the 401 trail off Schofield Pass.
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I finally sold my motorcycle and I got a good amount of spending money. Getting the bike, a better fitting helmet and fenders because rainy Oregon.
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ElMaligno posted:I finally sold my motorcycle and I got a good amount of spending money. Getting the bike, a better fitting helmet and fenders because rainy Oregon. Where in Oregon? If Portland area the Sierra in Tanasbourne has SKS Speedrockers for around $40-50. They have decent coverage and are easy to take on and off so you don’t always have them on. I had a pair of the nice PDW fenders at first and but mounting them to the Diverge was more of a hassle than I wanted.
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I'm in coastal north west oregon and we have a decent bike shop in town. They have a few gravel bikes available so I'll check them out and then go to Portland to check other bikes out.
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Oops, missed the "getting the bike" part of your original post. Hopefully you can find something local, I don't know how well stocked the Portland shops are.
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highme posted:Oops, missed the "getting the bike" part of your original post. Hopefully you can find something local, I don't know how well stocked the Portland shops are. I mentioned this earlier on the thread, but the local shop has like two Jamis Renegade, a Surley Long Haul Trucker and i know they did get a large shipment of Surley bikes but I have no idea what they got.
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Renegades are nice, I would definitely recommend it if they have your size and price range.
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 A size 54 Renegade S3, im picking it up tomorrow.
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ElMaligno posted:
Oh gently caress that's a good color.
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ElMaligno posted:
That’s a pretty bike.
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