I'm a die-hard MTB rider. I own two bikes, trails Full suspension and a Fatbike for winter riding with multiple fork options. I live in Ontario so we get snow and a lot of rain/slush. Our trails are predominantly clay based so when it rains in the Fall/Spring it gets muddy. Peanut butter mud. So we miss roughly 5 months of the year due to bad trail conditions. You just can't ride your trail bike on the trails. At all. When it freezes and/or snows enough we ride our fatbikes, hard! But when that melts... it's back to peanut butter. So, I made the plunge last year and purchased a Kona Libre with Roval Carbon wheelset. (Aluminum frame, carbon fork and seatpost, carbon wheels). I wasn't sure if I would like tyhe gravel grinding world. That was almost one year ago... I am addicted! We call it Groading. It's so fun to leave from my driveway, ride a bit of road or bike path to get to a gravel trail or railtrail, that then leads into a country gravel/dirt road. Ride for 60-100km. It has changed my perspective on cycling in general. I love riding my MTB but my gravel bike is almost as important to me now as my beloved SWORKS trail machine. Summer gravel trips to Vermont are in store and I'll bring the MTB too so I can ride trails and gravel roads all in one weekend. Quebec too.
So please keep adding Gravel bike stories/reviews etc on NSMB.com There are a LOT of us here in Eastern Canada that will be glued to your site. Thanks!
March 23, 2022, 1:43 p.m. - Corey Kawucha
I'm a die-hard MTB rider. I own two bikes, trails Full suspension and a Fatbike for winter riding with multiple fork options. I live in Ontario so we get snow and a lot of rain/slush. Our trails are predominantly clay based so when it rains in the Fall/Spring it gets muddy. Peanut butter mud. So we miss roughly 5 months of the year due to bad trail conditions. You just can't ride your trail bike on the trails. At all. When it freezes and/or snows enough we ride our fatbikes, hard! But when that melts... it's back to peanut butter. So, I made the plunge last year and purchased a Kona Libre with Roval Carbon wheelset. (Aluminum frame, carbon fork and seatpost, carbon wheels). I wasn't sure if I would like tyhe gravel grinding world. That was almost one year ago... I am addicted! We call it Groading. It's so fun to leave from my driveway, ride a bit of road or bike path to get to a gravel trail or railtrail, that then leads into a country gravel/dirt road. Ride for 60-100km. It has changed my perspective on cycling in general. I love riding my MTB but my gravel bike is almost as important to me now as my beloved SWORKS trail machine. Summer gravel trips to Vermont are in store and I'll bring the MTB too so I can ride trails and gravel roads all in one weekend. Quebec too. So please keep adding Gravel bike stories/reviews etc on NSMB.com There are a LOT of us here in Eastern Canada that will be glued to your site. Thanks!