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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.
frankenbike-
10% downhill/dirt jump
Eh?
So...cruising at road bike speeds on knobblies and suspension..
But then you want to do a couple of table tops at Fort Williams?@PhilDAS I'm all for both, but the lines are getting a bit blurry now. A light, fast, XC bike will be far more capable than this. This just seems like an a bike by numbers. Hey we haz the tech...we can build madness!
Saying that....would totally have a go!
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Some CX racers swear by dropper posts. They run 1x and rig up the left brifter to dropper post. TrainerRoad how-to here
Doesn't quite invalidate the 'just get a MTB argument' but there's proper precedent for droppers on dropbars at least.
Chak
Ptown
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?