With riders pushing for more tire clearance how long till we have boost? To run the 50mm tires you see bike company’s limit front crank options. A lot of people are running 1x with a 50 front a mullet in the back. If we have more spacing in the back would that allow sram to add a 14th gear allowing…

Love it. Good call on Ari. I do think it will be a smaller company like them. I think they can pivot the fastest. Another company I was thinking about was Otso. Looking at their Waheela C - it has pretty racy geo, 2.1 clearance, and I bet they will add UDH to next iteration.

Rodeo said eventually on the UDH, it will need done once 13s is readily available

gravel elite used to make fun of fat bike riders. Now, gravel elite demand fat bikes. It’s gravel. So the rider who rides what they brung because that’s what they can afford gets the most respect. If that’s not fast enough, put aerobars on it.

Weren‘t Hardtails from 2010-2018 essentially a lot like what some of you want to see in a gravelbike in 2025 an onwards? Steep headangle, road-ish seattube angle, relatively short reach to run dropbars with a reasonably short stem and tire clearance for up to 2.4“?

Aero bars really maximize any bike.

I was close to buying the GS1 from Ventum, but I could see them updating the model for at least ‘claimed’ 50s. Clearance for 48 now, so 50s could work already.

Yeah Rodeo Labs Flaanimal supports UDH. https://www.rodeo-labs.com/shop/build-components/udh-parts/flaanimal-5-0-steel-ti-udh-slider-system/ I almost got a Flaanimal as it ticked all my boxes, but ended up with a different local frame builder. Got 2.1inch Mezcal, I’m never going to go back to nar…

[image] colin_n: It’s strange that so many of the major manufacturers are still speccing small tire clearance. I disagree. Like with MTBs there are XC bikes on one end of the spectrum and downhill bikes on the other end and everything in between. If you ride a mix of asphalt and smooth grave…

[image] jn92: If you ride a mix of asphalt and smooth gravel a 45mm tire makes sense. If you ride a mix of double track and single track 2.x“ tires make sense. Gravel isn’t equal gravel Agree. With my racing in Michigan I can’t see ever going over 45mm unless I wanna try 47mm for S&Gs. Which …

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Yeah, tire width and aerodynamics can be significant marginal gains, but aero bars are basically a cheat code if you spend any time with your nose in the wind at speed.

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