This is the sort of riding I love....a bit old school and have a laugh with ya mates! Cool to see all the different bikes too...the best bunch ride! Impressive on that Chisel Guy!

Hope fun was that! Thank you. 👍😎

Nice challenge 👍 Happy to see this..

Great vid Guy, I've been leaning towards an alloy lightweight h/t for everything recently, covers all bases I've found 👍🏻😎

Love a good hardtail, that bike looks lovely as well. I've got a Sonder Transmitter atm which is possibly bit heavy for my liking but very very robust Sonder have released a XC bike the Sonder Dial which looks ideal for a budget hardtail.

Next - Downhill, how capable :D

I've put 2 inch wide WTB Venture tyres on my Chameleon 7 with fox 34 and dropper and all and man that's all it needs to be an awesome gravel bike lol. Way more comfortable than anything dropbar and rigid and I'm a wheel upgrade away from having basically the perfect gravel bike (as long as you don't mind plodding along around 25kph)

Great to see you playing with your mates!

I love my allow hardtail as a gravel bike. Shedding a few pounds would be nice for steep climbs but with 50mm tires it cruises on flats and it way more comfortable than any drop bar bike I've ever ridden.

Awesome video, the new chisel is legit. I have one and it has suprised the heck out of me. Mine has more of a burly wheel and tire setup right now. But I have had thought with the right wheel and tire combo it could rule 90% of riding road/gravel/mtb.

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Nice vid Mr K, how about

I had a Trek Checkpoint SL6 gravel bike and with pedals it weighed 9.1 Kg. It was slightly faster than my upgraded Merida Big Nine 7000 XC bike that weighed 9.2 Kg, and it was only faster when the gravel was smooth. As soon as the conditions got more challenging, the XC bike was faster. I sold the Checkpoint and the Merida and built a custom, flat bar, rigid fork gravel bike on an inexpensive, carbon, MTB frame with expensive, light-weight bits from Darimo, Berk, eThirteen, Garbaruk, XPedo M-Force 8, SRAM AXS, ++. This new gravel bike weighs just 7.2 Kg with pedals and 48mm Rene Herse slicks. The bike is fast on the road, gravel and non-techie single track. I just rode the bike in the Dirty 130 (Kms) gravel event (Wagga Wagga, NSW) and the bike was comfortable and performed flawlessly.

I've found similar results. Most of my bikes are XC mountain bikes, SS, HT and FS (short travel), plus I have (1) gravel bike. The mountain are just as fast, even on groomed trails / gravel, BUT in the end require more effort. That said, as soon as things get lumpy, bigger tires + suspension takes over.

Those bars look interesting 🤔

Do you have a complete spec list of the bike? I want to build a Chisel from the frame up and I'm looking for inspiration. Your Handlebars look clean.

Great video! The one thing that has kept me from buying a gravel bike is my old hardtail with a 42-32-22 triple and 11-34 cassette. The big chainring is great for riding hard pack trails and multi-use paths. Would I personally be significantly faster on a dedicated gravel bike? I don't know, but I'm inclined to think there wouldn't be that much of a difference. I'd love to see this bike or a carbon XC hardtail with a 2x drivetrain, and 40-45 tires.

Love the concept of the bike. Looks great fun. Everyone should build a there own bike up to their own spec at least once. Guy have you thought of trying drop bars on the bike?

Very few people in the UK have access to the kind of long gravel road seen in parts of the US & other countries. What we do have is miles of bridleways & byways that are more suit to a hardtail than a gravel bike. Modern XC racing is amazing & great to watch but the old school XC riding & racing could make a comeback on the back of gravels popularity but lack of gravel roads in the UK. Most UK gravel roads ate forest tracks, so in terms of gravel racing on gravel bikes I think gravel crits could be the best fit for the UK.

Great video, are you likely to change out the front ring as you looked like you geared out a few times, or very high cadence at least.