Originally Posted by
gravelslider
What you really need is to have a gravel bike and a cross bike This is of course in addition to a road bike.
And 2 mountain bikes, a commuter, a fixie, and be thinking about a tandem for date night!
I know. I have them all. But the CX bike is the only one that gets any love
Well, then there is the tandem for date nights - that creates love!
Originally Posted by
Hmmm
Am I wrong in thinking that GRAVEL bikes are just a more comfortable CX bike with usually more tire clearance? And the two categories are mere marketing talk to sell more bikes?
Both are drop bar bikes with larger tire clearance. Some more aggressive than others, some larger tire clearance than others.
Kind of, although all modern CX bikes take 40mm tires (gives great mud clearance with 33mm tires). They have migrated a lot towards what gravel needs. And, they tend to have lower stack, higher BB and be a little more agile - so they put the rider in a more "racey" position.
Originally Posted by
caloso
Of course racing MTB on a CX would just be bonkers.
LoL, true.
Our large national level 30 mile mountain bike race was won on an aggressive gravel bike last year (I think it was an OPEN). This year it was a little too mudy for a gravel bike.