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and i don't think you analogy really captures it. a gravel bike is more like the "endurance" version of a cx bike. slacker hta, longer wheelbase, more clearance, lower bb.
zmjones_-
I suppose you're right in that somewhere between TT bikes and tourers there are plain old road bikes that are just designed for one-day rides with minimal luggage, and I guess that's where this thing sits on the carbon CX bike to Surly Straggler/Soma Wolverine spectrum.
Either way, safe to say it's not for me
frankenbike
To me that's what differentiates a gravel bike and a CX bike. A CX bike is to a gravel bike as a TT bike is to a tourer. They're just the off-road equivalents.
I mean, it's got 4 bottle cage mounts on the frame; it's obviously supposed to be taken to remote places and to carry weight, rather than to enter a race on.
I bet they've given it a press-fit BB as well