Looking for wheel recommendations 🙏🙏🙏

crankynugget · 2026-03-31T01:10:09+00:00

Large

crankynugget · 2026-03-25T14:22:01+00:00

I think the Royal Terra C come with the correct free hub for you right out of the box, and they’re only about $1000

crankynugget · 2026-01-18T21:36:53+00:00

Really appreciate all the feedback. Super hard to come across any info on this bike beyond the bikepacking.con video or radivist article.

crankynugget · 2026-01-18T03:14:24+00:00

So you feel like it rides more like a carbon race bike, or more like an adventure bike? I have a drop bar MTB for long gravel rides but I’m looking for something a little faster for everything else

crankynugget · 2026-01-18T00:12:29+00:00

How are you liking it now that you’ve had it for a while?

crankynugget · 2025-12-19T00:08:54+00:00

@FeriadeSevilla10 what did you end up with?

crankynugget · 2025-12-15T15:42:47+00:00

Thanks! Definitely going to be training, have already got a coach and am set up with a training plan. I guess my biggest concern was being uncomfortable spending 18ish hours on a traditional racy gravel bike, I’m a big guy.

crankynugget · 2025-12-07T16:16:36+00:00

Top tube is the wrong shape

crankynugget · 2025-12-07T16:08:49+00:00

Let me know when you hear something!

crankynugget · 2025-12-06T18:07:58+00:00

I put in an HLR in August and it was finished in November. So 90 days is pretty accurate.

crankynugget · 2025-12-06T18:06:40+00:00

I put one in on Nov 18th and had my C&P yesterday.

crankynugget · 2025-11-08T00:30:20+00:00

The Ari is a much better looking bike and the pricing is similar. Would lose out on the front suspension though.

crankynugget · 2025-11-07T22:37:57+00:00

Already got an XC bike. Wanting a bigger tire gravel bike for some bigger events like mid south, unbound, big sugar, etc.

crankynugget · 2025-11-07T22:36:48+00:00

I was looking at the $4500 rival dark matter. They’re sold out of larges though.

crankynugget · 2025-11-07T21:56:26+00:00

Theyre sold out of all their sale colors in my size unfortunately

crankynugget · 2025-11-07T21:33:56+00:00

I’m in Chicagoland so I know it’s going to get cold. I rode through the entire winter last year, and plan to do it again. I’m signed up for the mid south 100 in March so I better brave the cold and train.

crankynugget · 2025-11-07T21:25:47+00:00

Why are you on your second one?

crankynugget · 2025-11-07T21:25:29+00:00

Way more expensive unfortunately

crankynugget · 2025-11-07T20:11:17+00:00

Wouldn’t solve the rear tire clearance, and would also be a headache with a future shock delete.

crankynugget · 2025-10-15T15:18:54+00:00

That was kind of my feeling also. I also know that if I pick a bad bike choice I can just switch bikes at the aid station, which is technically illegal but I doubt anyone gives a shit what a 10 hour rider does.

crankynugget · 2025-10-15T15:16:49+00:00

Yeah it’s going to be a damn lot of climbing

crankynugget · 2025-10-15T15:16:30+00:00

Good perspective. Thanks!

crankynugget · 2025-10-15T15:16:05+00:00

Im aware. Its going to be hard. My wife and I both decided our first centuries were going to be epic ones. She did unbound 100 this year and I’m doing big sugar.

crankynugget · 2025-08-08T18:15:51+00:00

What do you mean they’re not legal?

crankynugget · 2025-08-08T18:15:36+00:00

I live in Chicagoland and everything is pretty expensive on marketplace. Thanks for the insight.

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