Originally Posted by
chas58
+1 Pretty much my experience too. Then they went and lowered the BB even more on the latest diverge. Some gravel bikes just go too low. Personally for a commuter I like a steeper head tube angle too. I value agility. My bike is 3:1 commuter:gravel. Cross geometry makes a good combo agile urban bike and gravel grinder.
Honestly I don't even get the reasoning behind the low BB. The difference between the "gravel" Diverge and the "cyclocross" Raleigh is 2cm, less than 1 inch. Makes the difference between hitting my toes and not hitting my toes, but I just don't see how less than an inch could possibly have a noticeable effect on "stability". But no one's paying me the big bucks to design bikes, so what do I know.