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  • 28 miles of that newfangled 'gravel' riding…….;o)
  • ton
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    bit like the stuff i have been doing for 30 odd years on my tourer.

    i love old stuff but with a new name……… 8)

    Posted 9 years ago
    MostlyBalanced
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    I’m rather liking having the ability to explore off road and get to and from the start and finish with all the speed and efficiency of a road bike on my CX/Gravel-Racer, whatever-you-want-to-call-it.

    Posted 9 years ago
    wwaswas
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    i love old stuff but with a new name.

    The Rough Stuff Fellowship must be chuffed 🙂

    Posted 9 years ago
    epicyclo
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    wwaswas – Member
    “i love old stuff but with a new name.”

    The Rough Stuff Fellowship must be chuffed

    Speaking as an RSF member, mtb riding isn’t rough.

    And gravel grinding is like having an empty smooth dual carriageway. 🙂

    As gravel riding gets more popular, it will be interesting to watch bike designs evolve. Let’s see, big wheels, slack HAs and forks with big offsets – mmm, just like 1910 all over again. Tubulars and wood rims, anyone? 🙂

    Posted 9 years ago
    midlifecrashes
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    I think they just mean road riding if your headed off the TdF route in the Dales.

    Posted 9 years ago
    ton
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    gravelroadrsftastic……. 8)

    and that picture is ace.

    Posted 9 years ago
    sangobegger
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    B7076 for 10 miles south of Abingdon in the borders. Rode it two years ago on the LEJOG and would have to say it was the roughest bit of tarmac I have ever had the misfortune to ride on in my life. Hope it not like that now.

    Posted 9 years ago
    molgrips
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    What the…? Gravel riding? That’s like MTBing on smooth trails, yes? Is that a thing now?

    I’m going to start a new ‘thing’ called peat riding. It’s done on peaty trails in woods. You’ll need a specific bike for it.

    Posted 9 years ago
    nick1962
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    I’m going to start a new ‘thing’ called peat riding. It’s done on peaty trails in woods.

    Wharncliffe presumably.

    Posted 9 years ago
    tom200
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    What the…? Gravel riding? That’s like MTBing on smooth trails, yes? Is that a thing now?

    I’m going to start a new ‘thing’ called peat riding. It’s done on peaty trails in woods. You’ll need a specific bike for it.

    It’s riding a bike on roads that are sh**t, so obviously you need another bike for it. Can’t use a cross bike as that only works on mud and grass, too bumpy for a road bike and you won’t be able to stop with rim brakes and a mountain bike will look stupid if your dressed in Lycra.

    Posted 9 years ago
    TurnerGuy
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    It’s like riding round Swinley blue…

    Posted 9 years ago
    epicyclo
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    molgrips – Member
    …I’m going to start a new ‘thing’ called peat riding. It’s done on peaty trails in woods. You’ll need a specific bike for it.

    Yup, it’s called a fatbike 🙂

    Posted 9 years ago
    scotroutes
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    *cough *
    bikepacking
    * cough *

    Posted 9 years ago
    _tom_
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    Well that looks… dull. Apart from the views I suppose but I’d rather be either doing it faster on a road bike or having more fun on a mtb riding something more exciting.

    Posted 9 years ago
    mattsccm
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    I wonder how cool gravel riding will be when people realise that’s what all those family trails are? It seems that the optimum bike is a cheap MTb with the front v brake straddle wire undone or a 10″ wheel balance bike. Round here (FoD) push chairs or shagged downhill bikes are also common.
    Piss taking aside, I do about 4000 miles a year on the gravel. 3 laps of the family trail most days, including in the dark. Busy days in the holidays mean that venturing on to the next track along gives empty tracks. Mixing up the bikes is fun. Good use for old fixed wheelers and elderly fully rigid steel MTBers. The Moulton is coming out soon as is the trike. Must admit to cheating and using the Cotic X or a Kaffenback most of the time.
    Nice thing about it is that it’s easy fast riding without the dangers of the road, especially in the dark.

    Posted 9 years ago
    epicyclo
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    _tom_ – Member
    Well that looks… dull…

    Depends why you ride. Thrills or scenery.

    Posted 9 years ago
    nick1962
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    epicyclo

    You clearly have a good eye for a cracking photo.
    Unfortunately the same cannot be said for your bike aesthetics 🙂

    Posted 9 years ago
    ton
    Full Member

    epicyclo, that is ace.
    where is it?

    Posted 9 years ago
    epicyclo
    Full Member

    ton – Member
    where is it?

    Glen Mhor in the Glen Calvie region

    nick1962 – Member
    You clearly have a good eye for a cracking photo.
    Unfortunately the same cannot be said for your bike aesthetics

    The bike is built for all day in the saddle in all conditions.

    Fortunately those aesthetes with a finely developed sense of proportion are rarely to be seen in the places I go, so I don’t have to worry about offending them.

    My bikes built for short pootles are prettier. 🙂

    The photos, I can’t take credit for. Scotland keeps chucking up great scenery round every corner.

    Posted 9 years ago
    RustySpanner
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    scotroutes – Member

    ton » i love old stuff but with a new name………

    *cough *
    bikepacking everything
    * cough *

    Posted 9 years ago
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