New gravel/adventure bike ideas
Discussion
Currently looking for ideas for my next bike, around £2k, going to be used commuting and rides round the New Forest, road and gravel. Now i am overweight, currently 18st and 6ft3, so i was thinking steel, but would a carbon frame be ok?
Current options are...
Marin Nicasio Ridge
Ribble CGR 725
Cotic Escapade
Like the spec at 1x sram, and 650b wheels.....any other great options out there?
I will be utilising my work cycle scheme for this.
Current options are...
Marin Nicasio Ridge
Ribble CGR 725
Cotic Escapade
Like the spec at 1x sram, and 650b wheels.....any other great options out there?
I will be utilising my work cycle scheme for this.
What sort of distance will you use it on?
I'm 16.5 stone, fit and 6ft2. I ride a 29er hardtail for most riding. I found many drop bar bikes annoying. They are meant for slighter built max 12 stone riders for the main.
The heavier the build on the top the more pressure on your wrists and arms regardless of your core strength.
Most road style or gravel bikes are meant for slimmer snakes.
That may offend but its true.
I'm 16.5 stone, fit and 6ft2. I ride a 29er hardtail for most riding. I found many drop bar bikes annoying. They are meant for slighter built max 12 stone riders for the main.
The heavier the build on the top the more pressure on your wrists and arms regardless of your core strength.
Most road style or gravel bikes are meant for slimmer snakes.
That may offend but its true.
Hugo Stiglitz said:
What sort of distance will you use it on?
I'm 16.5 stone, fit and 6ft2. I ride a 29er hardtail for most riding. I found many drop bar bikes annoying. They are meant for slighter built max 12 stone riders for the main.
The heavier the build on the top the more pressure on your wrists and arms regardless of your core strength.
Most road style or gravel bikes are meant for slimmer snakes.
That may offend but its true.
I already have a cheap boardman adv, and actually find the drop bars better for my wrists than the flat bars of my Kona full sus mtb.I'm 16.5 stone, fit and 6ft2. I ride a 29er hardtail for most riding. I found many drop bar bikes annoying. They are meant for slighter built max 12 stone riders for the main.
The heavier the build on the top the more pressure on your wrists and arms regardless of your core strength.
Most road style or gravel bikes are meant for slimmer snakes.
That may offend but its true.
Ive never been a full roadie, but riding up to 50miles around the forest on a mix of road and paths, much more enjoyable and hopefully be more likely i will go out and loose a good few kilos!!
Hugo Stiglitz said:
I found many drop bar bikes annoying. They are meant for slighter built max 12 stone riders for the main.
The heavier the build on the top the more pressure on your wrists and arms regardless of your core strength.
Most road style or gravel bikes are meant for slimmer snakes.
That may offend but its true.
That must win ridiculous comment of the month. The heavier the build on the top the more pressure on your wrists and arms regardless of your core strength.
Most road style or gravel bikes are meant for slimmer snakes.
That may offend but its true.
Sincerely, Your Dad (currently 12st 1oz).
ArnageWRC said:
If possible get two wheelsets; a 650b for off road, and 700c road wheels - then you've the best of both worlds.
That's the plan for my new Genesis Fugio. It's currently on 650b wheels with 47mm tyres, but I'm going to buy a pair of 700c wheels as well for some longer road orientated rides when the weather improves. The 700c wheels off the Croix De Fer fit with room to spare for wider tyres if necessary (40's fitted).
Hugo Stiglitz said:
What sort of distance will you use it on?
I'm 16.5 stone, fit and 6ft2. I ride a 29er hardtail for most riding. I found many drop bar bikes annoying. They are meant for slighter built max 12 stone riders for the main.
The heavier the build on the top the more pressure on your wrists and arms regardless of your core strength.
Most road style or gravel bikes are meant for slimmer snakes.
That may offend but its true.
Small Print: Handlebars can go up as well as downI'm 16.5 stone, fit and 6ft2. I ride a 29er hardtail for most riding. I found many drop bar bikes annoying. They are meant for slighter built max 12 stone riders for the main.
The heavier the build on the top the more pressure on your wrists and arms regardless of your core strength.
Most road style or gravel bikes are meant for slimmer snakes.
That may offend but its true.
AceKid said:
Currently looking for ideas for my next bike, around £2k, going to be used commuting and rides round the New Forest, road and gravel. Now i am overweight, currently 18st and 6ft3, so i was thinking steel, but would a carbon frame be ok?
Current options are...
Marin Nicasio Ridge
Ribble CGR 725
Cotic Escapade
Like the spec at 1x sram, and 650b wheels.....any other great options out there?
I will be utilising my work cycle scheme for this.
Carbon will be fine. I rode a bunch of gravel sections within the New Forest National Park on my Trek Emonda road bike. Admittedly I'm smaller, at 5'6" and 9.5 to 10 stone, but the only "weak point" on the set-up was running 700x25c tyres. I cut them to shreds on one particularly rough segment. Many of the gravel roads in the NF, especially those marked with the numbered posts as cycling routes, are actually smoother than the tarmac so-called roads in many rural areas.Current options are...
Marin Nicasio Ridge
Ribble CGR 725
Cotic Escapade
Like the spec at 1x sram, and 650b wheels.....any other great options out there?
I will be utilising my work cycle scheme for this.
It was all part of a Strava club's "Gravel Time Trial" challenge which, quite sensibly, has been suspended since the first Covid-19 restrictions last year.
30.7mph (average) down the GTT segment on this ride... https://www.strava.com/activities/3094268355#76761...
I reckon carbon will be fine too. I’m a little smaller than you at 6’2” and 90kg and have been riding a carbon Norco Search for nearly 5 years. It gets used on everything from smooth tarmac to footy, rocky singletrack, and down a few steps. It’s been crashed and bashed.
Whilst mine will probably fail, expensively and painfully, at some point, I cannot ever imagine it failing on the type of riding you propose, not without many years service.
I would also advocate a 2x11 set up if you’re planning smoother riding, with longer road sections. I make full use of the range of gears I’ve got - 34/50T chainrings with 11-32T cassette - a single chainring would get boring quite quickly. Wheels are custom 29” mtb with 35c tyres which seems to be a good compromise and means I’m not phaffing with different wheel sets. Just get on the bike and ride.
Whilst mine will probably fail, expensively and painfully, at some point, I cannot ever imagine it failing on the type of riding you propose, not without many years service.
I would also advocate a 2x11 set up if you’re planning smoother riding, with longer road sections. I make full use of the range of gears I’ve got - 34/50T chainrings with 11-32T cassette - a single chainring would get boring quite quickly. Wheels are custom 29” mtb with 35c tyres which seems to be a good compromise and means I’m not phaffing with different wheel sets. Just get on the bike and ride.
I just got the new Boardman ADV9.0 to hack around on through the winter and commute etc when I'm back in the office (if). I've been riding my Canyon Inflite CF predominantly over the last year and this is to replace it. Seems great so far, but I've mostly used it on road, but it's comfortable and shock absorbing and not too shabby considering the relaxed geometry and more upright position. 2x11 GRX groupset is spot on and unlike some of your others carbon frame too so weight is not an issue even with the standard wheels.
SoliD said:
I just got the new Boardman ADV9.0 to hack around on through the winter and commute etc when I'm back in the office (if). I've been riding my Canyon Inflite CF predominantly over the last year and this is to replace it. Seems great so far, but I've mostly used it on road, but it's comfortable and shock absorbing and not too shabby considering the relaxed geometry and more upright position. 2x11 GRX groupset is spot on and unlike some of your others carbon frame too so weight is not an issue even with the standard wheels.
I was going to suggest the ADV9.0 if the OP already has experience of their geometry and value for money.CharlieAlphaMike said:
Your Dad said:
That must win ridiculous comment of the month.
Sincerely, Your Dad (currently 12st 1oz).
Why?Sincerely, Your Dad (currently 12st 1oz).
"Most road style or gravel bikes are meant for slimmer snakes."
Why? Because it's simply untrue. There is nothing that denotes drop bars are unsuited to a rider over 12 stone. A frame or wheelset may have a weight limit, but the style of bike does not.
Your Dad said:
"drop bar bikes annoying. They are meant for slighter built max 12 stone riders for the main."
"Most road style or gravel bikes are meant for slimmer snakes."
Why? Because it's simply untrue. There is nothing that denotes drop bars are unsuited to a rider over 12 stone. A frame or wheelset may have a weight limit, but the style of bike does not.
Indeed. bikes are sized and adjusted to fit the rider. "Most road style or gravel bikes are meant for slimmer snakes."
Why? Because it's simply untrue. There is nothing that denotes drop bars are unsuited to a rider over 12 stone. A frame or wheelset may have a weight limit, but the style of bike does not.
MC Bodge said:
Your Dad said:
"drop bar bikes annoying. They are meant for slighter built max 12 stone riders for the main."
"Most road style or gravel bikes are meant for slimmer snakes."
Why? Because it's simply untrue. There is nothing that denotes drop bars are unsuited to a rider over 12 stone. A frame or wheelset may have a weight limit, but the style of bike does not.
Indeed. bikes are sized and adjusted to fit the rider. "Most road style or gravel bikes are meant for slimmer snakes."
Why? Because it's simply untrue. There is nothing that denotes drop bars are unsuited to a rider over 12 stone. A frame or wheelset may have a weight limit, but the style of bike does not.
Sincerely, Your Dad (currently sub-12st (just))
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