#dropbarmtb — Public Fediverse posts

On a positive note: of course I'm an absolute sucker for any interesting bit of gear, kit or new bikes breaking cover at such events. As well as cool, good lucking and really fit for the job bikes by participants to n the know and NOT sponsored. Like this gorgeous Grind Cycles Franky:

#DropbarMTB #Supergravel #TheTraka #cycling

Bike and this time especially wheels and tires appreciation post.

I’ve now ridden exactly 1076 km with those XMCarbonspeed D53TU-41 rims mounted on DT Swiss 350 boost hubs. I set those up last autumn end of October.

At the same time I mounted the Schwalbe Thunder Burt Super Ground Addix Speed 29x2.25“. I like them both. :)

#cycling
#DropbarMTB
#Supergravel
#fastfar

https://www.flickr.com/photos/huegelreiter/55137654846/in/dateposted-public/

Thought I dabble into the meme making scene.

How about this one on the topic of Spirit of Gravel and interesting solutions and cool bikes vs a UCI’esque attempt to regulate bikes on a whim
as well as a scape goat to omit other more pressing safety concerns with especially Leadville 100, i.e. two-way traffic on a more than sketchy downhill segment.

#LifeTimeGrandPrix
#Leadville100
#MTB
#DropbarMTB
#Gravel

@thejtoken Why not? I mean, I'm certainly not in their target group but it's not like they claimed to have invented the #dropbarmtb, that would be pathetic.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Well - I guess it’s happening. First bikepacking event of the season! I’m starting traveling to Girona today. Saturday I’ll start „El Piri“. L’Esperit del Bikepacking’s second event in the Catalan Pyrenees. Just shy of 800 km and a nice dose of climbing and descending on mixed surfaces. I hope for nice weather, great views and nice riding. :)

You can follow the dots via https://www.lesperitdelbikepacking.org/el-piri-live

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#ElPiri
#cycling
#Bikepacking
#Ultracycling
#Girona
#Pyrenees
#DropbarMTB

Can you count the camera angles / mounting points?

Using a nice day in May (actually two ;-)) to show what you can do with a 360° Action Cam and some creative mounting (without much fuzz and without being a video editior or going full hog on editing - just one timeline and straight cuts inside the Insta360 Studio Desktop App.

https://youtu.be/ot3sPO5ClDc?si=6K3Qj2i5iwUtXkhm

#insta360
#cycling
#radfahren
#Erndtebrück
#DropbarMTB #29er
#Adventurebike

Can you count the camera angles / mounting points?

Using a nice day in May (actually two ;-)) to show what you can do with a 360° Action Cam and some creative mounting (without much fuzz and without being a video editior or going full hog on editing - just one timeline and straight cuts inside the Insta360 Studio Desktop App.

https://youtu.be/ot3sPO5ClDc?si=6K3Qj2i5iwUtXkhm

#insta360
#cycling
#radfahren
#Erndtebrück
#DropbarMTB #29er
#Adventurebike

Can you count the camera angles / mounting points?

Using a nice day in May (actually two ;-)) to show what you can do with a 360° Action Cam and some creative mounting (without much fuzz and without being a video editior or going full hog on editing - just one timeline and straight cuts inside the Insta360 Studio Desktop App.

https://youtu.be/ot3sPO5ClDc?si=6K3Qj2i5iwUtXkhm

#insta360
#cycling
#radfahren
#Erndtebrück
#DropbarMTB #29er
#Adventurebike

Can you count the camera angles / mounting points?

Using a nice day in May (actually two ;-)) to show what you can do with a 360° Action Cam and some creative mounting (without much fuzz and without being a video editior or going full hog on editing - just one timeline and straight cuts inside the Insta360 Studio Desktop App.

https://youtu.be/ot3sPO5ClDc?si=6K3Qj2i5iwUtXkhm

#insta360
#cycling
#radfahren
#Erndtebrück
#DropbarMTB #29er
#Adventurebike

Can you count the camera angles / mounting points?

Using a nice day in May (actually two ;-)) to show what you can do with a 360° Action Cam and some creative mounting (without much fuzz and without being a video editior or going full hog on editing - just one timeline and straight cuts inside the Insta360 Studio Desktop App.

https://youtu.be/ot3sPO5ClDc?si=6K3Qj2i5iwUtXkhm

#insta360
#cycling
#radfahren
#Erndtebrück
#DropbarMTB #29er
#Adventurebike

Carbon, rock and rubber.

And so it is March. Finally. Took my #DropbarMTB out for a spin for a change.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/huegelreiter/53563497821/in/dateposted-public/

#DropbarMTB #cycling #radfahren #Canyon #Exceed

The best Gravelbike…
… is a Drop bar Mountainbike.

https://youtube.com/shorts/iYrNaY3Lczw?si=M_KBCnRR87FUl40R

#DropbarMTB #Gravelbike
@mastobikes

Wusstet ihr, dass ich ein spezielles Insta-Highlight kuratiere, in dem ich DropbarMTBs bzw. Adventure Bikes oder 29er sammle, die mir gefallen bzw. die mir auffallen?

--> https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/18043786705452178/

#DropbarMTB #Gravel #MTB #cycling #radfahren

@fedibikes_de
@mastobikes_de

Ab und an poste ich mal was auf flickr. Das Sortieren in thematische Gruppen und Alben hat irgendwie was ;-) Außerdem sitzt die Zielgruppe da vielleicht eher vor einem schönen Monitor als nur am Winz-Smartphone-Screen durch einen Feed zu wischen.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/huegelreiter/53459243859/in/dateposted-public/

#Fotografie #flickr #Bikepacking #DropbarMTB #Canyon #Exceed #Hardtail #MTB #Adventurebike

@fedibikes_de
@mastobikes_de

Ab und an poste ich mal was auf flickr. Das Sortieren in thematische Gruppen und Alben hat irgendwie was ;-) Außerdem sitzt die Zielgruppe da vielleicht eher vor einem schönen Monitor als nur am Winz-Smartphone-Screen durch einen Feed zu wischen.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/huegelreiter/53459243859/in/dateposted-public/

#Fotografie #flickr #Bikepacking #DropbarMTB #Canyon #Exceed #Hardtail #MTB #Adventurebike

@fedibikes_de
@mastobikes_de

If you follow me or my blog you’ll have seen this bike already a lot. And know exactly why and how I built it.

If not - well, you now have the opportunity to read about it in the most compact and brief manner I ever did. 😅

Here it’s in its full Bikepacking regalia just before Badlands.
The Link brings you directly to Chapter 5: My Bike for Badlands: https://torstenfrank.wordpress.com/2023/12/31/badlands-2023-the-complete-experience/#Kap_5

#DropbarMTB #29er
#bikepacking #weitradeln
#Badlands
#Adventurebike #Gravelbike

@mastobikes

If you follow me or my blog you’ll have seen this bike already a lot. And know exactly why and how I built it.

If not - well, you now have the opportunity to read about it in the most compact and brief manner I ever did. 😅

Here it’s in its full Bikepacking regalia just before Badlands.
The Link brings you directly to Chapter 5: My Bike for Badlands: https://torstenfrank.wordpress.com/2023/12/31/badlands-2023-the-complete-experience/#Kap_5

#DropbarMTB #29er
#bikepacking #weitradeln
#Badlands
#Adventurebike #Gravelbike

@mastobikes

If you follow me or my blog you’ll have seen this bike already a lot. And know exactly why and how I built it.

If not - well, you now have the opportunity to read about it in the most compact and brief manner I ever did. 😅

Here it’s in its full Bikepacking regalia just before Badlands.
The Link brings you directly to Chapter 5: My Bike for Badlands: https://torstenfrank.wordpress.com/2023/12/31/badlands-2023-the-complete-experience/#Kap_5

#DropbarMTB #29er
#bikepacking #weitradeln
#Badlands
#Adventurebike #Gravelbike

@mastobikes

If you follow me or my blog you’ll have seen this bike already a lot. And know exactly why and how I built it.

If not - well, you now have the opportunity to read about it in the most compact and brief manner I ever did. 😅

Here it’s in its full Bikepacking regalia just before Badlands.
The Link brings you directly to Chapter 5: My Bike for Badlands: https://torstenfrank.wordpress.com/2023/12/31/badlands-2023-the-complete-experience/#Kap_5

#DropbarMTB #29er
#bikepacking #weitradeln
#Badlands
#Adventurebike #Gravelbike

@mastobikes

If you follow me or my blog you’ll have seen this bike already a lot. And know exactly why and how I built it.

If not - well, you now have the opportunity to read about it in the most compact and brief manner I ever did. 😅

Here it’s in its full Bikepacking regalia just before Badlands.
The Link brings you directly to Chapter 5: My Bike for Badlands: https://torstenfrank.wordpress.com/2023/12/31/badlands-2023-the-complete-experience/#Kap_5

#DropbarMTB #29er
#bikepacking #weitradeln
#Badlands
#Adventurebike #Gravelbike

@mastobikes

Nun habe ich (falls nicht verzählt) schon 12 verschiedene Schalt- und Bremsoptionen für das #DropbarMTB bzw. das Adventurebike in folgendem Artikel vorgestellt:

Dropbar-MTB, Teil 3: Schaltungsoptionen für den Rennlenker (11-, 12-, 13-fach; manuell und elektronisch) und Auswahl der richtigen Hydraulik-Bremse

https://torstenfrank.wordpress.com/2023/04/19/dropbar-mtb-teil-3-schaltungsoptionen-fur-den-rennlenker-11-12-13-fach-manuell-und-elektronisch-und-auswahl-der-richtigen-hydraulik-bremse/

#cycling #radfahren #MTB #Mullet #1x #2x #29er #Adventurebike

@fedibikes_de
@mastobikes_de

Nun habe ich (falls nicht verzählt) schon 12 verschiedene Schalt- und Bremsoptionen für das #DropbarMTB bzw. das Adventurebike in folgendem Artikel vorgestellt:

Dropbar-MTB, Teil 3: Schaltungsoptionen für den Rennlenker (11-, 12-, 13-fach; manuell und elektronisch) und Auswahl der richtigen Hydraulik-Bremse

https://torstenfrank.wordpress.com/2023/04/19/dropbar-mtb-teil-3-schaltungsoptionen-fur-den-rennlenker-11-12-13-fach-manuell-und-elektronisch-und-auswahl-der-richtigen-hydraulik-bremse/

#cycling #radfahren #MTB #Mullet #1x #2x #29er #Adventurebike

@fedibikes_de
@mastobikes_de

Nun habe ich (falls nicht verzählt) schon 12 verschiedene Schalt- und Bremsoptionen für das #DropbarMTB bzw. das Adventurebike in folgendem Artikel vorgestellt:

Dropbar-MTB, Teil 3: Schaltungsoptionen für den Rennlenker (11-, 12-, 13-fach; manuell und elektronisch) und Auswahl der richtigen Hydraulik-Bremse

https://torstenfrank.wordpress.com/2023/04/19/dropbar-mtb-teil-3-schaltungsoptionen-fur-den-rennlenker-11-12-13-fach-manuell-und-elektronisch-und-auswahl-der-richtigen-hydraulik-bremse/

#cycling #radfahren #MTB #Mullet #1x #2x #29er #Adventurebike

@fedibikes_de
@mastobikes_de

Nun habe ich (falls nicht verzählt) schon 12 verschiedene Schalt- und Bremsoptionen für das #DropbarMTB bzw. das Adventurebike in folgendem Artikel vorgestellt:

Dropbar-MTB, Teil 3: Schaltungsoptionen für den Rennlenker (11-, 12-, 13-fach; manuell und elektronisch) und Auswahl der richtigen Hydraulik-Bremse

https://torstenfrank.wordpress.com/2023/04/19/dropbar-mtb-teil-3-schaltungsoptionen-fur-den-rennlenker-11-12-13-fach-manuell-und-elektronisch-und-auswahl-der-richtigen-hydraulik-bremse/

#cycling #radfahren #MTB #Mullet #1x #2x #29er #Adventurebike

@fedibikes_de
@mastobikes_de

Nun habe ich (falls nicht verzählt) schon 12 verschiedene Schalt- und Bremsoptionen für das #DropbarMTB bzw. das Adventurebike in folgendem Artikel vorgestellt:

Dropbar-MTB, Teil 3: Schaltungsoptionen für den Rennlenker (11-, 12-, 13-fach; manuell und elektronisch) und Auswahl der richtigen Hydraulik-Bremse

https://torstenfrank.wordpress.com/2023/04/19/dropbar-mtb-teil-3-schaltungsoptionen-fur-den-rennlenker-11-12-13-fach-manuell-und-elektronisch-und-auswahl-der-richtigen-hydraulik-bremse/

#cycling #radfahren #MTB #Mullet #1x #2x #29er #Adventurebike

@fedibikes_de
@mastobikes_de

50 Minuten Sonnenschein. Whoohooo :)

#DropbarMTB #29er
#Adventurebike #Allroadbike #Gravelbike #Mountainbike
#Canyon #Exceed

50 Minuten Sonnenschein. Whoohooo :)

#DropbarMTB #29er
#Adventurebike #Allroadbike #Gravelbike #Mountainbike
#Canyon #Exceed