levarg goes main stream
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levarg goes main stream
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You will have to read it to find out what Gravel levarg means.
You will have to read it to find out what Gravel levarg means.
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With so many gravel bikes being fitted with a Sram groupset hopefully Shimano will get its finger out and release a 1x mega-range-cassette drop-bar-shifter groupset
Not holding my breath
Not holding my breath
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So good they named it twiceYou will have to read it to find out what Gravel levarg means
Dropper and suspension on a gravel adventure bike just seems all kinds of wrong to me ,IME gravel requires neither of these things and if you need suspension and a post take a MTB and be done with it.
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Sometimes i can see the benefit of a short-travel lightweight suspension fork on a gravel bike, but yes, a dropper post just seems wrong.Lazarus wrote:So good they named it twiceYou will have to read it to find out what Gravel levarg means
Dropper and suspension on a gravel adventure bike just seems all kinds of wrong to me ,IME gravel requires neither of these things and if you need suspension and a post take a MTB and be done with it.
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Agreed; lightweight suspension is good for longer off-road tours (which basically means Lauf), but dropper - negative! If that’s needed then it is MTB terrain.
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How about a Koga Beachracer
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Having recently delved into the murky depths of dropper posts and found them to be sporadically quite handy, I can see that it may have a benefit on a gravel bike if you find yourself in the wrong place (ie heading down a steep slope, being unable to get your arse over the back of the seat due to a seat pack so heading for face plant central) but its very much the exception that a bit of common sense should avoid....ZeroDarkBivi wrote:Agreed; lightweight suspension is good for longer off-road tours (which basically means Lauf), but dropper - negative! If that’s needed then it is MTB terrain.
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I'd have a dropper before a sus fork on a bike like this ('like this' is a bit grey area anyway... but still). To me needing the sus fork it the thing that says I'd rather have an MTB there. The dropper lets me handle a rigid bike better and for me, if it has drop bars it may as well be rigid too. Sus fork, may as well have the bigger bars.ZeroDarkBivi wrote:Agreed; lightweight suspension is good for longer off-road tours (which basically means Lauf), but dropper - negative! If that’s needed then it is MTB terrain.
Subjective stuff though, not saying there's a right/wrong. Will be interesting to see what sticks in this cross-over area.
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With my gravel bike I find other factors result in a “reverse fart” well before the need for a dropper post.
Skinny tyres, drop bars, rigid forks
But, it’s a gravel bike, not a mountain bike.
There are times I’m underbiked; however, on the gravel tracks the gravel bike cruises along like a road bike on tarmac.
Skinny tyres, drop bars, rigid forks
But, it’s a gravel bike, not a mountain bike.
There are times I’m underbiked; however, on the gravel tracks the gravel bike cruises along like a road bike on tarmac.
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Not sure i would ever actually attempt anything that required me to drop my seat on a drop bar bike - if you cannot easily pick a line [slowly] I am going to be hammering my rim anyway.
I have ridden it in the lakes but if i think i could do with a dropper right now I will be off and walking.
YMMV
I have ridden it in the lakes but if i think i could do with a dropper right now I will be off and walking.
YMMV
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I know what you mean, I don't generally want the dropper for steep trails, more for the ability to move about the bike a bit better but the gravel bike isn't as easy to hop or move around generally as an MTB. It isn't meant to be / it won't be if it's any good at it's main aim, though that mostly depends on where your own tipping point or preferences are anyway.Lazarus wrote:Not sure i would ever actually attempt anything that required me to drop my seat on a drop bar bike - if you cannot easily pick a line [slowly] I am going to be hammering my rim anyway.