Keegan rides with a quite small frame, but I assume that the fork itself is long to maximise the tire clearance and therefore the head tube is short. It’s the same philosophy as with Lauf Seigla frame. But when will this be released? I am waiting Santa Cruz to release this and Canyon to do the same for their new gravel bike 
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Here’s the tire clearance of that Stigmata with 33c (!) tires. Pictures are by @devonbaletmedia on IG.
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Any thoughts on best gravel seat posts. Been picking away at my alloy Search that I use for commuting, gravel and CX racing/riding. Recently got the new Gravelier saddle and Easton ALX bars (38cm). Next steps will be a carbon seatpost to add some compliance and drop some weight and probably the TranzX antishock stem. Gonna do a fit (with the new bars and saddle) later this month once I get back from vacation to decide on seat post (set back or not) and stem length.
Was kind of leaning toward the Roval Terra seat post (194g) or the Ergon CF Allroad seatpost (220g). Also see the Pro Discoverer carbon, Easton EC90 SL and the Enve seatpost.
Any thoughts on these? Will be to replace the stock Norco branded alloy post. Not sure if the Ergon will be too flexy or cause issues when it gets dirty. Sounds like the Roval has some decent compliance (maybe better than the Pro, Easton or Enve).
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I don’t have any experience about these, but I own a Hope seatpost and I have been very satisfied with it. Robust, comfortable and quite light. I think it is even rated for DH riding which says quite a lot about the quality. https://r2-bike.com/HOPE-Seat-Post-Carbon
When I built my Ti bike I was going to get the Hope one but S-Works was on sale (I think the one from tarmac sl6). Have been happy enough with it and find the clamp mechanism easy to work with, which makes me like it even more. So Roval Terra seems like a good shout.
I also have never been more impressed by a component than by my Enve AR handlebars, so I’d give their seatpost a shot too if it fit the bill.
Assuming you have a round 27.2 seatpost, I highly recommend getting a suspension seatpost.
Currently riding the Ergon seatpost and it is the best I have ridden. Pretty damn light, too.
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Was looking at that but was uncertain how it would behave with the wet and mud of winter gravel riding and cyclocross racing.
I don’t see why it would be any more problematic than any other seatpost….you may need to occasionally remove it and apply carbon paste. No big deal, though.
I was wondering about the split design aspect, if mud and water got into that… I’ve never actually seen one in person. Would it be okay for hopping on and off with cross? Maybe I should ask Ergon that…
Yeah, I assumed you were talking about the split leaf design when you asked. I really don’t think you’ll have an issue in wer conditions. I certainly don’t think mud would be an issue.
Maybe a lot of water might cause you to reapply the carbon past a bit more frequently, but nothing I would consider to be a hassle.
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Has anyone used the Specialized Crux for a lot of road riding? Interesting in people’s thoughts on how it works for this. I’m looking for a bike that can do it all but probably 75% of my riding would be on the road but looking for something that can be also be used on gravel/off-road for the other 25%.
It’s a great bike for multiple wheelsets.
How would a crux compare to an Aspero?
If you are talking purely about geo, here is a start. You can alter frame size to one of interest, but I set 56cm since it’s a common middle size for reference.
Dang… that is a good looking bike right there.
At the 56cm sizes, the Trail delta is only 1.4mm at max. Not huge and I probably couldn’t feel that specifically.
The Wheelbase and Chainstay are 6mm longer on the Crux, which would be the greater influence that I would expect to feel in “slower” handling for cornering and transitions.
Interestingly, the Crux is 4mm less BB Drop (5mm higher with the tires spec’d), which sort of counters the length aspect above.
Would be in interesting comparison to feel in actual riding. Could be much closer in reality, and is also size dependent if they stray more on one end or the other, like it sounds on the small size.
Yeah, the flip chip is for swapping wheel size. Moves the axle rearward for the smaller 650b size.
Seems they have the same Trail for all sizes on the same wheel. Just decreases a bit for the 650b.
OK, I missed that on the Crux side. That change seems to be from the rather slack Head Tube Angle in the 49, coupled with the same Fork Offset (a common criticism about sizing on the ends). Comes at least from a desire to limit toe overlap with smaller Reach. Darn design compromises 
Not sure on the flip distance, but it could come close to the rear shift and getting the Aspero Trail closer to the Crux.
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I have been riding my Domane for the last few years and the Crux is a much superior road bike; its really in a different class IMO. I was having so much fun the other day I turned an easy 40mi into 55mi (and ran out of water to boot)
I have been riding it the last couple of weeks, to me it is a perfect one bike solution since I train road and race gravel. It is a blast to ride on gravel, and I wish I had more gravel roads near me.
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According to this tool, flipping the chip to the shorter offset with a 700c wheel gives you 5mm more trail.
http://www.yojimg.net/bike/web_tools/trailcalc.php
I run the Aspero in the shorter 46mm offset position with 700c wheels. Mechanical trail is about 62mm with my 34c road tires, and 64mm with my 40c gravel tires.
Note: it appears Cervelo uses mechanical trail in their geo chart, which is why I’m using it here. Actual trail, which I believe is what most companies use, is about 3mm more than mechanical trail on the Aspero (so Aspero has 62mm trail, not 59).
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