PeteHski

All I'm saying is that gravel bikes have 99% road bike dna vs 1% mtb. I realise gravel bikes have their own specific components, but they are basically endurance road bike frames with wider tyre clearance and a lower set of gears.

Now I'm starting to think it really is a marketing thing if people are convincing themselves that gravel bikes are something completely different. I could convert my Giant Defy into a fairly competent gravel bike with relatively little modification. But I would be wasting my time trying to convert my Canyon Neuron into a road or gravel bike.

PS. It was a sample size of 2 and the latter is probably the most iconic gravel bike of the last decade!