Gravel / Gravé / Gnarmac / Groad / ATB

you just bought a wrong bike

Glad SRAM AXS now has a 10 cog for that

This discussion of cog size rather than effective gear development is triggering me.

(34 / 36 * PI * ~650)

Fair.

Any lower than 1:1 and you should have bought an XC bike

Any lower than 1:1 and you should have bought an XC bike

What is it about XC bikes that makes them more suitable to lower gears?

Ask @amey but I think it's to do with the M in MTB.

Or the fact that gravel bikes are supposed to be fast. If you're climbing that slowly, you may as well be on an MTB and have access to/enjoy the tech downs more.

enjoy the tech downs more.

esp the black section top of beddlestead

Unlike you to be too slim

what is the frame ?

pure ski run vibes

No. I converted my road bike to be more versatile.

I'd rather add RPM than buy SRAM ;)

Did you mean

Any lower than ( @leggy_blonde outside wheel+tyre diameter / reader's outside wheel+tyre diameter) : 1 and you should have bought an XC bike?

#checkyour700cprivilege

Makes no sense. I'm using 42T on gradients that MTBs would be using 50T on.

The whole if you are riding that slow, walk, is bullshit too. Because no one factors in the time taken to stagger off a bike, walk it and then try and remount at a more suitable gradient. There's also the break in momentum, etc.

I can rid my gravel bike on the road with my missus and use the same bike to go climb a rocky mountain. MTB would get more places more comfortably but also be slower on the road and, critically, in my case, I already owned an 'adventure' bike.

#hippyisfat

I'm waiting on a 2" Saguro instead. I should hassle them again, it's been weeks.

I can rid my gravel bike on the road with my missus

You can do that with an MTB too

Makes no sense

This thread makes no sense. Run what you brung and ignore the haterz!

Run what you brung and ignore the haterz!

Unless your cassette is larger than 34t, in which case buy a MTB?

This thread makes no sense.

stop talking sense

That is an extremely important point. Don't forget the effect of crank length too

Only if you want to

I always thought the attraction to gravel bikes (and the reason they sell so well) was that they're the antithesis to lycra-clad roadie bro machismo. In other words, literally drop bar hybrids. But now the roadies have climbed aboard the gravel train, and you can buy yourself a £4k gravel wagon, so that seems to have gone out the window.

Rapha jumped on board pretty early though, no?

Exactly.

I MTB in lycra

I do identify myself as a roadie still, not having ridden the road bike outside for about 6 months