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Has anyone noted the giant price increase on the new Gravelkings? I guess they see what people are paying for RH and Schwalbe tires and wanted in on those profit margins. While the Panaracers are good tires, they’ve…
It's actually the forum that has always seen the most traffic. What has come on in the last couple years and heavy the last year is Reddit. Not saying that you all didn't read GT's stuff, because you clearly did, as you…
This site is dying. It was the reviews that drove traffic to the site, now that those are gone things have really gotten quiet. Also most people tend to be a roadie or a mountain biker, there are very few dedicated…
I voted yes because if the right product existed I could be convinced, but the reality is probably no. First, I log a lot of miles so keeping up with the maintenance would be a pain. Second I don’t think there’s enough…
It is the same for Shimano. Shimano has 2x 12 speed mountain derailleurs, but the max cog is 45. If you really want to do this check out this thread at MTBR, I think there are some ways to do it.…
A conventional derailleur moves diagonally to move the chain to larger cogs. Eagle derailleurs move horizontally and the change in chain tension moves the upper pulley to larger cogs. If you use an Eagle derailleur on a…
Eagle rear derailleurs won’t work with 2x because of their offset upper pulley.
It seems to me roadies are very wary of new tech. It seemed like people were just waiting for something to happen to blame hookless rims. People who had zero facts had already made up their minds about what happened.…
"Gravel" riding has always existed, it did not begin in 2006 with Dirty Kanza. However it didn't have a trendy name, or dedicated bikes/equipment. I have been doing it for 30 years, either on rigid XC mountain bikes or…
All the fear mongering from this incident is getting ridiculous. Vittoria already investigated the incident and said he hit a rock and broke the rim. This had nothing to do with hookless rims. In fact hooked rims are…
Personally I would go with the 58. Even on single track I don’t have a need for a lot of clearance over the top tube on a gravel bike. I would much rather have the geometry optimized for my riding position than my…
BRR review is up. As expected it’s a slow tire. https://www.bicyclerollingresistance.com/cx-gravel-reviews/maxxis-reaver-exo-tr
stu wrote: Individual tire results are available one at a time but not together in a table. I don't think testing methods are adequately described. The photos offer only hints, like the puncture protection test may have…
If they do I can’t find it. To make things worse they only mention the actual rolling resistance for certain tires.
Gran Fondo just posted their latest gravel tire test. I always look forward to this since they test them in the lab and the real world, so you get a really good idea of how the tires perform.…
pushstart wrote: I think the comparison on rolling resistance is noteworthy, but I also feel it's a little misleading (not apples-to-apples) to look at the low/med/high for those two tires. For one thing, I have no idea…
The Lauf Seigla and 3T Extrema come close to this type of bike as both can fit 29x2.25 tires. So I think manufacturers are starting to identify a need for larger tires. It wasn’t that long ago that most gravel hike…
Interesting video on Dylan Johnson’s Drop bar Mountain bike. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hxNd-uD84PE&pp=ygUNZHlsYW4gam9obnNvbg%3D%3D
Those tires are nothing like the Thundero. The Thundero is a super high TPI, supple, fast tire. The Reaver, like every Maxxis tire, prioritizes off-road grip over speed. Even if the tread looks fast, the compound will…
Bike geometry is completely irrelevant to pain. Bike geometry determines how the bike handles. Even a bike that is too small or big can be made to fit you as long as you can raise/lower and go longer/shorter with both…