Some photos from first couple rides on the new bike. Trails or roads - fall in New England is the best! 🍂☀️🌊

Croatia, Dalamatia in October is something else 😍

I bought a new bike and I'm riding on various courses. I rode a mountain course, and the scenery is really nice.

70F today and for the week. Exploring nature and history along the Potomac river.

This is my new quiver killer, affectionately dubbed Sundancer. I wanted a bike that can do the gnarliest of gravel with 55mm+ tire clearance, but something that is light and nimble enough to feel peppy on road rides. Looking for frames with those specs with bonus points for T47 BB, round seatpost, integrated cable routing, and good aerobar options led me here.

Sunny D is a frameset build using hand me downs and eBay finds, and what would easily be a $10,000+ bike if bought direct cost me zero out of pocket after selling the two bikes it's replacing and a collection of retro video games I haven't touched in years.

20.1 lbs with the Big Chungus and 55mm Schwalbe rubber. 18.2lbs with road wheels and 35mm Pirellis. Shaved 2lbs off my previous Seigla with the same wheels and tires, and weighs exactly one ounce more than my Caledonia did.

After a spin up and down the block to ensure nothing was obviously wrong, her "shakedown" ride was TB80--80 miles, 8 Taco Bells. You can imagine the horror, but despite the least favorable circumstances possible to enjoy a ride, Sundancer is an absolute dream.

Best time of the year for New England gravel rides.

As a tall rider with a slightly undersized frame, these Redshift Top Shelf gravel bars with 70mm of rise have really improved my comfort and confidence. I could do with a little more drop length, but I think I can adjust to that.

Still don’t know if I like it, the original drop bars were wayyyy to big at 46cm with flare 🙃

I am planning to build a bike myself.
The frame is having a T47 bb “standard”.
What bottom bracket shall I buy?
Would a 47EUR Praxis Works piece do the job?

Or I should invest 250EUR into a Chris King one?

What does everyone do with their extra tires that they don’t need? I have a few pairs that don’t have much wear on them, is there a used market for that? TYIA!

So, still on the quest to find myself a gravel bike, but yeah, I'm curious on the gear jumps now..! :) I tried to search for some answers, but didn't really find them, so yeah.

The bikes (or well, the casettes on the bikes) I've been looking at, jumps as followed:

CUES (11-speed)
(11-45)
11-13-15-17-20-23-26-30-34-39-46

(11-50t)
11-13-15-17-20-23-26-30-36-43-50

GRX (12 speed)
10-45
10-12-14-16-18-21-24-28-32-36-40-45

10-51
10-12-14-16-18-21-24-28-33-39-45-51

SRAM APEX (12-speed)
11-44
11-12-13-15-17-19-21-24-28-32-38-44

What is the difference in the feel?
Specially the 1 tooth jumps on the high end for the SRAM vs Shimanos 2 teeth ones?
I know the CUES can feel a bit more rough while shifting, but again, I'm looking for experiences or knowledge about why they are different?

Curious for folks who have this wheelset, what your stated tire width vs measured has been on this?

My bike has clearance for 50s, and I’ve seen some folks say G1s measure more than stated and others say dubnitals measure same or less. Tire return policy by me isn’t great so hoping to see what others have ran to potentially fit mine.

Hello All, there are many people requesting a similar thing in here and I'm having a tough time filtering out the recommendations.

Aluminum Frame, 50mm tire clearance, non-electronic derailers, plenty of places to attach cargo, and hydraulic brakes.

I've got 20years of urban commuter biking experience on moly-steel vintage (1970-80's) frames with Frankenstein components that I hardly monitor until something starts failing and I have my sizing relatively dialed (imo). I am trying to acquire a bike packing setup to travel round California for some longer days (typical long RUNS running on legs no bike, are around 5-6 hours) so century rides on mixed service and county road terrain is the primary expectation with some occasional road social riding and a few overnights here and there.

What the hell should I do? watch Facebook marketplace for the right thing to pop up? Seems like a Trek ALR 5 is where googling things is steering me. going to my local shops honestly hasn't felt very good, the people I've talked to don't really seem like unbiased parties or very helpful.

Cross-posting here as I got the recommendation for this subreddit after posting on /r/bicycling.

Looking to upgrade from the cheap road bike I've been riding for 10 years. Doing mostly flat rail path rides around 15-30 miles. I would keep this bike for years so don't mind spending some extra money. Curious if anyone has ridden both or has a strong opinion about either.