Originally Posted by
taintedchain
Just wait until you hear about all of the folks having fun in the dirt on rigid bikes with skinny tires (aka cross bikes and gravel bikes).
You're in for a huge shock.
Cross bikes...Never understood why someone would want to "carry" a perfectly good bicycle.
Gravel riding is not like trail riding. Apples and Oranges. Rigid works fine for that along with tires that are 40c or larger. And I've done a fair amount of 50-100 mile gravel rides.