This is My New gravel Rig. 2015 Fuji Altamira CX 1.3. Very nice bike equipped with all Sram force , Hydraulic Brakes, 1X11, and full carbon frame and fork. Weighs in at 19.4 lbs. Not bad for a gravel Rig. It was too good of a deal on Ebay I couldn't pass it up.
Picked up my new 2016 Crux Elite on Saturday and got in a quick gravel ride sunday. I custom cut some 3M clear bra and wrapped the downtube, top tube, head tube near the cables, and the front of each fork leg. Figure it'll keep the paint nice after cross season and lots of gravel ride impacts. Then threw on a lighter stem I had laying around, plus a 11-36 cassette to replace the 11-32 so I can get up the long gravel hills we have around the area. Can't wait to get on a cross course this season!
I put racks on it for a camping trip this week. In the picture I have 29 x 2.1's on it, but I usually rock some 40's on it.
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First geared, legit cross rig. A lot of fun on the road (I'm a MTBer first), and can't wait to race it next weekend. I raced a bit in SSCX years ago, so I'm looking forward to more suffering!
They were perfect in the dry dirt and crushed gravel sections. The 40mm size has great traction on off-camber climbs, but I think they were slow in the thick grass. I didn't set them up tubeless since I use the wheels for every day road riding, but at 45psi rear & 38psi front, they worked well with tubes. I'd certainly use them for gravel.
I have a 100% sand (mostly packed along the water line) race on the beach in December, and these should be the best option for me.
OG All-City Nature Boy Zona (and my face...) destroyed by a hit & run.
Replaced by a new Nature Boy 853 Disc by my amazing teammates at dongerparty.com and the wonderful people of the Boise cyclocross community!
My new Felt F65x. Damn, it's fast, not twitchy, & does tight turns fantastically.
The Felt "house brand" wheels turned out to be Alex. Not happy about that.
Just built this as my A bike for the upcoming cross season. 17.8 lbs as pictured. MSRP is $2600, I got mine for a bunch less than that. Shop around. Frameset is wacky light. Great place to start for a nice race bike.
Mine is stock with these mods:
Ancient FC-M985 XTR cranks with Stages meter and Wheels Mfg threaded BB86, carbon chain guard replaced the insanely heavy (and too short) Rival 1 cranks/BB
Set of my own hand built China Carbon 28H on Bitex hubs with Challenge Grifo Team tubulars
Here is an action shot of me racing my 2018 Norco Threshold Single Speed. It was definitely an upgrade for me. I had change out the stock SRAM Apex 1 crankset for an older Ultegra crankset because I want to run 36x16 gearing.
First ride on a Trek Boone I’ve built up with 11 speed Ultegra hydraulic brake and Stans Crest wheels that I already had with Maxxis Rambler 40’s. Going to really enjoy this bike!
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