Originally Posted by
PeteHski
The UK is very varied in terrain, but in most areas it would be difficult to find a long continuous "gravel" route. So both road and mtb riding are more popular. T
I think one of the great things about gravel bikes, is they tend to be more fun to ride on asphalt then a 2-3" tyred mt. bike, thus even if you don't have great stretches of dirt/gravel roads, you can nicely bridge sections on asphalt. My neck of the woods, Long Island, NY is somewhat like this, scattered wooded and parks/preserves with shorter off road routes that are nicely connected with a few miles on asphalt. I would not want to be doing these rides on my hard tail mt. bike, too painful on the tarmac.