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Or how much tyre is too much for a drop bar? Maybe better if I'd said 'traditional/common drop bar uses' rather than where drops makes sense ie makes sense to me.
For tyres, let's assume gravel to fast XC tread and volume on either size rim. I might go a bit bigger on a 29er as I'm on that route to more technical ability but the point's valid if you assume general 650B gravel tyre or 29er XC tyre.
All I'm getting at is how these things add up and a bike can have parts that pull in a direction or gives the bike a useful bias. But if a drop-bar fat bike makes someone happy, all good and no logic needed.
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I guess it depends if there's room in the shed for an xc bike and a gravel bike as well.
That said I might just be finding my thoughts drifting this way because my "gravel bike" is a 2015 croix de fer with the anaemic clearances that entails.
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Its interesting to hear your thoughts on this. Obviously you’ve put some thought into it.
My take is that I really appreciate to have as little stuff as possible. I don’t want a stable of bikes, multiple wheel sets etc. I get that some do and why. Anyway, I value the fact that my bike can be almost road bike and almost xc mtb. To me this jack of all trades master of none is a good thing.
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Or how much tyre is too much for a drop bar?
I now have an irresistible urge to build a fat bike with drops. And aero extensions. Just for the LOLs.
Belagerent
nogk
Brommers
I like how this post covers over subjects like how much is too much a tire for gravel or at what point having drops makes no sense.