It looks like someone at Pace agrees with me.
MTB Gravel Bike Conversions
Posted by: velocipedestrian
It looks like someone at Pace agrees with me.
The Pace looks interesting.
It makes me wanna drop bar my Solaris for shits and giggles.
Velo - what height did your BB end up at on the Stanton?
Neat they're showing drops as an option with the Pace, but the medium (smallest) frame they offer is 457 reach, I don't see how it'd work in dropbar config except for very tall riders sizing down quite a bit? At 180cm it has geo about what I look for as a "normal" flatbar fit. It doesn't seem to have geo that is any more "drop bar" oriented than any other trail hardtail?
I was also looking at the soma juice, the medium is 430 reach which is that "tweener" sweet spot for me, long enough for flat, hopefully short enough for drops.
I like it has sliding dropouts that go out to 450mm.
Last edited by: Kenny on Feb. 14, 2025, 6:30 a.m., edited 1 time in total.
I know adapters exist, but one sorta neat thing about the Fenrir is how they handle flat bar builds with post mount brakes vs drop bar with flat mount.
The brake mount is part of their modular dropout system, so you can swap on a post mount dropout for flat bar mode.
Not a make-or-break feature, but I thought it was clever
Last edited by: Kenny on Feb. 15, 2025, 3:09 p.m., edited 1 time in total.
https://www.devinci.com/en/bikes/gravel-and-road-2025/hatchet-vista-cues-10s-red-y/
Not bad Kenny, frame is even made in Canada
Posted by: PowellRiviera
https://www.devinci.com/en/bikes/gravel-and-road-2025/hatchet-vista-cues-10s-red-y/
Not bad Kenny, frame is even made in Canada
Looks interesting. 70.5 HTA is fairly slack for a drop bar bike. I don't see what sort of tire clearance it has. Personally I would prefer the ability to go wider than 700x42. 27.5x2.2 would be cool if it fit and bbh was sufficient.
Posted by: BC_Nuggets
Posted by: PowellRiviera
https://www.devinci.com/en/bikes/gravel-and-road-2025/hatchet-vista-cues-10s-red-y/
Not bad Kenny, frame is even made in Canada
Looks interesting. 70.5 HTA is fairly slack for a drop bar bike. I don't see what sort of tire clearance it has. Personally I would prefer the ability to go wider than 700x42. 27.5x2.2 would be cool if it fit and bbh was sufficient.
45s if I read correctly on Radavist.
Posted by: fartymarty
Posted by: BC_Nuggets
Posted by: PowellRiviera
https://www.devinci.com/en/bikes/gravel-and-road-2025/hatchet-vista-cues-10s-red-y/
Not bad Kenny, frame is even made in Canada
Looks interesting. 70.5 HTA is fairly slack for a drop bar bike. I don't see what sort of tire clearance it has. Personally I would prefer the ability to go wider than 700x42. 27.5x2.2 would be cool if it fit and bbh was sufficient.
45s if I read correctly on Radavist.
That HTA & the tyre clearance are keeping me happy with my choices.
Posted by: fartymarty
Posted by: BC_Nuggets
Posted by: PowellRiviera
https://www.devinci.com/en/bikes/gravel-and-road-2025/hatchet-vista-cues-10s-red-y/
Not bad Kenny, frame is even made in Canada
Looks interesting. 70.5 HTA is fairly slack for a drop bar bike. I don't see what sort of tire clearance it has. Personally I would prefer the ability to go wider than 700x42. 27.5x2.2 would be cool if it fit and bbh was sufficient.
45s if I read correctly on Radavist.
There seems to definitely be a contingent of riders that are pretty adamant that once you go bigger than 45c, you should be on an MTB, probably with suspension. But I'm not so sure.
The devinci looks sweet for someone with a road background looking to dip their toes in offroad, but I worry a bike that conservative will just feel sketchy and... anemic, maybe?
I feel like I could end up with a bike like that, but I'm the opposite end of the spectrum - mtbr dipping their toes in terrain that's not pointed straight down. I'm going to need something more of a halfway house between my mountain bikes and something steeper than 70 degrees and 390mm reach, the leap is too big I think.
I would have a more gravel oriented build than the pic, but I'm quite taken by the skar PBJ.
Sklar is US based, but Adam seems like the epitome of the kind of American that are our brethren. This feels like the type of bike I could take on a family holiday and cover some ground around town and country roads, and ride some trails as well assuming I don't do anything too death-defying (which is generally the case when I'm on family holidays anyways as I feel like as much as my wife frowns upon me injuring myself in general, the sentiment is amplified in that situation! Lol ).
I'd likely have a pinner set of wheels and tires for riding rigid on gravel, and a 100mm SID with an XC wheelset for more "mixed" terrain.
Regarding drop bars though, one thing I noticed riding home on the road recently is I tried putting my hand basically on my brake lever clamps as of they were hoods - I was surprised, I can see the comfort potential even with that little test.
Last edited by: Kenny on Feb. 28, 2025, noon, edited 4 times in total.
Beautiful bike. Won't do US made myself but that's a looker and a "forever bike" if I ever saw one.
I've loved the BPJ since I first saw Adam's first Ti one years ago know Radavist. It just looks like a great bike that fulls the void between road and mtn.
Posted by: Kenny
Regarding drop bars though, one thing I noticed riding home on the road recently is I tried putting my hand basically on my brake lever clamps as of they were hoods - I was surprised, I can see the comfort potential even with that little test.
You might want to check out SQLab Innerbarends. They fit right next to your brake levers and provide a really solid "hoods" position on a flat bar. I run them on all my flat bar bikes that aren't super upright.
Speaking of bars. Spotted a bit ago an interesting alt flat bar being used on a MTBer gravel bike aka 29er. Looked it up and comes from Wren Components out of Alaska.
https://bikepacking.com/gear/wren-perseverance-handlebar-review/
Interesting idea and seen it done way back in like 89 when mtb flat bars where straight and had zero bends.
Probably could do something similar today using a current mtb flat bar and old bolt on Tri-Bars. Wonder what flat modern flat bar would work?
Posted by: Endurimil
Speaking of bars. Spotted a bit ago an interesting alt flat bar being used on a MTBer gravel bike aka 29er. Looked it up and comes from Wren Components out of Alaska.
https://bikepacking.com/gear/wren-perseverance-handlebar-review/
Interesting idea and seen it done way back in like 89 when mtb flat bars where straight and had zero bends.
Probably could do something similar today using a current mtb flat bar and old bolt on Tri-Bars. Wonder what flat modern flat bar would work?
I have the extreme version of that - the BarYak. It gives you an extra spot to strap a dry bar, aero bars, and mounting points for lights/GPS/accessories. Great for bikepacking, and it stays out of the way if you want to ride trails when you get to camp.
https://www.baryak.com/products/baryak-expedition-complete-whith-carbon-arm-rest
Posted by: TristanC
Posted by: Endurimil
Speaking of bars. Spotted a bit ago an interesting alt flat bar being used on a MTBer gravel bike aka 29er. Looked it up and comes from Wren Components out of Alaska.
https://bikepacking.com/gear/wren-perseverance-handlebar-review/
Interesting idea and seen it done way back in like 89 when mtb flat bars where straight and had zero bends.
Probably could do something similar today using a current mtb flat bar and old bolt on Tri-Bars. Wonder what flat modern flat bar would work?
I have the extreme version of that - the BarYak. It gives you an extra spot to strap a dry bar, aero bars, and mounting points for lights/GPS/accessories. Great for bikepacking, and it stays out of the way if you want to ride trails when you get to camp.
https://www.baryak.com/products/baryak-expedition-complete-whith-carbon-arm-rest
Cool.
Of course being the dirtbag I am. Wonder what modern flat bar would work. LOL
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