HotRNot? Cross/Gravel Thread
09-29-15, 02:39 PM
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Clearly hot.
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09-30-15, 09:34 AM
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I like the white one, the black looks too stealthy to me.
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10-08-15, 02:44 AM
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i love it and it fits the needs of do anything road/ gravel bike. I currently run Clement x'plor ush 60tpi tires and I want try maybe wider tires once the new panaracer gavel kings come out. This bike does great in any conditions from group riding to grav grinding to completing my first century.
10-19-15, 01:51 PM
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Clean in the summer with a 100mm 6deg stem.
Dirty race season with 120mm 0deg stem and saddle further forward.
It's a pretty beat race machine... I'd like to get some wheels for it really.
Dirty race season with 120mm 0deg stem and saddle further forward.
It's a pretty beat race machine... I'd like to get some wheels for it really.
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10-19-15, 04:24 PM
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i don't have a recent picture but imagine more damage and more dirt and electrical tape and the saddle with a rip and no cage/bottle
11-02-15, 11:07 AM
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I'll throw in my new bike for submission. Yes, I am aware of the wonky brake cable routing on the left side. I'll take care of it whenever I go to rewrap the bars. 1970-something Royal Regina (made by Superia). Definitely on the low end of the spectrum, but rides nice, lugs are outlined in blue, and some surface rust and patina. Mafac Racer brakes, Sakae randonneuring handlebars. I also have matching Maxxis tires to put on at some point.
I'll say "Hot" for the simple fact the only thing it cost me were new external bb cups, so if I totally trash it, I won't really be out anything
I'll say "Hot" for the simple fact the only thing it cost me were new external bb cups, so if I totally trash it, I won't really be out anything
11-02-15, 04:13 PM
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I've got to rank it hot based on personal nostalgia. It reminds me of my old 1977 Gitane Gypsy Sport:
It was my first ss/fg bike. Like yours, it was a relatively low end frame but it had a nicer ride (at least on pavement) than either of the singlespeeds I've had since. I'm often sorry I sold it.
The nice thing about bikes like this at the lower end of the spectrum is that you can convert them to singlespeeds and prolong their life without offending the classic/vintage crowd.
It was my first ss/fg bike. Like yours, it was a relatively low end frame but it had a nicer ride (at least on pavement) than either of the singlespeeds I've had since. I'm often sorry I sold it.
The nice thing about bikes like this at the lower end of the spectrum is that you can convert them to singlespeeds and prolong their life without offending the classic/vintage crowd.
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I've got to rank it hot based on personal nostalgia. It reminds me of my old 1977 Gitane Gypsy Sport:
It was my first ss/fg bike. Like yours, it was a relatively low end frame but it had a nicer ride (at least on pavement) than either of the singlespeeds I've had since. I'm often sorry I sold it.
The nice thing about bikes like this at the lower end of the spectrum is that you can convert them to singlespeeds and prolong their life without offending the classic/vintage crowd.
It was my first ss/fg bike. Like yours, it was a relatively low end frame but it had a nicer ride (at least on pavement) than either of the singlespeeds I've had since. I'm often sorry I sold it.
The nice thing about bikes like this at the lower end of the spectrum is that you can convert them to singlespeeds and prolong their life without offending the classic/vintage crowd.
04-02-16, 07:35 AM
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04-02-16, 08:06 AM
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It would probably be in poor taste to offer criticism without being open to accept the same, so I'll post my gravel bike, a '15 Kinesis Racelight 4S dressed in Campagnolo Athena 11spd:
I don't think I, myself, consider it "hot" per se, but I do think it's very good-looking.
Probably gumwall rubber would help.
With that, I'll also hand out Hots for the thread-opening black Raleigh and the r/w&b All-City. Good looking bikes, though I have zero interest in single-speeds (for which I also set a lower bar of hotness because they're easier to make look cool).
I don't think I, myself, consider it "hot" per se, but I do think it's very good-looking.
Probably gumwall rubber would help.
With that, I'll also hand out Hots for the thread-opening black Raleigh and the r/w&b All-City. Good looking bikes, though I have zero interest in single-speeds (for which I also set a lower bar of hotness because they're easier to make look cool).
04-02-16, 08:24 AM
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These are handsome, and even interesting, but don't quite reach Hotness for me, perhaps because they're not quite unified right, and seem like considered, but mismatched, assemblages of parts. The frame debadging doesn't help, though I can clearly understand there is a particular aesthetic going on, which is cool.
04-02-16, 08:27 AM
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Trek's best color scheme, which seems so full of potential hotness. Good looking as pictured.
04-02-16, 12:26 PM
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lmao
It's a Scorpion stand...slides into the crank axle, you can spin the crank. $50, well worth it.
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Thanks for the heads-up on the stand; sounds cool!
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Great stand.
04-04-16, 06:15 PM
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