The edges seem to be getting a little blurred...
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[url= http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.uk/i/q/CBOODDRIVFB/on_one_dirty_disco_sram_rival_flat_bar_gravel_bike ]On One Dirty Disco Gravel Bike[/url]
OK so its a crosser with flat bars, but surely this is also pretty much a 29'er race bike? Where's the dividing line?
when you ride it like a mincer
Doh, valves not at 12 o'clock!
Cheers,
Jamie
Not much clearance for a fatter tyre there...
Gravel on slick 38s? - no thanks.
Road gearing too.
When it's a CX bike?
I got that email today. I really really want one! Which worries me as I've that kind of thing has never really appealed in the past.
N+1 I suppose
Isn't that just a hybrid?
Isn't that just a hybrid?
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It's a good looking hybrid with discs, but still....
[quote=scotroutes ]Isn't that just a hybrid?
Yes but people think that if somebody tells you it's a new kind of bike then it is - see explanation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Empero r's_New_Clothes
I'd say when it's running a road groupset and has road-ish geometry.
Categories for bikes are vey useful for beginners - it's a big, complicated two wheeled world out there.
For the rest of us, apart for those in marketing, who cares what it's called?
I've an old rigid MTB with slicks & panniers.
It's an MTB when I swap the tyres, a commuter when I ride it to work and a tourer when I'm on me hols.
S'all anarchy innit?
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When it has 29er wheels?
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I just built up something very similar, using a Kaffenback frame.
50/34, 11-34 9sp out back, so a bigger gear range too. And it wasn't £1k!
APF
Gravel bike, you say? Just what I need to fill the obvious gap in my stable between "rocks bike" and "grass bike".
been there and done that, who do i send my design fee invoice to?
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