Actually, my brand new CO2 chuck fell out!
amazing I was riding with 7 other people, and the photo was at the coffee stop 2 hours in - no one noticed.

Picked up my new Checkpoint today. First dedicated Gravel bike.


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My vintage 1992 Koga-Miyata Traveller touring bike turned gravel. 40x622 tyres and an Ultegra 2x 11 Deore drivetrain. Microshift bar-ends are on their way... somewhere but they are sold out everywhere in Europe.

New stickers are being made in the original style with the text "Graveller"

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What is the blue bar with the heavy flare?

They are from a Koga Beachracer but are originally made by Satori. I got one second hand with a pair of wheels with matching hubs. You can buy them separately here but not sure about shipping to the US.

Getting acquainted. Rides waaaay different than my steel SS.
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So been riding this for a few months now. Had it built cause I wanted something similar to a Cutthroat but with my limitations this was the best I could do.

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I love the handling so much that I bought a sus fork for it for even more power. I don't think it'll be allowed on this sub-forum once that comes....

This is well done! What sized wheels?
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thanks! they are 700c wheels with Maxxis Ramblers mounted, which measure ~38mm

I have what I believe to be the same frame moldering away in my carport. I forgot it was there along with a couple other bikes that had somewhat major issues and were parked. Little to no rust on anything, where the other two looked like they were under the ocean for a decade. Just got all the stuff together I need to rescue it. This is REALLY making me want to put drop bars on it.

All our bikes are "gravel" these days. 15-20 or more year old mountain bikes with slicks and rigid forks, flat bars though.

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Work in progress. True Temper OX Ultra 2 tubes with a 80s Stumpjumper biplane fork. Mix of parts with a 1x9 Deore setup.I still need to trim the cable housing and cable the rear derailleur.

Looks good, not just for a mismash bike build, but just in general- it looks cool. If the frame and fork were one color, I wouldnt have thought twice of it being an original frameset from the side. The front pick gives the biplane away.

An old school OX frame and biplane fork?!?! Super cool match right there.
The house brand frames from Performance/Nashbar/REI/etc back in the 80s and 90s contained a lot of really quality tubed frames. Tange 1, TT OX, etc.

Thanks. I just took the High Sierra out last weekend for an imperial century ride on the GAP trail in Pennsylvania. Very comfortable. I had some 26 Rubino pro slicks (40-559), and installed them for this trip. No problems with it whatsoever.

My '85 720 on the John Wayne Pioneer Trail outside of Seattle: https://www.evergreenmtb.org/trails/...rse-state-park
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The steel MTB hardtail converted to gravel is inspiring. I have an original Evil Sovereign frame that is wallowing in the garage. I need to resurrect it with some 650b wheels and a rigid fork, and slap on some crazy/drop bars.

Here is my planet X free ranger (modded). 2000kms of mud last winter
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and in it post ride fancy suit:
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here is the latest gravel: folding gravel... recently built for family gravel rides
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and my daughter Gravel
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So good!!!

Built this up last Fall, a SBC 6061 all-road. A couple changes here and there. Most recent were the Goodyear F1 32c tubeless tires and a Rotor INPower crankset. Once the hand built PWB gravel wheelset gets here, it’ll finally see some non-paved terrain.

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Nice nice! The mash tape goes perfectly.

^ quite the aggressive gravel position in the drops. dont see many full bend bars either.

Love the rootbeer color(or whatever they call it). And the tires look great- I almost bought a pair of 32s for my main road bike a few months ago, but punted on risk and just bought some slick GK tires. Those Eagles look sweet!

Thanks. I always try to finish off any of my builds with bar tape that plays into the bike but also stands out on its own.

Thanks. SBC has some great looking framesets/bikes but its just too bad their geometry is a bit on the wonky side.

I built these up with GK 38s and recently pulled them off because I wanted a more road specific, faster rolling tire. Plus, the GK 38s will be going onto the PWB Kinlin-gravel wheelset once it gets here.
These F1s are exactly what I was hoping for. As a long time fan and avid user of Schwalbe tires, these F1s have left a very good impression. Good enough that I might even pull off the Addix 30c tires on the Helix and replace it with F1s too.

Nbd
 

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Gravel bikes are just '86 Ritchey Ascents?.... Maybe with a Microshift Acolyte 8 speed setup using a modified old "Deer Head" friction shifter and a Surly chainring. And some Soma Oxford bars. Willing to consider less aggressive tires when the old Ground Controls wear out. For now they actually roll pretty well.

The purpose of this bike is just for getting the mail, short impromptu rides on the local gravel roads around my house. For proper adventures and longer rides Ive got the Gorilla Monsoon.

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Converted this OG 1994 Stumpy to 1x10 dropbar. I call it The Warthog.
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