GravelKingdom

The Bikes 
Love..
simply the most versatile bike a human soul could own...no questions about it..The freedom machine...(why the hell hasnt someone jumped on that name???) if the right one is chosen properly and set up the correct..its fair to say it can compete at most any discipline well.cept maybe that Redbull shit......through it under the right rider and the chances of success are far greater...

Like..
I like that we have options...options on all sorts bikes from the original do it all rig the cyclocross bike to the now somewhat dated famed and crazy hype Exploro to whatever is next in the pipeline from your favorite company...its ;ole the wild west and the wild west was Kick ass

Hate...
that in some sense its killing the roadbike,,,I have to believe in all sense there is some fool at some company brainstorming there rise to success with the capable roadbike..but not coined gravel...adventure cycle..hate it hate it  hate it.......

you know something else i hate the colors..lets drop the drop the bland colors of greens, browns, blacks and grey the shit is supposed to be fun...riding incognito to nature may seem like what the folks want..but it aint..stop with it

OH yea..I hate those ugly ass flaired out drop bars..i dont give a shit how comfy they are there ugly as fuck..............

fuck


The Tires
Love..
The Tires..(although this is something of another completely different topic later on TMS)
holy fuckin golden bat turds do we have more choices than not...this is such a huge Godzilla like category  now its hard to even make a logical choice..but when you do your dialed

until the next new tread pattern comes out

Like:
There all fairly in the normal human  affordable range and haven't stepped into the stupid money gouge your  eyes out with a steak knife price..50 Bucks is a fair dinkum

Hate
The overkill size proportions some humans are running..10 years ago no one in the there right fuckin mind would run 45c semi knobbies on concrete ...concrete? oh whatta ya mean concrete
are we not  talking about gravel bikin..................wait we will get to that..


The Events

Love..
WOW!...dont ever ever cry your bored and have nothing to do...if you cant find some cool ride on the weekends your a lazy fuck...And not to mention look what its done for the love cycling? folks that normally would never even look at a crit..or road race..are drooling crazy over just finishing the Cheeseburger and Beer farts dirty 100K...thats what we call winning..and the whole atmosphere is centered around having fun...and having fun is cool..and then wll there are World tour pro riders taking digs with the locals....how cool is that

Like
These bandit type races popping up...Like Nach-Del Torrie Wells..The Ann Arbor Minnie WannaaHahah...Like big fun organized group rides.. this is good..and its not centered around  The wide eyed Cat 3 soon to be a Cat 2 trying for the spot on the cool guy squad

Hate
flogging the horse...
the hoarded of classes
the hoarded of classes
the hoarded of classes
the hoarded of classes
the hoarded of classes
the hoarded of classes
the hoarded of classes
the hoarded of classes
the hoarded of classes
the hoarded of classes

FUCK off

wanna say you did Barry..ride the 62 mile not the 12 K for electric assist



Love..
The Industry
man the its been like a shot in the arm for them...and good..since the road thing was suffering after the Lance effect..and correct this old bastard if im wrong..its hasnt hurt the MTB world in a bit..

Like..
What its done for the progress of design...the bikes are almost like a buy-able skecht pads for new trends and upcoming designs soon to be carried over to the road world..brakes, shocks ..tire width
all have stared to evolve from this world

Hate
How quickly something that was red hot is now dated technology..but i suppose its the same with all other aspects of your sport huh?

still hate it



Love..
The People....Man o Geez o man i love the enthusiastic smiles from..who doesn't like a friendly cyclist..with the  motivation to explore..no one hates a stoned face fool that passes by on desolate rode with a barely a nod...gravel folks are all about smiles

Like
Its bringing new people to the sports, and hopefully into the LBS...but with a cost....see below

Hate
said it before and ill say it again.......................................

Gawd dammit it all..some technology shouldn't be allowed until you reach a level of expertise...These bikes will make noise..and some dont always do exactly as claimed..some tires dont fit some frames and not all treks come with full suspension..tubeless tire set up isnt for everyone...not entirely the humans that buy into this fault ..but stop crying over it..just ride your dam bike

we wish the industry would stop pushing some of this into the newbie for the experience and let folks just fuckin ride..smile and explor

Keep on keepin on...