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I find the dropper more curious. If you're riding that steep a terrain, surely you're better off with an XC bike no? Also 140mm rotors on a 'fast' bike?
Chak-
I said this before and got a shitstorm of abuse. If you need a dropper on your gravel bike, get a mtb
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There was a GCN video about using them on descents. It's gotta be safer than sitting on the top tube... But I don't see why you'd want that on a gravel bike, it's only full-blown roadies going down Alpine passes at 100 km/h who'd need them, not people riding gravel bikes.
The only situation I can think of where this makes sense is if you're riding a really long route which is 90% road and 10% downhill/dirt jump or something weird like that? i.e. you need close-to-MTB capability for short bits of a ride but are mostly crusing on tarmac at road bike speeds where an MTB would be too slow.
PhilDAS
frankenbike
new niner.
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