Thread: You think it’s accurate that a gravel bike is potentially 20% slower than a road bike
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Old 05-26-20, 10:40 AM
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Originally Posted by wgscott
Jan Heine had a good article on this:

Are gravel bikes slower than road bikes?


https://www.renehersecycles.com/are-...an-road-bikes/

It discusses the GCN video posted above.
I didn't actually need to read this to know his conclusions would be:
1. If tests show dedicated road bikes are faster, those tests are stupid and irrelevant and wrong, racing is stupid
2. If any test shows gravel bikes are the same (or touring, or city bikes etc etc), see this is exactly what I've been saying about bikes for centuries

He has a right to his opinions, and I'm certain that some of his research and testing is valid. But he's not one to let objective reality interfere with his logic or the conclusions he's been advocating for a generation. So I find it tricky to tell the valid tests apart from the editorials.
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