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Again the UCI is questionable, why not find a smaller city who can run this in the best allocation time possible? I Wasn’t enjoying this when you know as a rider that you are compromising speed and balancing safety as the sun sets and the visibility is low. This is such a poor start to a very tough Stage race. I know weather has its own agenda but riders safety should be a priority at all times at professional level.

Remember when everyone said.. whoa j! 29inxh is too big but it has huge advantages. Look at us now. We accepted the talk kid in the back of the room, but the trade off is his called his cousin, because cyclist are suckers for tech or is it, our wallets? LOL. it might not win in the looks department because the weight of those tires will not be under 1.1kg so essentially your outter rolling mass now increases. But I’d be very interested in it’s ride characteristics as that what made 29 rule over thE now dead 26inch. I’m wondering if this actually would be easier to pedal but I’m thinking disc brakes might need to jump up in size… let’s say a 275? 🫢 They taking this seriously as they road showing it now so… clearly WTB are wanting to be first in line of the market bites. Word has it that China already are tooled up ready for the knock off spin if this takes off. So let’s see, if 700c gets a big brother and then we call it quits on bicycle wheel size for good!

Competitive pricing can only exist if there is a market of brands, we don’t have that many. So even middle market fillers are considered high end purchases here. LOL. So I’d have to agree with 👆🏻!

…seems like WTB have a prototype they’ve been developing. Will the market embrace yet another gravel addition to tire / wheel combo? I’m going to follow this development closely?🤔

… I do alot of early morning walk/runs and I don’t see cycling dudes anywhere… road is dead. Too dangerous and our roads are shocking, who wants to go risk been a tar cowboy? The truth is the good old days of road events almost every weekend are gone. Plus the sport is becoming less accessible to many, to start this sport now, a parent would need to take an extra bond out to cover costs. Gravel is the future.

I thought all MTB events are catering for just them? So how many event’s actually allow gravel bikes to participate?….🤔

.. the only “danger” I see is…if a Dassie would cross into those spokes! 😂😂😂

… and then. There was silience. 😂😂😂

TurboMatic not good enough? Even back in the day…🤔

Wow… so a guy asks about recommending bike fitting options and then by natural twists and bumps we arrive with a dude who finally found the best mechanic? Sounds like a Netflix series in the making? 🤭 Love U guys. Just keep pedalling.

The floating rear brake setup is Rather interesting from a technical perspective.

I’m finding more and more that items that are SOLD are not been updated or removed by the seller, almost a weekly accordance. Guys if you using this fine service provided this platform I suggest you follow through with the whole process, which means doing your part in maintaining your ads that are genuinely STILL for sale or been SOLD. Let’s refrain from a “junk mail” mentality.

Make sure it’s the Right way up! Enjoy the build! 👍🏻

When I say back, I mean on the bike, he was away from it like mentally. If you’d followed his progress, this was a big deal! Hehated the bike, so to see him back on and enjoying it.. for me is a return in many ways, sure he might not go all the way to a Pro Tour position but at least his not a Froome who really should hang it up! Tom is the nicest guy who fell into the trap of Cycling Fame!

Yeah DONT support anybody with a bad rating.. they’ll soon be gone! Vote with your wallet…👍🏻

Yeah, Victor took it Farr away! 😂😂😂 It’s really just the fork that’s a killer, otherwise it’s fair, for say a Small size. Sure you can spec different tubing and come out with a different ride if you go fully custom. Do you recall Columbus once did the ML? It was basically every tube was shaped very differently and its inner profiles at the ends were varied. That I remember felt amazing from having both SL and SLX back then. Boa chi made them… has to be the best bike I’ve flown with on downhill’s, it was so solid. I’m a steel fan and if you go the other side of the spectrum with a full Cannondale which of course also was a different feel to say a top notch Allan or Vitus from back on the day. So when you mention Dave’s custom rides of course he will be using something in the upper range but I wouldn’t write off all tubing, some brands like Reynolds and Tange were looked down upon but they too had good stuff, and to further drive the point, remember True Temper? All these tubing built amazing bikes that completed at the highest level. So all steel is real in my eyes 😂🤪 if it’s going to get recycled and used again, dude it’s real from that point! I’m impressed that you do enduro with a steel bike?👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 That’s has to withstand alot of flex and abuse, but yeah there is a light weight weenie steel bike somewhere on the inter webs that’s pretty insane, I think If it was a sub 7! And that’s not water pipe stuff…🤭 Let’s agree we all like steel… let’s not discriminate, let’s embrace all tubing, not matter the size, colour or ethic sourcing. Let’s build a cycling culture of Steel Ubuntu! 😂😂😂

Hi, Event for gravel bikes? Website only has options for mtb tandem and e-bikes to enter? Possible to clear up the confusion please?

Steel is real… and since when are all bikes from China? Taiwan has a massive bikehub (free plug) industry ! 🤭 Actually they have some of the best frame builders on the planet! Anybody ever see the workmanship on a Farr? Perfect welds, but yeah we overlook them because we look down on local. Meanwhile, if I wanted the same thing say by a small in-house frame builder like Howler in the UK, good steel machine would set me back 2000quid! btw nice Specialized, that’s a regrettable sale if ever I’ve seen one! 😂😂😂 no free plug.. but that’s something special, unless you want to join the herd of carbon bunnies! 😂😂😂 ( there I said it). Did I mention steel is real, best metal for recycling. The planet will thank you.Sir.

Personally… I think he should quit, his body just isn’t the same. Riders generally never comeback to the same form. We have many riders who have tried, the list is endless and I could throw in a whole host of names. Froome was good in his time and I’d prefer to remember him for that, than watch him miss training sessions when his got injures that flair up.(again). We all wish for better days, but sometimes you gotta ego check and look to the future.

Great thanks, but I see… I already have a Mechanical! Those historical quiz questions have sucker punched me in pre warm up 😝. Talk about a steel frame with a little rust. 😂😂😂

Guys are we doing the Fantasy League this year on TDF Club Tissot? Bikehub slot?

… and according to them, gravel didn’t even exist? Not in the website, but we’ve hosted a national championship? How hard must it be to put the new discipline on the app and website? 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 But wait….people have already paid the years fees… sit back and do FA!

They not really an online store, plus they don’t offer courier options that I requested. So I’m my personal opinion, support your local bike shop and save the environment of excess packaging and paperwork.