Gravel bike? Hardly.
From the late 50s-through the mid-60s in the rural gravel/dirt roads of the Willamette Valley, this was a gravel bike, with lugged balloon tires.
Just remove the headlight, rear generator and lock and that's my gravel bike.
Yes the modern ones go faster, weigh a ton less, better brakes and gear choices, but this, this was freedom.
Racing a bike is, a race, but riding a bike that's a different sort of thing, on that old Schwinn I could explore a childhood.