i can’t believe people here are actually falling for this being a serious post vs the “you shouldn’t be doing this because it hurts reddit wink wink nudge nudge” that it actually is.

Can you explain what makes it gravel bike as opposed to a mountain/off-road bike, or are the terms effectively synonymous?

it's like a road bike with wider tires, nothing special - it's much faster on light gravel and pretty decent on pavement as well.

Riding in a group is a huge help, drafting will save you about 20% of the power that you'd use trying to ride those speeds on your own.

Nice ass-saver! I'm sure all the stripes make it really fast as well!

any chance of getting a specific cycling community, like r/cycling?

There is none. Whatever you delete they will just restore if they so decide. I nuked my account 6 months ago, and now it's all back again.

outstanding!

Fucking sram! Jk, gorgeous bike!

I have cashed out several times during the last years - you gotta live your life a little.

if you ask these people what background radiation is they mostly just stare at you with huge bambi eyes.

6 digits, about 10 times.

thank you! still feels a little bit like riding a tractor with the ultra wide handlebars but I guess people get used to it 😂

Slovenia

Although, it was pretty nice to be able to see which people are lowlife losers on Tinder back in my dating days. They made it very clear how shitty they were when they bashed me for my green bubbles. Saved me a ton of time!

jesus, who hurt you?

I used to have mechanical sram, the one lever shifting was really clever and I loved it, but now I'm back to shimano with di2 - having said that I think i'd be just as happy with electronic sram :)

I have to say they are absolutely awesome. In the 4 years I've had it I have never, ever needed to adjust my derailleurs, it's always where it should be, vs. the constant battle of cables stretching and just generally having to tinker with it every couple of months.

i heard boulder is the place to be for cycling on more than one occasion :)

yup - mine have also been restored - on an account I nuked about 6 months ago. I've deleted the account so I can't even remove them again.

Thank you reddit for forcing me off your platform and not having to deal with your shitty app anymore.

hah, I would swear there was nothing just a couple of minutes ago when I searched for "cycling". Thanks!