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01-11-21 | 02:52 PM

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gugie

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Bikes: It's complicated.

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Originally Posted by mstateglfr

Road bikes can be used to tour on. Should we consider them touring bikes though?
Road bikes can be ridden on rocky rooted singletrack. Should we consider them mountain bikes though?

Or can we all just accept that gravel existed long before the currently well established category became popular, recognize that bike specialization isnt always needed but is often beneficial, and then collectively move on?

Well said! Jobst Brandt would agree.

I have a few bikes (don't we all ;-) ), and each has an optimal use, but I've ridden my narrower tired bikes on gravel roads, and fat ones on asphalt.

There is a rough, general concensus over what we mean by road, touring, gravel, etc., but that's driven more by marketing.

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