Mongoose! Posted September 27, 2020 Share Lets wait for all the 'reviews" on Youtube"as in PAID reviews...GCN ; David Arther ; Bikeradar and many more Hairy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotSoBigBen Posted September 27, 2020 Share Looking at the ratios, they understand that it's for roadies riding their bikes on undulating dirt roads, who know that they should use their mountain bikes for the very steep stuff... Erm Rad? Hat, coat, door...It's because of this confusion that there'll be 'gravel bikes' with front and rear suspension, suspension seatposts and stems, 9-51 dinner plate cassettes and 700*50 tyres.... Then ridden on good gravel roads, skud maar net my kop Wayne pudding Mol, Hairy and ChrisF 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne pudding Mol Posted September 27, 2020 Share It's because of this confusion that there'll be 'gravel bikes' with front and rear suspension, suspension seatposts and stems, 9-51 dinner plate cassettes and 700*50 tyres.... Then ridden on good gravel roads, skud maar net my kopI like the sound of this bike ???? ChrisF and Brandon P 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisF Posted September 27, 2020 Share It's because of this confusion that there'll be 'gravel bikes' with front and rear suspension, suspension seatposts and stems, 9-51 dinner plate cassettes and 700*50 tyres.... Then ridden on good gravel roads, skud maar net my kopThis stunning bike just needs an 860mm straight handlebar to be theee perfect hardcore gravel grinder, for those really bad gravel roads.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotSoBigBen Posted September 27, 2020 Share Maybe add a 'motor' [emoji12] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisF Posted September 27, 2020 Share Maybe add a 'motor' [emoji12]AND a spare battery for extra reach .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisF Posted September 27, 2020 Share Such a hardcore bike could even be used for serious water crossings .... gummibear and arendoog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewbacca Posted September 27, 2020 Share I don't understand why people are 'outraged' by new products. It's a new product from a drive train specialist company. If you don't want it, don't buy it? But being outraged is a seriously weird reaction. Some people need to ask themselves some serious questions Danger Dassie, intern, pinki and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddy Posted September 27, 2020 Share I don't understand why people are 'outraged' by new products. It's a new product from a drive train specialist company. If you don't want it, don't buy it? But being outraged is a seriously weird reaction. Some people need to ask themselves some serious questions I am outraged by people being rational about things like this.... Edited September 27, 2020 by eddy Jewbacca, Pure Savage, Yyyy and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christie Posted September 27, 2020 Share Imo the RD is a nice piece of mechanical design. No short or long cage - one RD for all cassette ranges.We will probably see 13s with the same style RD on Campy road gruppos, too. I like the crank - on road bikes I preferred the older 5 arm crank design, but on a gravel bike the style fits well. I dont agree with the OP about direct mount rings - easier imo to fit a ring without removing the crank. But I also dont swap rings unless they are worn, so small plus.The other big change is the thumb shifter - it is a lot bigger to shift from the drops. It looks less elegant now imo, like a bluetooth earphone or something that would not look out of place on an ear. I never had problems shifting from the drops, but I guess that became an issue with larger brifters.I dont likr disk brifters, no matter the brand. Edited September 27, 2020 by Christie Wayne pudding Mol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intern Posted September 27, 2020 Share Remember the last time they tried that?Awesome names for that heavy, barely functional, but '90's era Campagnolo beautiful' rubbish. Euclid, Centaur, Icarus. Probably Icarus was the most prescient name at launch... Danger Dassie and Wayne pudding Mol 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christie Posted September 27, 2020 Share The complimentary crank condoms are fugly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirmoun10goat Posted September 28, 2020 Share Such a hardcore bike could even be used for serious water crossings .... SB-14.jpgNon e-bikes are better. I have a friend who was 80km into a stage race and his battery fell out of his e-bike and I had to get him back over the remaining 28km Long Wheel Base and Wayne pudding Mol 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knersboy Posted September 28, 2020 Share The complimentary crank condoms are fuglyIf you paint by then yellow they will look like minions Schnavel, Danger Dassie, intern and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arendoog Posted September 28, 2020 Share I see it everywhere .Solutions for problems nobody has !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne pudding Mol Posted September 28, 2020 Share I see it everywhere .Solutions for problems nobody has !!if humankind only operated on the basis of what we need only, we'd still be hunter gatherers And the planet would be better for it but there would be no bicycles ChrisF, Danger Dassie and Sid the Sloth 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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