rode a gravel bike event in upstate NY
between uci legal cyclocross tyres and shimano spd pedals who would even know I snuck in a road bike?!
here’s what got caught in our lobster pot
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Just got back from a trip to Long Beach, CA. Went down via the Coast Starlight (it was $700 more for a sleeper, so not the most comfortable 36 hours but beautiful…) and flew back. Took a few transformer photos to share. Note that there was a finance company giving out $75 msrp backpacks as schwag and at least one of those is full of plushies that Sentry was giving out 
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Road bikes fit 35s now
It’s beautiful
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Oh it can for 40s lol. I’m gonna grab a “gravel” wheelset with 40s
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That thing is beautiful. It’s gotta be a blast to ride.
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I’ve only been able to put like 60 miles on it so far, after months of barely any rain we are getting it all at once now. But it eats these Atlanta potholes
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I really wish big tires had been a thing when I was living there. I remember putting together a fixed old Fuji touring bike and putting some kind of “giant” tires on it. Don’t remember what larger slicks were available back then. But it was so comfy. Then I got a different track frame and went right back to 23s. I was so close to being cool.
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I’ve got almost 40 miles on this build now and don’t think much is changing any time soon so I feel I can post it
Ok now that I can see it on a monitor, that picture sucks but I don’t think a better picture will make the bike nicer lol. Swapped most of the parts over from my rusty LHT. Needed the $50 dynamo wheel from Tr*k, parts bin BB7s, new cables and rotors but that’s about it. The rear dropouts are only slightly fucky on account of being a little wider for QR Boost (??!?!). Doesn’t ride any better or worse than the LHT. The bar tape is more sparkly than I expected but fuck it, I deserve some sparkle
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there are better ways to run the tail light wire?
orange electrical tape matches paninis. its fine.
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Those look like shockingly normal dropouts!
Yes but this is how I ran it on the LHT and I wanted to reuse the wiring I already had lol
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Story of your life
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I want to say “you got that right”. But I’m afraid I’m rarely close to being cool.
i did it. almost rage quit a few times, almost forced to visit a gasp local bike shop, but figured it out for now.
medium steel lwb with truss
ck rasta-ish headset
lunar eagle gx group
klampers with shitty 160mm rotors
redshift 70mm sproingy stem
jj 710mm aluminoops
standard sram grips
xtr950 levers
pnw external dropper + lever
trusty green brooks
paul bolt-on seatpost clamp (custom made by me when i broke the qr)
bitex hubs to nextie 35mm internal rims, mone brass nippies, spokes unknown
NOS 29x3 xr2s from mike curiak’s stash
time speciale 8 pedals
king cages, one ti, one not
things that will change:
-proper length ESIs, the XXLs are too long for these bars with controls so ill save XXLs for diff project and use XLs
-larger rotors because thats what JJ wants
-gonna keep bars for now but boy do they feel narrow and weird.
-add half frame bag after i can tell shakedown period is over.
my geared touring scorcher+.
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damn that’s nice.
SOS EXY