I must say I agree. It hate more terms and categories when used in marketing ploys, but down country is pretty much what I have been doing/wanting.
Next we need more sub genres within gravel grinding. Because American gravel bikes to me is drop bar MTBs and my kind of gravel bike is somewhere closer to a road bike... Sort of like a practical CX bike.
But that seem to have died down a bit and become 28-32mm tired road bikes no? Surely there is room for a 700c X 32-40mm gravel/all road/pave category...
I must say I agree. It hate more terms and categories when used in marketing ploys, but down country is pretty much what I have been doing/wanting.
Next we need more sub genres within gravel grinding. Because American gravel bikes to me is drop bar MTBs and my kind of gravel bike is somewhere closer to a road bike... Sort of like a practical CX bike.