Nun auch auf flickr: New Supergravel Shoes :)

https://www.flickr.com/photos/huegelreiter/54893707907/in/dateposted-public/

#gravel
#cycling
#DropbarMTB
#Supergravel
#wheelset
#carbonwheels
#aerogravel
#aeromtb
#Canyon #Exceed
#XMCS #xmcarbonspeed

Mein #DropbarMTB Build mit 10kg von vor über 5 Jahren (crazy lange her).

Habs wieder auf Flatbar Umgerüstet, weil mehr Kontrolle.

(Foto für @tfrank_de rausgesucht 🤗)

#lifebehindbars #mtb #cycling

Wollte mir ni ein #DropbarMTB bauen. Die Kontrolle in ruppigen Passagen, ist mit #flatbar doch einfacher. Aber für @tfrank_de habe ich nochmal über das Thema nachgedacht. 😇🤗

How barren Mastodon or the Fediverse is in terms of cycling can be seen in any Hashtag which isn't super duper mainstream. In a sense that even a non-cyclist would use it.

Take #Supergravel or #DropbarMTB... the only one posting with those is just me. I don't expect masses. Maybe not even 10 different people... but no one else? Shows (and confirms) how little info I myself can find here. It's more a sending platform than a learning or getting news platform. But... who am I telling that...

Quite pleased how that turned out. To say the least... :)

https://www.instagram.com/p/DQZ4KzHDAvE/?img_index=1

#cycling #Supergravel #DropbarMTB #aerowheels #Wheelset

Can you do a more typical „bikepacking bike in Kyrgyztan“ photo than one leaning against a Yurt? #BAAY (Bike against a Yurt) instead of #BAAW 😅😀

#BAAW
#BAAY (Bike against a Yurt)
#Yurt
#SRMR2025
#SRMR2025cap201
#silkroadmountainrace
#bikepacking
#ultracycling
#weitradeln
#Kyrgyzstan
#Kirgisistan
#Kelsuu
#DropbarMTB
#Supergravel
#Exceed

@mastobikes

Badlands is currently happening. An event I'm very fondly looking back to and had a great experience two years ago.

Even wrote a blog: https://torstenfrank.wordpress.com/2023/12/31/badlands-2023-the-complete-experience/

Have quite the itch to do it again. :)

#ultracycling #Spain #Granada #Gorafe #Tabernas #Almeria #Badlands #Gravel (although the best bike for it is a #Supergravel aka #DropbarMTB 😉)

New Trek prototype spotted. Posted this yesterday on my Insta (always the most and most up to date posts I share: https://www.instagram.com/torsten_frank/). Justinas rode (and won) Transbalkan Race on what seems to be a completely new full suspension from Trek. But a very short travelled one? So maybe a real "SuperGravel" (as I started to call #DropbarMTB 's)?

#Gravel #MTB #fullsus #Trek #Prototype #cycling

Yay - Bae is back!
Poor Bae had to wait ages for her fork to come back out of service.
But now they are united again and I are united with Bae! 😍😉🤓

#Supergravel #bikepacking #DropbarMTB #cycling #Tailfin

#Supergravel 😃😍

#DropbarMTB #Fastfar #cycling

https://www.instagram.com/p/DIeeO0aMaG2/?igsh=MWQ1bHp1YWRoMTloeA==

Neuer Artikel: "Dropbar MTB Inspiration und Status 2025"

https://torstenfrank.wordpress.com/2025/04/14/dropbar-mtb-inspiration-und-status-2025/

#Supergravel #cycling #DropbarMTB #Gravel #MTB

The next brand with a ready to buy #DropbarMTB:

@leecouganbicycles with the Innova SuperGravel

Nice - it's gaining momentum 😊

It's of course based on the pre-existing Rampage Innova Softtail.
This features 30 mm travel on the rear and is specced with a 100 XC suspension fork in the front.

Geo and features look perfect for a DropbarMTB / Supergravel. 👍😃

https://leecougan.com/de/fahrrad/gravel-fahrrade/innova-supergravel

#cycling #Gravel

Ridley Bikes just unveiled the Ignite GTX as a #DropbarMTB ready to buy.

It's called exactly like their still existing hardtail, the Ignite GTX. And shares the same frame.

#cycling #Gravel #MTB #Ridley

This is awesome!

Remember the nice #DropbarMTB of @krystianwagnerr I shared recently (he went ti the AMR with it)?

This was the prototype and from today on you can buy this bike. And not only that - you can configure it to your heart’s content!

And they named it after me - Franky!
Oh well, maybe not after me…. but looking how you can set it up and what they write on the product page I certainly wouldn’t object. ;-))

#Gravel #MTB #cycling #Bikepacking

Latest addition to my curated story highlight for #DropbarMTB Inspiration on Instagram: A resto-mod of two Cannondale Headshok Hardtails.

Some noteworthy component choices explained in above linked Instagram post. Can't replicate here since Mastodon is too limited in terms of character count.

But you can read the epic long version from start of 2023 on my blog: https://torstenfrank.wordpress.com/2023/04/25/dropbar-mtb-teil-5-der-konkrete-aufbau-teileliste-und-das-finale-ergebnis/ (text in German).

#DropbarMTB #cycling #bicycle #Gravel #Gravelbike #Sramimano

Scenic view for my #DropbarMTB or better: my Gravelbike for fun, comfort and speed!

I built this bike already in December 2022 and it has proven itself over and over since. And dare I say wide tires and suspension forks are finally the main stream in Gravel they deserve if you want all three: fun, comfort and speed? :)

https://www.instagram.com/p/DHB6VcvORJ7/

#DropbarMTB #cycling #Gravel #Gravelbike #bikepacking

Sharing photos and personal experiences and teasing the fediverse with Meta since 2023 and loving it... 🤪😅

Have a look at my Canyon Exceed and why/how I like it. :)

https://www.instagram.com/p/DDj7wOhsXoP/

#cycling #DropbarMTB #mountainbike #gravel

#DropbarMTB Inspo

It's about time I continue my #DropbarMTB Inspo Story Highlight. I started it end of 2022 and you can access it readily via my Instagram Story Highlights. https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/18043786705452178/

Today with 3 bikes (2 full sus' and 1 hard tail) for 2 very different races starting tomorrow: Colorado Trail Race and Leadville MTB Race.

#cycling #MTB #Dropbar #Bikepacking #Gravel