Hello all, New here. Been using gravel riding for training when its too wet or too hot to ride MTB here in Northeast Texas.
I haven't seen too much mentioned about this bike here, I have one on order. Any feedback about this bike? I wanted a drop bar all arounder. My previous bike I used for gravel was an old On-One inbred that is a size too large, flatbar MTB. This bike checks a lot of boxes for me in particular. Curious as to what others think.
tdilf wrote:Love the looks of it, I'm just not a fan of the broken seat stay or sliding dropouts - yeah I'm no singlespeeder.
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\nYeah that’s really my only thing I’m not too keen on. I like the ability to run a gates drive later if I decide to SS, that seems like a tiny corner of the market to make such a large design decision on .... since I’ll be running it at 700c i would imagine the slides would be all the way back, hopefully won’t be an issue though
No, the TD does not have sliding dropouts. 12mm TA.
I'm not saying there isn't another bike as versatile as the TD by any means because this "segment" of bikes has blown wide open lately but its truly the most versatile bike I've ever seen. I run two set of wheels, one with 40mm for gravel (HED +, 32 spoke, Hadley hubs) and one lighter set (HED C2, 28 spoke, WI hubs) with 30mm for road. Works absolutely perfect in both respects for me.
Texasbbq wrote:No, the TD does not have sliding dropouts. 12mm TA.
I'm not saying there isn't another bike as versatile as the TD by any means because this "segment" of bikes has blown wide open lately but its truly the most versatile bike I've ever seen. I run two set of wheels, one with 40mm for gravel (HED +, 32 spoke, Hadley hubs) and one lighter set (HED C2, 28 spoke, WI hubs) with 30mm for road. Works absolutely perfect in both respects for me.
Hope this helps.
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\nI love the look of the TD that thing is a beaut. I’ll be running their carbon rim Set, maybe td in the future but it was a stretch to get in this one, so not in the cards this time around. I can speak for customer service, it’s excellent. They are very responsive to emails and questions etc. so far so good can’t wait to get it
Ask Stephen about a "blemished" TD. That's what mine is, saved alot and I've had 3-4 people try to find the cosmetic blem and no one could! Just a thought.
PS. I'm running Soma Cazzadora gravel tires that are actually 700x42 NOT 40 as stated above.
Texasbbq wrote:Ask Stephen about a "blemished" TD. That's what mine is, saved alot and I've had 3-4 people try to find the cosmetic blem and no one could! Just a thought.
PS. I'm running Soma Cazzadora gravel tires that are actually 700x42 NOT 40 as stated above.
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\nI plan on running the nanos it comes with for awhile and adjust as necessary
i have not ridden one, but have eyed Rodeo for a while. I definitely would have picked up a Trail Donkey if i didn't find such a good deal on a Cutthroat
I will be sure to report back once mine is in hand. Its a little more of a patience experiment ordering from a smaller company. The new trail donkey they just posted pics of the other day is so damn fine... several of my buddies ride cutthroats, they are somewhat hard to find in stock. In the end it would have been a similar price point I think with the build im in 4kish
Mine has made it to me. Rival 1x11, praxis zayante 42t up front, ritchey venturemax bars, so far I have about 30 miles on it, I'm very happy with the bike, rides great. Still working through some fit issues. I can say that the company is excellent, best customer service ive ever had. future plans, upgrade the pedals to Look X-Track Race. eventually will upgrade the saddle to a fabric. For now though im pretty happy. I have some small custom bags being made by andrew the maker, TT sack that attaches by the seat tube and a small under seat bag. I chose not to do a top tube bag, I like them a lot but there are no bosses to screw one in so it would have all the straps, Its purely because of looks. Probably my only complaint is the lack of bosses here. I did by a wolf tooth Brad rail to lower the seat tube water bottle so I can fit two big bottles in the triangle. If anyone has any questions feel free.
ill make sure to report back. FTR this is my first drop bar bike, so it don't have much experience as far as comparison goes. So far so good! They dont seem to have a bad review anywhere either, everyone seems very happy with their products and support.
Welcome to the club, Rad3144! I got mine up and running a few weeks ago, just before Land Run. So far I'm very happy. I think we're doing similar things with our builds. John at the Radavist photographed mine at Land Run when it still wasn't 100% adjusted/etc, but it's still a great look at a fun bike. It rode great at the two long rides I've had it out for so far.
yeah man I saw that post on the Radavist. Awesome ride. I got the B-Rad idea from you. Good to hear that its done so well on those longer runs. Ive still got some things I want to do to mine, I'm not known to leave things alone, I like to change stuff and upgrade. Overall though the rival build is really solid components. Those 700C gravel kings?
A few notes: their customer support is amazing. I built it up from the frame at home and nearly messed up the fork, and Stephen @ R-L was nothing but enthusiastic and helpful dealing with me.
This is my 3rd time doing internal cable routing for Di2 & brakes, and this was by far the easiest implementation. They left plenty of room and few stupid angles to manage.
Internal cable routing for the dynamo & light on the fork is great. It looks very clean in person.
