Let's hear some opinions about the current gravel bikes

Hair Face said:
So I finally pulled the trigger on an allied able. It only took a few weeks to get to me but then winter kept on doing it's thing. So I took my time getting it assembled and setup. Last Saturday I finally took it out of the house for a few hours. I never bothered to take pics of the bike during the ride, cause what good is a picture of a gravel bike on salt covered roads? It felt really good to be out on it though and I'm looking forward to getting acquainted with it in the coming months.
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What size tires? Isn't it illegal to run an Abel with less than 2.1/2's?
 
Hair Face said:
So I finally pulled the trigger on an allied able. It only took a few weeks to get to me but then winter kept on doing it's thing. So I took my time getting it assembled and setup. Last Saturday I finally took it out of the house for a few hours. I never bothered to take pics of the bike during the ride, cause what good is a picture of a gravel bike on salt covered roads? It felt really good to be out on it though and I'm looking forward to getting acquainted with it in the coming months.
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Why do you have a cassette on the front? 🤪

Seriously tho, great looking build, best of luck with it!!!
 
Cole said:
What size tires? Isn't it illegal to run an Abel with less than 2.1/2's?
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Lol, Yeah it felt strange to buy a bike with large tire clearance and then run 45's but don't worry, I have another wheelset with 2.1's that I'm looking forward to getting out on. I figure I'll swap between them depending upon the type of ride I plan on taking. Climby/primarily road=lightweight boys with the 45's and then a setup w/~2's for real gravel.

Bikeworks said:
Why do you have a cassette on the front? 🤪

Seriously tho, great looking build, best of luck with it!!!
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Thank you!
 
Steve Vai said:
The industry is already in a death spiral, might as well go balls deep. I'm holding out until they do a 32inch drop bar fat bike with internal headset routing, T58 bottom bracket, 300mm dropper post, and a 27-speed cassette.
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e-bike 3400W also? come on Jim!
 
Steve Vai said:
The industry is already in a death spiral, might as well go balls deep. I'm holding out until they do a 32inch drop bar fat bike with internal headset routing, T58 bottom bracket, 300mm dropper post, and a 27-speed cassette.
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27? Sounds like a nice campy group.
 
I guess since we're sharing gravel bike pics, here's my Rodeo Labs Flaanimal 5.0. Built this up last year with Paper Trail over in Philly. GRX 12 speed (10-51), Spinergy GX wheels, and 45c Gravelking X1's. Super fun bike, feels way more compliant and capable than my last gravel bike (On One Rujo).


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robcleary said:
I guess since we're sharing gravel bike pics, here's my Rodeo Labs Flaanimal 5.0. Built this up last year with Paper Trail over in Philly. GRX 12 speed (10-51), Spinergy GX wheels, and 45c Gravelking X1's. Super fun bike, feels way more compliant and capable than my last gravel bike (On One Rujo).


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I’ve chilled out with Paul at PAPERtrail after riding Wiss. Very cool shop. He’s a great guy and that is a damn sexy bike Rob!
 
krink said:
I’ve chilled out with Paul at PAPERtrail after riding Wiss. Very cool shop. He’s a great guy and that is a damn sexy bike Rob!
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Cheers! Paul's the man and he did a great job on the buildup. I'm usually over there on Saturdays for the Mountain Espresso ride too. This bike was actually a shop demo bike that he offered to sell me after we discovered Rodeo Labs was sold out of 54cm Flaanimals until Q1 '26.
 
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