What would you want in a bike for gravel racing, some cx, and road/gravel training and group rides?
I want road style race handling and acceleration with just a little bit more comfort (thinking a steel version of a modern road race bike will be comfortable enough).
I want clearance to run up to 29x2.1s just in case (maybe will scale back a bit)
I want disc tabs to run the road versions of the BB7s
I want a ridiculously light/stiff crankset (with slightly lower than road compact ratios- I think. Probably a mountain crankset or cx specific crankset 36/46?)
I want 12-27 cassette in the rear with 9 or 10 cogs depending on the deals I can find.
I want the option of running SS- should I use an eccentric bottom bracket? Or would I be better off (since it's primarly going to be geared anyways) not messing with that for fear of slipping and/or the reduction in stiffness vs going bb30 or even just traditional? again this is something I don't know a ton about.
how does that sound to you? what would you change? I'm going to have the opportunity to build something along these lines soon.
Also, who makes an off the shelf fork that will fit my needs? I don't know enough about geometry to know exactly what I'm looking for here... I'd like a fork with disc tabs that will allow the rest of the bike to be built around it such that it will feel like a "road race" bike on the road. I find most cx bikes and certainly something like a crosscheck to be far too comfort oriented (even for long long rides). Should I just ditch the idea of the disc brakes? Even then what fork has the clearance I want that is at all applicable. Perhaps the fork will have to be created by the frame builder?
huge thanks to anyone with input- I have a lot of ideas/questions I'd love to here some opinions on up there
I want road style race handling and acceleration with just a little bit more comfort (thinking a steel version of a modern road race bike will be comfortable enough).
I want clearance to run up to 29x2.1s just in case (maybe will scale back a bit)
I want disc tabs to run the road versions of the BB7s
I want a ridiculously light/stiff crankset (with slightly lower than road compact ratios- I think. Probably a mountain crankset or cx specific crankset 36/46?)
I want 12-27 cassette in the rear with 9 or 10 cogs depending on the deals I can find.
I want the option of running SS- should I use an eccentric bottom bracket? Or would I be better off (since it's primarly going to be geared anyways) not messing with that for fear of slipping and/or the reduction in stiffness vs going bb30 or even just traditional? again this is something I don't know a ton about.
how does that sound to you? what would you change? I'm going to have the opportunity to build something along these lines soon.
Also, who makes an off the shelf fork that will fit my needs? I don't know enough about geometry to know exactly what I'm looking for here... I'd like a fork with disc tabs that will allow the rest of the bike to be built around it such that it will feel like a "road race" bike on the road. I find most cx bikes and certainly something like a crosscheck to be far too comfort oriented (even for long long rides). Should I just ditch the idea of the disc brakes? Even then what fork has the clearance I want that is at all applicable. Perhaps the fork will have to be created by the frame builder?
huge thanks to anyone with input- I have a lot of ideas/questions I'd love to here some opinions on up there