sorry. i didn't understand. i keep reading about this newfangled "genre of cycling"
yet it's never been explained well enough for me, a lowly bicyclist, to fathom.

i was imagining in my imagination that it was narrow tracks in the mountains,
barely wide enough for a ectomorphic goat....and i also imagined a thin layer
of granitey gravel (like you'd find in your driveway) down the center. occasional
roots and boulders thrown in for variety. i dunno, maybe a creek crossing now
and then, maybe even some mud?

but now i know. this amazing new genre is simply......."riding on unpaved roads."

got it. now i know... and consider me informed that both my hybrid and, indeed, even
(especially) my mountain bike are woefully inadequate to grind the gravelly experience.
no, that doesn't sound right....how about "grinde le experience gravelle!"

the experience/lifestyle/genre demands a new breed of bike (and don't
forget the new breed of color-coordinated accessories!) to tame said
unpaved roads.
i am convinced.