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hippy
I don't know if you mean this to sound incredibly snotty, but that's how it sounds.
I'm not a racer - I don't have the physique or to be honest the inclination. But I can happily spend all day in the saddle and put decent miles in, and my idea of fun is strapping a saddle bag and a frame bag on, picking a destination and then finding my way there and stopping wherever looks interesting and reachable by evening along the way.
My previous bike was a Fratello, which takes up to 28mm tyres but still has a more relaxed, audax/endurance oriented geometry. I did LEJOG on it and attempted LEL on it (I had to drop out as I had undiagnosed asthma that kicked in just outside Scotland). I rode that bike for years and loved riding it, but I wanted to get something with disc brakes and space for fatter tyres. After literally years of indecision, Condor released the through-axle version of the Bivio Gravel, which feels very similar in geometry to the Fratello but with all the additional things that I wanted. So I ordered one and gave them all the parts I'd been hoarding for my eventual build. I got it at the beginning of lockdown, and so far I've been loving it, and can't wait to take it out on a proper adventure.