Why Does EVERYONE Suddenly Want A Gravel Bike?
It seems like the world and his granny want a gravel bike thesedays.
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21 Comments
Not sure about your feelings regarding the control of the bike in a muddy terrain, but for me, it feels terrible to control when the rear tire hits a narrow washout or channel. Especially with a clipless shoe. I converted mine to a road by swapping the tires to a 28 mm road one and the rear cassettes to a higher gear range. Thanks to that, I also had to swap out the rear derailleur. I bought mine back in 2016 and since than I just could not grasp the concept. It is instable when you hit a bump on the gravel. I use mine for road, but for that, it is pretty damn good 🙂
Just some old shite to sell more bikes! MTBs, ATBs, Gravel Bike, Hybrid Bike, Road bike etc. Drop handlebars are ok when you're a kid not troubled by backache so it's a no from me,, Just get an MTB with hybrid tyres, proper handlebars that arent going to give you backache and you'll be fine.
Uhhh..we call it a hybrid
me personally, I like them because they are more comfortable than road bikes, and also have wide tires for bumpy roads, I use a slick tire though
I'll be perfectly honest. I just wanted a commuter bike that looks cool.
A rugged, comfortable road bike with plenty of tire clearance that can do just about anything. Sounds like a win win win win to me.
gravel bikes are like the basic trekking bikes everyone and their mother has but cool and goes fast
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Love my gravel bike! Can ride in the woods and am still fast on the streets 🙂
Brilliant, thanx for sharing your view on gravel bikes.
My take on this: 90s mtb were cool and offered a good mix of a usable bike with offroad capabilities.
Now there are like 20 auf categories of mtb all with 120mm travel at least and wheelbase of a car that isn't usable in a city.
A gravel bike IS a 90s mtb and i hope it will keep this way.
bought a cannondale topstone 4 made it tubeless, loved the look of it as well as the colour, its my go to bike at the minute, the de restricted e bike and the full sus mtb have sat in the garage for last 10 months since i got it, rode a racer as a kid in the early 90s and loved it, its give me that feeling back again love pottering about on it
What is the difference between a gravel bike and a hybrid bike?
Aren't you also doing your own marketing BS by claiming everyone wants a gravel bike?
I agree with one thing you said…Gravel Bikes are a bike industry scam – shod a road bike with dirt tyres and sell them for ridiculous amounts, because they're marketed as "specialised".
And I've no doubt you were emotionally manipulated to buy one. That's how marketing works – bypass critical thinking and direct your efforts at people's emotions.
As someone who's ridden all types of bikes since I was a kid, fixies, dragsters, road, BMX, MTB, my first MTB was a non-suspension one, and riding said bike in the dirt, compared to at least a HT, non-suspension bikes on the dirt are just horrible…
…and there's no way I blow $$$ on a gravel bike with skinny dirt tyres, no suspension, and skinny drop bars that make handling on rough surfaces difficult, let alone, dropbars are for aerodynamics, not something associated with dirt riding.
IMO, Gravel bikes is the opitomie of markeing BS and emotionally driven consumersim.
Simple. People are like sheep. If they brought back the penny farthing and used it in the tour De France. Lots of idiots would buy one. I love my old bike it still does a great job on and off road. 😊
Definitely perfect road bike for heavier riders and mountainbikers
I'm coming from DH background, and going to buy my gravel bike in a month. Never liked the road bikes, they are unusable if the road conditions are bad. With a 650b gravel, I can do commuting (20-30km / day that can be done on purely roads or some single trail forest), I can go and chill ride with friends on longer rides, I can use it as a winter training bike and of course, can use it as a gravel bike on my favourite trails. Don't wanna buy a XC bike since I still got my 2019 Stumpjumper for pure extreme mountain stuff, so I'd say this is the perfect jack of all trades for me.
Love my gravel bike, has made me fall in love again with cycling, after years of racing.
Late posting here, but really enjoyed the video and wanted to comment. In the States, another reason for their popularity is, I think, that the "rails to trails" type of trails are more often than not unpaved: gravel, crushed limestone, packed dirt, etc., is more common. These are wonderful trails, many without significant elevation, so perfect for many levels of riders, but not a fun ride on a proper road bike. Gravel bike manages them so well.
I will find out this fall when my first gravel bike is built cycling is the one thing I regret giving up
I have a gravel bike . To me , its just a hybrid with drop bars . It makes sense for me as OSM , Komoot and Garmin see unpaved roads out here in France as Tarmac , so I often had to get off and push my road bike , with the gravel , I can choose to ride the track .
Gravel bikes can also take kit , and I like to take kit with me – I even have a rack on my road bike lol.
I had one of the first mountain bikes ( a Muddy Fox) , not many places to ride it then, but look now .
I reckon gravel might go the same way and more gravel tracks will come on .
Just another imported fad from America , but , definitely handy for roadies to include a bit of track/canal tow path on ride , and I have to say enjoying mine , but then , if its got two wheels and some sort of drive , I enjoy it . They have brought a moderate amount of innovation too.