Originally Posted by
IGH_Only
I'm not at all sure what you're getting at or what your question really is but I've spent a fair amount of time looking at gravel bikes and researching it some. Maybe to you all this stuff is second hand. It's very confusing for me. There are plenty of topics I can discuss with a good level understanding (probably a wider range than most people alive because of my insatiable curiosity). Cycling is not remotely one them.
Don’t feel so bad that you are confused by the concept of gravel bikes. That is exactly the idea when it comes to marketing. People will often spend the most on something they don’t need when they are confused. Sure, some riders need it but not the vast majority.