Originally Posted by
chaadster
Really? You don't see a useful distinction between the needs for CX and adventure biking? I see those uses as suggesting different bikes ideally, both in terms of geometry and accoutrements.
I didn't say that there should be no distinction between CX and Adventure. My above comment was referring to the Diverge specifically, which cuts the corner awkwardly between road and CX. Marketing a disc brake "adventure" bike with clearance for only ~35c is just crazy, and unnecessarily limits the bike's use. I feel like they limited clearance on that particular bike to avoid all of the obvious overlap between it and their CX offering. Just seems overly forced to me to me, a bike that's only marginally more capable than a road bike, but held short of true CX/Adventure capability.
-Jeremy