Originally Posted by
mstateglfr
I dont call my gravel bike with a drop bar a 'drop bar gravel bike' when describing/referencing it. Not sure why anyone with a flat bar would say 'flat bar gravel bike' when describing/referencing their bike.
I guess for me, when gravel bikes became the latest thing, they were predominantly road bikes with drop handlebar set up with fatter tires. Most at the beginning IIRC were road going cross bikes, generally with road groups, not mountain. My BMC CX01 was very similar to my SLT01 geometry wise in most dimensions with the exception of the BB height. I built it up with 10-speed SRAM Red to ride the gravel roads and single track winding around and through the local ranches. So, to differentiate mine from the majority I started calling it a flat bar gravel bike. When it came to my new home here in Bahrain, it became my hybrid, all around city-gravel bike.
