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Anyone who follows bicycling has probably noticed the increase in gravel bicycling discussion, products, and press. It seems the "spirit of gravel" most likely fits best within Take A Hike! while the rest of the cycling threads discuss their skinny-tire, spandex-clad, bulging-calved lives. Let us discuss our latest gravel adventures. What livestock have you seen? Have you covered your bike in camo vinyl? Have you created a pair of custom jorts? Are you an aspirational influencer? Are you on the waitlist for the Land Run or DK? (I don't care if you've completed them, what matters is that you let us know you're trending). On this particular ride, I found both cows AND tacky car vinyl wrapping. Your move. ![]() Also, I guess you can discuss anything else about bikes because all bikes are living their best lives on gravel. ![]() ![]() ![]() PabloBOOM fucked around with this message at 17:59 on Nov 6, 2019 |
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# ? Apr 18, 2021 02:58 |
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I saw a coyote, a deer, and a really chubby tabby on my ride last Saturday.
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The spirit of gravel is inside of me
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Gravel bikes are best bikes.![]()
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excuse me I ride grabble and my calves bulge
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how do I get the spirit inside of me
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Post last weekend grabble![]()
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![]() As for wildlife I hear a bunch of coyotes yipping a few weeks ago when I went on a night ride it was cool
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Sometimes I ride my skinny tire road bike over little bits of gravel. That's the sum of my gravel riding experience.
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paperwind posted:Sometimes I ride my skinny tire road bike over little bits of gravel. That's the sum of my gravel riding experience. This is how the spirit gets in you. Welcome, brethren.
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![]() am i gravleing?
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It also sometimes gets in you when you crash and have to pick bits of gravel out of your skin e: ^^^ Liquid gravel
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i graveled through these chubsters once https://i.imgur.com/4IaUnht.mp4
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Development posted:how do I get the spirit inside of me touch it. touch the gravle
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kemikalkadet posted:i graveled through these chubsters once I'm digging this cow-vision version of gravel. Very bovine so fine.
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When you live in montana most rides are gravel rides and I don't even have a "gravel bike"![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() jamal fucked around with this message at 19:01 on Nov 6, 2019 |
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All bikes can embrace the spirit. Except the ones made by Fooker.
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Post gifs and the grabblest rides u know https://i.imgur.com/d5Qg4CI.mp4
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If you are wearing cargo bibs, have a half frame pack, a handlebar bag, and are riding a drop bar bike with knobby tires, but only stay on pavement: are you grinding gravel?
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Grinding gravel into asphalt through the most dangerous technology known to man: capitalism.
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hangin out with the grav and the chaise at work![]()
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vikingstrike posted:If you are wearing cargo bibs, have a half frame pack, a handlebar bag, and are riding a drop bar bike with knobby tires, but only stay on pavement: are you grinding gravel? So long as you have left your crusty, barely-legible Land Run number plate on for at least 3 months after the event, then yes, it still counts as gravel. Development posted:hangin out with the grav and the chaise at work Congratulation on having chaised, caught, and tamed, the chaise. I have ordered new cowbell bars and supacaz tape so my next cow gravel picture will be so much more awesome.
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graveled up this in the morning![]() one of the smoother spots though that trail/road is pretty rocky
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I’d like to share another photo of a road covered in, well, dirt. ![]()
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Carbon fiber, 22lbs, 29x2.25" tires, 110mm front suspension fork with damping, 34x42 lowest gear, normal handlebars. The ultimate gravel bike?![]() jamal fucked around with this message at 20:19 on Nov 7, 2019 |
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but how slack is the head tube
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and do you wear knee pads
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jamal posted:Carbon fiber, 22lbs, 29x2.25" tires, 110mm front suspension fork with damping, 34x42 lowest gear, normal handlebars. The ultimate gravel bike?
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Is this where we post our explorer scores? Lemme tell you all about my 13x13 square.
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Crumps Brother posted:Is this where we post our explorer scores? Lemme tell you all about my 13x13 square. ![]() this guy's in the way of me getting an 18x18. time to get trespassy.
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I can clearly see a road right there in your screenshot! Look at this dumb square. I had to walk entirely too far in to a cornfield for that one.![]() Probably isn't happening this year, but I'm two good rides away from 19x19. Edit: grav grav pic ![]() Crumps Brother fucked around with this message at 21:16 on Nov 7, 2019 |
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jamal posted:Carbon fiber, 22lbs, 29x2.25" tires, 110mm front suspension fork with damping, 34x42 lowest gear, normal handlebars. The ultimate gravel bike? You have to have hooks to be a true gravel bike.
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jamal posted:Carbon fiber, 22lbs, 29x2.25" tires, 110mm front suspension fork with damping, 34x42 lowest gear, normal handlebars. The ultimate gravel bike? Needs a dropped/elevated stay in there somewhere for no drat reason. Then we'll talk.
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It’s Friday and I hope everyone has the spirit of gravel touch them deeply this weekend. Maybe you can find a railroad grade road in the mountains that stretches for 20+ miles and then bomb back down. ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Is that phantom canyon? I used to fly down that all the time.
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e.pilot posted:Is that phantom canyon? I used to fly down that all the time. Yep
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Vikingstrike, you are the first page MVP in this here spirit of gravel thread.
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In that case, this is related. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au6WO91w12k
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# ? Apr 18, 2021 02:58 |
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if I could post video I'd post the coyotes howling that I recorded the other day but here's some mild wildlife anyways![]()
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