Our man Jack Luke is a gravel grinding, instagramming hipster with a serious rubber fetish. His longterm test bike has been through a number of different configurations, and here's how that went.
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@StephanieHughesDesign4 жыл бұрын
Love this bike. I am looking to purchase the Velo Orange Pass Hunter disc. Can you please share with us the parts and accessories you used for this build? Can you buy them as a complete kit. Especially Versatile, Rando light and also a gravel racer and Randonneuring.
@FriendlyFarmMachineryToolCpBel5 жыл бұрын
Weighing in on Velo Orange. First, they started out making all sorts of French parts for us Franco bike holdovers from yesteryear! My PX-10 has Velo Orange's great bottom bracket (sealed bearings), crankset, hubs, and headset. They get s shop in Taiwan to source these parts to their specifications. I also use on different bikes their cantilever brakes, and they make a dual pivot brake with long reach that will work on ones retro frame! Their framesets are also sourced from Taiwan, and 4130 double butted chromoly steel is as it gets. Their steel fork is a love it or hate it kinda of device. Rugged, yep, practical, yep, pretty, nope! For refurbishing ones old road bike, especially French ones, Velo Orange is the ticket. I still time trail on my old PX-10, just to rub it in the carbon bikers faces!
@fredricknietzsche73166 жыл бұрын
folks need to start considering "the area under the curve". aka the bike that does the most, most well.
@geemail3697 жыл бұрын
0:14 - Check out the new stem from "regartnoB"! 😂 😂 😂
@frakafrocka4 жыл бұрын
TRP mechanical disks work as great. Comparable to some hydros.
@vinnychoff7 жыл бұрын
nice review, thanks
@chekistnkvd7 жыл бұрын
What is the maximum width of tires that can be installed in this frame? 700c and 650b
@hermittranslator5 жыл бұрын
Why are the shifters lacking nameplates? Also, as someone who rides a steel gravel bike with mechanical disc brakes (the Spyre) I can sorta agree on the part where they suck, even with the right pads the modulation is basically at zero although they're extremely powerful - I'm almost certain about going hydro on it in 2019, probably buying some older Ultegra levers cause I like them more than those long 105/Tiagra ones
@ZOB46 жыл бұрын
It's very handsome. What's going on with that stem though?
@bonsmariz9095 жыл бұрын
Sweet set up without the fenders also!
@alejdagostino7 жыл бұрын
I have had this frameset for a year now, and the only thing I dont like is NOT having a thru axle in the front wheel. I am sorta heavy (90 kilos) and I constantly get disc rubbing with the pads (I have tried several different pairs of pads and even disc rotors). I managed to get the rubbing to a lesser degree by switching to a Shimano hub (and ditching a Novatec hub).... Please, THRU AXLES
@alejdagostino7 жыл бұрын
Rick Harker interesting... i am definetely gonna try it out... THANKS :)
@CristianValenzuela21556 жыл бұрын
alejdagostino how's your orange Velo Orange doing? lol
@Ey_up4 жыл бұрын
Sram hydraulics, reportedly have much tighter tolerances than other brands between pads and rotors. Any help? 🤓
@skankingiant6 жыл бұрын
Worth the extra over a Kaffenback? Want to upgrade my Kaff....
@BenLubin7 жыл бұрын
sick bike!
@Candesce7 жыл бұрын
I cannot stand quick release skewers. It's probably mostly my own fault but I find that unless i flip the bike upside down and I'm on level ground the wheel always ends up just the tiniest bit crooked. Just enough that the brakes rub in the most infuriating way. I blame the open ended "fork" design of skewer dropouts. I'll never let my through axles go! Plus it's way easier to mount and remove tyres when your bike is hanging off a rack or stand with a through axle.
@SmevMev7 жыл бұрын
Putting some weight on the fork or rear triangle, when tightening up the skewer, usually helps to seat the wheel in the dropouts properly
@Candesce7 жыл бұрын
SmevMev yeah, im not saying it's impossible, I'm just saying it's about 10x more annoying than just popping a through axle in!
@alejdagostino7 жыл бұрын
definetely trying these advice as well :)
@hiro1116 жыл бұрын
IMO, no disc braked bike should come with quick releases.
@brankododig15856 жыл бұрын
It works okay, but extra care is needed, fitting the wheel precisely to avoid rubbing, and you need to properly tighten the QR when using discs else it's a safety risk. It's just a bit of an extra hassle, I wouldn't spec my dream bike with a QR but it's not a dealbreaker for me either.
@jimnyfuchs4 жыл бұрын
Do you have a Velo Orange dealer over there in GB?
@hypojames7 жыл бұрын
Compass Tyres are the best
@oreocarlton33437 жыл бұрын
shouldnt euro-touring bikes with front rack have more trail insted of less to stabilise more front mass?
@rapierlynx7 жыл бұрын
Oreo Carlton extra weight on the front end makes the steering heavy. Low trail counteracts that. I have the older canti version, and it's a bit nicer to ride with a small bar bag than a saddle bag, but it's not twitchy without the extra kilo or so up front. The P.H. isn't really a low trail frame. Most bikes have >60 mm of trail. A low trail bike would have ~45mm. This bike is more in the middle with 56mm.
@virob95617 жыл бұрын
Nice
@smurfendrek47917 жыл бұрын
Please review the specialized allez sprint
@CristianValenzuela21556 жыл бұрын
Rim brakes suck? Here we go...
@josephfarrugia23505 жыл бұрын
Rim brakes on gravel
@xscott902x7 жыл бұрын
mary-land hahaha its pronounced mare-eh-lend.
@oreocarlton33437 жыл бұрын
also, ditch that rediculous oversized red anorak (as all anoraks are) and get yourself a proper full zipped non-parachute jacket. thank me later.
@FecklessFool7 жыл бұрын
why did your voice get all weird when you said 'girlfriend'? relationship problems?
@jackluke92437 жыл бұрын
Yeah, she makes fun of me for riding weird steel bikes.
@LeoInterHyenaem5 жыл бұрын
Another ugly retro bike. The fork is particularly ugly. And so is the boringly upright top tube. What made the Kona Sutra one of the most appealing adventure / touring bikes for many years (until recently, for now there's a lot of competition that the Sutra barely matches in design, including adventure / touring -ready beautiful carbon rigs with rack and fender mounts), were the modern straight fork and the sloping top tube.
@ronwhite85035 жыл бұрын
Being an old git I love the retro look but I am with you on the Konas. Sloping top tube, straight forks and steel (for me, anyway) I'd the way to go. Still using, and loving, my steel Cinder Cone and Lava Dome...... they are keepers.
@hansshaffer37884 жыл бұрын
I agree with you about the functionality of the Sutra LTD (it is on my short list for my next bike), but this Pass Hunter (to me) totally spanks the Sutra in the looks department.
@DanielSvids7 жыл бұрын
Pretty good looking. I am also making bike videos. If you guys want check it out. Cheers