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where there are no true gravel roads
True gravel? True. Fucking. Gravel? Shit...you might be onto something here. America. Without it, no one will truly experience true gravel. Where only the truest of true gravel exists. Truer than all the global gravel, truly the best you can every get anywhere. All other gravel is just fucking foreign dirt next to such magnificent all American gravel.
GRAVEEEEEELLLLMUUUUURICAAAAA
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Chak
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Gravel bikes make sense in the U.S. Not in the UK, where there are no true gravel roads. But because the vast majority of the big manufacturers are U.S. based, the UK gets whatever they put out.
@dan - not just about a HTA though is it. My bike has a 71• HTA (slacker than any HTA on a Trek Checkpoint as an example) but a 50mm rake fork. Handles beautifully on the road and absolutely nothing like a ‘gravel bike’.
Edit: I appreciate you’re talking about geo in general, but some numbers are deceptive, especially to someone who doesn’t know what it means. They’re just gonna ride whatever the bike shop suggests.