Author Topic: Gravel/Road Double Use 50mm Clearance  (Read 3424 times)

pmaxoeshl

Gravel/Road Double Use 50mm Clearance
« on: October 10, 2025, 04:31:52 PM »
Hi everyone  :)  Looking for a Gravel Bike that can also be used as a Roadbike with a second wheelset.

Requirements:

1. 50mm Tyre Clearance
2. Clean Look (No Pinarellesque Design Excursions)
3. Round Seatpost (not a necessity but preferred)
4. As aero as possible
5. UDH
6. Preferably no storage box
7. Get me through Traka 360 without broken frame and/or back!

Options I´m aware of but that do not tick all boxes: Carbonda 707 (design), Icon Graro (Tyre Clearance), Tideace Noah (Storage Box), VeloBuild Race Gravel (Seatpost), BXT 135 (TC) ...
« Last Edit: October 10, 2025, 05:29:20 PM by pmaxoeshl »

Tijoe

Re: Gravel/Road Double Use 50mm Clearance
« Reply #1 on: October 10, 2025, 05:05:09 PM »
I am still looking for one except I want it to have a 148mm/boost rear hub.
(In the mean time, I will continue to use my carbon 29er hardtail frame to serve as my back-country gravel grinder.)

TurboKlemi

Re: Gravel/Road Double Use 50mm Clearance
« Reply #2 on: October 11, 2025, 01:44:48 AM »
Tavelo Wild on Panda Podium. It is cheap and fits your needs. But aero frame with 50mm tyres and a round seatpost is a bit of a contradiction.

Requiem84

Re: Gravel/Road Double Use 50mm Clearance
« Reply #3 on: October 11, 2025, 06:45:31 AM »
Velo aero build is your best bet, but has no round seatpost.

Bike looks mint though.

Crash217

Re: Gravel/Road Double Use 50mm Clearance
« Reply #4 on: October 12, 2025, 02:04:36 PM »
I am still looking for one except I want it to have a 148mm/boost rear hub.
(In the mean time, I will continue to use my carbon 29er hardtail frame to serve as my back-country gravel grinder.)

I’d love to find an aero-ish cyclocross bike with boost spacing, 2” tire clearance, and internal storage.  I like quick/sketchy handling but want the option to run big tires when I get in the chunk.  and being able to swap wheels between my gravel and mtb would fantastic.

Maybe just sticking a short gravel fork onto an old boost spaced XC hardtail and potentially dealing with the geometry with a 2.0 Degree Angle Headset and off-set seatpost is the move until the companies just go all in and decide that if so many gravel people are running 1x mtb drivetrains and tires, might as well make the frames compatible.
« Last Edit: October 13, 2025, 11:09:56 AM by Crash217 »

pmaxoeshl

Re: Gravel/Road Double Use 50mm Clearance
« Reply #5 on: October 12, 2025, 04:07:51 PM »
Velo aero build is your best bet, but has no round seatpost.

Bike looks mint though.

Very aesthetic. :D How is the handling on difficult offroad terrain?
& feel free to add more pictures!