The Spirit Of Gravel Riding: It was this or golfing vOv

The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > The Great Outdoors > The Spirit Of Gravel Riding: It was this or golfing vOv

«‹›2 »

e.pilot: Nov 20, 2011; sometimes maybe good
sometimes maybe shit

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.

# ¿ Nov 7, 2019 22:06

Adbot: ADBOT LOVES YOU

# ¿ Apr 25, 2024 20:26

e.pilot: Nov 20, 2011; sometimes maybe good
sometimes maybe shit

Is that phantom canyon? I used to fly down that all the time.

# ¿ Nov 8, 2019 17:52

e.pilot: Nov 20, 2011; sometimes maybe good
sometimes maybe shit

vikingstrike posted:

Yep

In that case, this is related.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au6WO91w12k

# ¿ Nov 8, 2019 20:28

e.pilot: Nov 20, 2011; sometimes maybe good
sometimes maybe shit

Crunchy leaves noise :allears:

# ¿ Nov 10, 2019 23:55

e.pilot: Nov 20, 2011; sometimes maybe good
sometimes maybe shit

Hittin� that good good :madmax:

# ¿ Nov 12, 2019 01:58

e.pilot: Nov 20, 2011; sometimes maybe good
sometimes maybe shit

🦃 🇹🇷

# ¿ Nov 14, 2019 01:18

e.pilot: Nov 20, 2011; sometimes maybe good
sometimes maybe shit

I can feel the spirit deep inside of me.

# ¿ Nov 17, 2019 04:37

e.pilot: Nov 20, 2011; sometimes maybe good
sometimes maybe shit

Spirit
Of
Grav
Grav

When the watts kick in

ALL GOOD

# ¿ Nov 21, 2019 22:53

e.pilot: Nov 20, 2011; sometimes maybe good
sometimes maybe shit

Spirit of Gravel friends, I made a sticker inspired by the Spirit of St. Louis if anyone is interested.

https://www.redbubble.com/people/epilot/works/42666303-spirit-of-gravel?asc=u&kind=transparent_sticker&p=transparent-sticker&size=small
e:
also in white by request
https://www.redbubble.com/people/epilot/works/42666666-spirit-of-gravel-white?p=transparent-sticker&asc=u

e.pilot fucked around with this message at 23:48 on Nov 21, 2019

# ¿ Nov 21, 2019 23:27

e.pilot: Nov 20, 2011; sometimes maybe good
sometimes maybe shit

Last ride on the Stuntman� tonight.

Also stickers came :shittydog:

# ¿ Dec 3, 2019 03:08

e.pilot: Nov 20, 2011; sometimes maybe good
sometimes maybe shit

And the reason it was the last Stuntman� ride today is because other than a messed up brake line olive, I finally finished building this tonight.

Behold the Spirit of Gravel� a 2019 Kona Jake the Snake :madmax:

# ¿ Dec 3, 2019 09:04

e.pilot: Nov 20, 2011; sometimes maybe good
sometimes maybe shit

The grav gods were good today.

# ¿ Dec 4, 2019 02:05

e.pilot: Nov 20, 2011; sometimes maybe good
sometimes maybe shit

I made a stem cap tonight, I can't decide if I like this or the colorado one better.

# ¿ Dec 4, 2019 07:05

e.pilot: Nov 20, 2011; sometimes maybe good
sometimes maybe shit

Spirit of Mud for me today.

# ¿ Dec 14, 2019 01:31

e.pilot: Nov 20, 2011; sometimes maybe good
sometimes maybe shit

grav is love, grav is life

# ¿ Dec 17, 2019 03:05

e.pilot: Nov 20, 2011; sometimes maybe good
sometimes maybe shit

G R A B B L E

# ¿ Dec 18, 2019 07:17

e.pilot: Nov 20, 2011; sometimes maybe good
sometimes maybe shit

Finally a reprieve from the rain :madmax:

What is that blue stuff behind the clouds?

# ¿ Dec 20, 2019 00:54

e.pilot: Nov 20, 2011; sometimes maybe good
sometimes maybe shit

My new tires have a little bit too much spirit :smith:

Anybody want some brand new 650x47 senderos?

# ¿ Dec 22, 2019 06:52

e.pilot: Nov 20, 2011; sometimes maybe good
sometimes maybe shit

Yeah but even if it did it�d still be too wide unfortunately.

I got some 42 wide wtb resolutes on the way, if those don�t fit I�m scrapping the idea of 650b adventure wheels all together.

# ¿ Dec 22, 2019 16:38

e.pilot: Nov 20, 2011; sometimes maybe good
sometimes maybe shit

Other than �road plus� slicks there�s really not many other options other than the resolute for 650x42 weirdly.

e:
Found one more aggressive as hell tire I can try before throwing in the towel.
https://www.treefortbikes.com/Surly...ykaAgXYEALw_wcB

e.pilot fucked around with this message at 18:07 on Dec 22, 2019

# ¿ Dec 22, 2019 17:46

e.pilot: Nov 20, 2011; sometimes maybe good
sometimes maybe shit

I just want the senderos to fit :smith:

# ¿ Dec 23, 2019 00:05

e.pilot: Nov 20, 2011; sometimes maybe good
sometimes maybe shit

sweat poteto posted:

Spots of garble on the ride today, including this gnarly old road - a mile at -12% - mix of dirt, gravel and big quartz boulders.

what did that road used to be?

# ¿ Jan 3, 2020 03:56

e.pilot: Nov 20, 2011; sometimes maybe good
sometimes maybe shit

Spirit of Leaves today

Also saw some turkeys :3:

# ¿ Feb 20, 2020 22:45

e.pilot: Nov 20, 2011; sometimes maybe good
sometimes maybe shit

I�m still bummed that wheel/tire setup didn�t work on my bike, it looks so good.

# ¿ Feb 28, 2020 08:26

e.pilot: Nov 20, 2011; sometimes maybe good
sometimes maybe shit

kimbo305 posted:

https://rivbike.tumblr.com/post/613681444461658112/who-rides-a-cheviot-susan-thomas-name-susan

# ¿ Mar 27, 2020 16:31

e.pilot: Nov 20, 2011; sometimes maybe good
sometimes maybe shit

jamal posted:

We're also doing an "internet stage race" with a strava segment every two days. But times don't technically count, prizes are randomly drawn gift cards bought with donations from local businesses. Stage 1 was 5 $50 gift cards to a beer and wine tap room. There's like 3k in the fund right now which is pretty cool.

I tried to do this with my team but nobody was interested :saddowns:

# ¿ Mar 28, 2020 04:17

e.pilot: Nov 20, 2011; sometimes maybe good
sometimes maybe shit

I will forever be sad that wheel/tire combo didn't work on my bike.

# ¿ Apr 18, 2020 01:34

e.pilot: Nov 20, 2011; sometimes maybe good
sometimes maybe shit

The Driftless region looks so cool to ride in, I need to go out there sometime.

# ¿ May 3, 2020 18:14

e.pilot: Nov 20, 2011; sometimes maybe good
sometimes maybe shit

Almost nobody on the trails today. :c00lbert:

# ¿ May 4, 2020 04:43

e.pilot: Nov 20, 2011; sometimes maybe good
sometimes maybe shit

Development posted:

sup grav grav kids,

if you're interested in joining the grav grav (and non grav grav) bike slack, reply to this and I can provide a link

Just be warned we occasionally break out the guillotines and discuss eating the rich.

But if bikes and occasional bourgeoisie toppling are your jam, come on over.

# ¿ Jun 24, 2020 17:22

e.pilot: Nov 20, 2011; sometimes maybe good
sometimes maybe shit

Crumps Brother posted:

Pretty sure I don't have any water squares until the Mississippi and that's about 80 miles away.

# ¿ Jul 15, 2020 03:52

e.pilot: Nov 20, 2011; sometimes maybe good
sometimes maybe shit

With wax, 200-300ish miles if it�s just dust

# ¿ Jul 15, 2020 06:18

e.pilot: Nov 20, 2011; sometimes maybe good
sometimes maybe shit

Just absolute lol @ using a glock 20 on a bear.

# ¿ Jul 29, 2020 00:54

e.pilot: Nov 20, 2011; sometimes maybe good
sometimes maybe shit

PabloBOOM posted:

First we had to add guidance about limiting gun chat.

You all keep this up and I'm going to crack down on chat about tires under 40

(I'm just kidding, the spirit of gravel welcomes all, you do your thing. I will add that my GKs in 50 are very supple)

my GK 50s

# ¿ Jul 31, 2020 23:50

e.pilot: Nov 20, 2011; sometimes maybe good
sometimes maybe shit

that�s some rowdy af grav to ride on slicks

# ¿ Aug 31, 2020 03:49

e.pilot: Nov 20, 2011; sometimes maybe good
sometimes maybe shit

that cannondale on some tan wall 35s would own

# ¿ Sep 2, 2020 20:08

e.pilot: Nov 20, 2011; sometimes maybe good
sometimes maybe shit

BraveUlysses posted:

on the other hand,,,,

gently caress da mods

Or you could not, this is why a lot of cyclists hate e-bikes and e-bikers. This is a sure fire way to lose access to trails.

# ¿ Sep 24, 2020 16:48

e.pilot: Nov 20, 2011; sometimes maybe good
sometimes maybe shit

Levitate posted:

I'm not gonna be as polite as Bud. With that said.

Are you seriously using your mod status to admonish us for a very gentle response to someone posting destination travel group ride pics during a pandemic (not to mention already planning another trip during the pandemic...no, it's not going to be over by March)?

Look, a lot of us had plans like that kind of trip that we canceled because of the pandemic. A lot of us have family we have not seen and will not see because of the pandemic. For all I know we have people in here who have friends and family who have died because of this pandemic. 360 THOUSAND people have died in the US from this. Many of us are trying to do our part to keep ourselves and others safe even though it means scaling back or canceling things that are important or exciting to us or big plans we were looking forward to. We're not making travel plans to someplace with zero ICU capacity and massive problems controlling the pandemic.

I was not going to make a big post about this but again if I'm going to get admonished by a mod from a completely reasonable response then gently caress it I'm gonna get my word in. Everyone's got their excuses as to why they are the ones that are different and the rules shouldn't apply to them and no really it's fine because you see they're more careful than everyone else and every excuse is garbage as the rest of them.

Shame on you for that bullshit response, Safety Dance