-
Going back to this I hate the look of deep rims and fat tyres on gravel bikes. It looks like a fat bike.
For that matter in most cases I don't think 50mm rims are justified when you're cruising on 47mm tyres with mudguards, upright geometry, 3 bottles, etc. And given that it's a gravel bike, you're probably going up and down a lot of hills, so if you want carbon rims surely you're better off with super lightweight 25mm rims in 90% of cases.
I'm sure small riders are glad that deep 650b wheels exist though
frankenbike-
I'm sure small riders are glad that deep 650b wheels exist though
The logical extension of your thesis would be that small riders would be glad that deep 650C wheels exist, since that's the size for which skinny racing tyres are available.
-
This bike has a very decent saddle to bar drop. And I fail to see why having mudguards and a third bottle cage instantly means you are cruising.
As for the "up and down", I can assure you there's plenty of fast rolling, flat as a pancake gravel roads out there (local example) in the world.
gbj_tester
Lolo
650b wide tyre gravel biking thing just jumped the shark