Originally Posted by
Bah Humbug
Without having looked at that one, my understanding is that gravel bikes are generally geometered for stability while cross bikes are responsive and twitchy. I wouldn't want to keep a cross bike stable on a long gravel ride, and wouldn't want to try to force a gravel bike around a cross course. I believe that is a very nice gravel bike, but I wouldn't want to take it on a cross race.
Gravel bikes are NOT "trendy cross bikes".
Fair enough. I know my wife is not going to let me keep buying bikes. I’m not sure at the moment how many cycle cross events near me I would even have access too. I really like this bike a lot, so my thought process, I will prolly ride gravel more than cycle cross.
Or I’ll just get a Ritchey Swiss.