• "Off-road" bike decision tree:

    Is it more important for you to have front suspension and flat bars than it is to have drop bars, a rigid fork, the option to choose road tyres?

    • Yes → MTB
    • No ↓

    Do you hate water bottles, comfort, luggage, traction, not being soaked in mud/water and not going OTB downhill?

    • Yes → CX race bike
    • No → gravel bike

    (Rigid MTB and flat bar gravel: too esoteric for mere logic)

  • Do you wear lycra and bypass jumps, or wear flannel shirts and manual everywhere?

    • Lycra → XC race machine
    • Flannel shirt → crusty 15kg 29"×2.6" progressive hard tail
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