Gravel bike recommendations...

grilledcheeseking said:
In all seriousness, I see the point of looking for a frame that supports larger tires if buying new. There are more options on the market now.

However, if the mission is more along the line of buy used / on a budget or continue using what I have then I'd think long and hard about actual use case vs future proofing because "maybe I'll need it some day."

I want to live somewhere where I need larger tires than the 40's that fit into my OG gravel bike. But the reality is that for where I live and ride 30-35mm strikes a good balance. Once a year when I'm on some unmaintained road in Rothrock SF wishing I had bigger tires ... oh yea, underbiking for a few miles. Or I'm on my MTB.
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Agree with this. As tempted as I am to shop, I’m just fine on my 32s, whenever I do ride that bike
 
grilledcheeseking said:
In all seriousness, I see the point of looking for a frame that supports larger tires if buying new. There are more options on the market now.

However, if the mission is more along the line of buy used / on a budget or continue using what I have then I'd think long and hard about actual use case vs future proofing because "maybe I'll need it some day."

I want to live somewhere where I need larger tires than the 40's that fit into my OG gravel bike. But the reality is that for where I live and ride 30-35mm strikes a good balance. Once a year when I'm on some unmaintained road in Rothrock SF wishing I had bigger tires ... oh yea, underbiking for a few miles. Or I'm on my MTB.
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Agree 100%, lots of people fall into the category of buying a bike for the 1%. I can see the need for 40s and up in such a small
Percentage of what i want to ride it on and for true single track i have a mtb.
SoCal and Co is one of the few places i have ridden where i thought a big tire gravel bike would be awesome.
 
I’ve been eyeing gravel bikes for years. Literally. I thin I’ll pull the trigger sooner now just because I can fit 2.1s. That ability to ride into local single track and rip, then fall back onto Columbia trail on drop bars is very appealing
 
Jeremy said:
I’ve been eyeing gravel bikes for years. Literally. I thin I’ll pull the trigger sooner now just because I can fit 2.1s. That ability to ride into local single track and rip, then fall back onto Columbia trail on drop bars is very appealing
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What did you end up getting?
 
Cole said:
What did you end up getting?
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I picked up a Pivot Vault from Halters. I got the one with AXS Transmission. Big ol MTB cassette in the back and a 40 in front. (EDIT 40 tooth chainring)

50mm Gravel Kings which I picked up from Halters. The bike came with 40s which just looked silly small when it has the clearance for 50s

 
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