Pikey Posted March 11, 2020 Share This thread made me take my gravel bike in road trim down here today ..... damn it was fast . Luckily no punctures . Although having the panaracer gravelking 32’s on,is not exactly a full on road tyre like the schwalbe pro ones . But it certainly ain’t a gravel tyre for anything other than flat dirt roads (well for me at least )but it held up just fine and hauled along at some pace ....awesome fun ???????? Another string to the niners bow ✊???? Vetseun, andreas17777 and Wayne pudding Mol 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne pudding Mol Posted March 11, 2020 Share Indeed, I was super skeptical, until I had a good on a Trek Checkpoint for the weekend. A karoo road, jeep track and road route that would have been a boring old schlep on my Pyga 110 (which i love), turned into an absolute jol. The fact of the matter is that the majority of South African mountain bikers are actually off-road cyclists. Most of can do 100km without a worry, but can't ride a 1m drop off. Many may prefer a more efficient gravel bike to an MTB.Taken me a while to accept it but your last paragraph describes me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pikey Posted March 11, 2020 Share Sold my road bike last year and contemplating getting a gravel grinder in its stead. Also toying with the idea of turning my merida big 7 into a gravel grinder. Just still unsure if i should go 650b or if 700c is a better optionNSBB has turned his merida big nine in to a monster cross / gravel / go anywhere do anything bike .... CdT85 and NotSoBigBen 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanievb Posted March 11, 2020 Share Dont do it Fanie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotSoBigBen Posted March 11, 2020 Share NSBB has turned his merida big nine in to a monster cross / gravel / go anywhere do anything bike ....Done thousands and thousands of K's on this bike! CdT85, PhilipV, Mongoose! and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowbee Posted March 11, 2020 Share A 100km shortcut between Laingsburg and Ladismith is reason enough - the added challenge of no suspension just adds to the excitement. Did learn quickly that your rear mech must have a clutch or smooth gear shifts are not possible ok, that is it, where be this road, other than in between these two towns ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vetseun Posted March 11, 2020 Share This thread made me take my gravel bike in road trim down here today ..... damn it was fast . Luckily no punctures . Although having the panaracer gravelking 32’s on,is not exactly a full on road tyre like the schwalbe pro ones . But it certainly ain’t a gravel tyre for anything other than flat dirt roads (well for me at least )but it held up just fine and hauled along at some pace ....awesome fun Another string to the niners bow ✊ Ma se hare, that is a nice bike Edited March 11, 2020 by Vetseun Pikey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildwindfr Posted March 11, 2020 Share Done thousands and thousands of K's on this bike!Really like this.Wish my Fuji could take bigger wheels at times.Our road can get badly corrugated and sandy at times.At other times it can resemble a river.Season depending!I have put around 10000km on the fuji. Mongoose! and Wayne pudding Mol 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pikey Posted March 11, 2020 Share Ma se hare, that is a nice bikeMa se hare ????????????????????..... haven’t heard that in ages .Thanks dude,stoked on that steel steed ???????? Vetseun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotSoBigBen Posted March 11, 2020 Share Really like this.Wish my Fuji could take bigger wheels at times.Our road can get badly corrugated and sandy at times.At other times it can resemble a river.Season depending!I have put around 10000km on the fuji.I have 2 sets of wheels ... The ones in the previous photo have 42mm gravel tyres mounted and I used those at SouthXSouthEast, this set has 38mm slicks (not tubeless but I run them tubeless) and I use them for most rides! Often ride out to Vaal Marina and back (+-200k's) on these, mostly gravel roads and they work a charm! 12 000+ kilometres on this bike as a gravel bike, used it as a single speed rigid before that... Pikey and Wayne pudding Mol 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashchest Posted March 11, 2020 Share Have a look at the Farr dot gravel bike tyres......................... Was my biggest tyre mistake ever! But I just love my pathfinders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashchest Posted March 11, 2020 Share I love my Gravel bike! Baracuda, Bikeguy, Prince Albert Cycles and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildwindfr Posted March 11, 2020 Share I would love to able to run 29x2.2 tyres on a frame and change to say 700x35 or 38c tyres (2nd wheelset) if I do a road event.Hoping to be able to do the Kremetart this year, missed it the last 2 years due to work obligations. Maybe in 2 years time when my son's studies are paid I may be able to buy a bike again. Seriously look at a steel or titanium frame then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisF Posted March 12, 2020 Share Sold my road bike last year and contemplating getting a gravel grinder in its stead. Also toying with the idea of turning my merida big 7 into a gravel grinder. Just still unsure if i should go 650b or if 700c is a better option I have the Big 7 XT Edition as my commuter. Nice thin tires (thin in MTB terms) works nicely. Even with the front fork semi locked it has just enough travel to soak up the road surface, without loosing too much energy If I was doing longer distances I would change the 3x to a 2x with a larger ring in front, to get more top speed. These 650B bikes are not the flavour of the month, and dirt cheap to pick up. Nice tires, right gearing, and you have a very nice dual purpose bike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotSoBigBen Posted March 12, 2020 Share I would love to able to run 29x2.2 tyres on a frame and change to say 700x35 or 38c tyres (2nd wheelset) if I do a road event.Hoping to be able to do the Kremetart this year, missed it the last 2 years due to work obligations. Maybe in 2 years time when my son's studies are paid I may be able to buy a bike again. Seriously look at a steel or titanium frame then.#SteelIsReal [emoji41] Pikey, Prince Albert Cycles and Mongoose! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrnus Posted March 12, 2020 Share Indeed, I was super skeptical, until I had a good on a Trek Checkpoint for the weekend. A karoo road, jeep track and road route that would have been a boring old schlep on my Pyga 110 (which i love), turned into an absolute jol. The fact of the matter is that the majority of South African mountain bikers are actually off-road cyclists. Most of can do 100km without a worry, but can't ride a 1m drop off. Many may prefer a more efficient gravel bike to an MTB." The fact of the matter is that the majority of South African mountain bikers are actually off-road cyclists. Most of can do 100km without a worry, but can't ride a 1m drop off. Many may prefer a more efficient gravel bike to an MTB. " Wayne pudding Mol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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