Just got back from cycling in Barcelona/Girona including a 161km gravel ride from Barcelona to Girona with 2800m elevation gain. It took us 12 hour moving time but we did it in one go!
My friend was on a 20” bifold (fnhon monsoon) and I am on a “Brompton” with the 12 speed rear hub with the 5th sprocket mod and 42T front chainring. I am also using a cheap £80 carbon fork with hydraulic brakes which were so useful. I don’t think this ride would have been possible in rim brakes due to the long descents and gravel. Also I ran ridenow tpu tubes with Schwalbe ones. So yeah I’m pretty much doing everything people say not to do and I had a great time.
Maybe G line would have been more suitable but you can’t beat the compactness of the 16” fold plus my bike weighs about 7.2kg!
by edtse88
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Special cranks?
👆🏻 get him! He is a imposter and a traitor!
This **not** a Brompton! Chinese crap! 😤
>!Just kidding, OP i love your videos about weight weening about titanium bolts in c brakes!<
Also, no punctures! Just lucky I guess but Spanish gravel is not flinty unlike UK stuff. My friend did get a puncture on his tubeless 42mm wide contis that he had to plug. We joked that wider and bigger wheels means more ground contact and higher % chance of punctures haha