On Tuesday, 28 July 2020 23:00:48 UTC-4, AK wrote:
On Tuesday, July 28, 2020 at 4:48:34 PM UTC-5, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
On Tuesday, 28 July 2020 17:09:31 UTC-4, AK wrote:
What do you think of a gravel bike?

Does anyone have one?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC_xFpg_UmA

Andy

I have old rigid frame & fork MTBs (converted to dropbars) that I ride on gravel roads or trails. I enjoy them a lot and the conversion wasn't expensive. Cost wise it sure beats buying a new dedicated gravel bike.

Cheers

You are right, the gravel bikes are expensive.

About how much was the conversion?

Andy

Not much. I had most of the parts here or on another bike I was converting to something else.

Bar-end shifters, Shimano Brifters, or Campagnolo Ergos work really well. I liked the Ergos at first because the brake lever was solid and the cables went under the bar tape. I see that Shimano changed to that routing too.

Cheers