Gravel / Gravé / Gnarmac / Groad / ATB

This is probably another overly expensive 'gas-pipe' bike, but I think it's something I'd like to gravel on

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Except for the puny 700x47 tyre clearance

yeah wtf?! why post a road bike in this thread?

I keep forgetting that 33mm is the widest tyre allowed off road

I be happy with that, especially when the bigger tyres help compensate for the steel fork.

I've no idea how stiff that particular steel fork might be

As usual it's irrelevant, as the XL is not very X :'(

Ok, @amey. Which one are you?

https://forum.ridinggravel.com/profile/6921306

https://forum.ridinggravel.com/profile/7025880

Is this boomers fretting about tires?

Fretting about riding gravel bikes on anything but road it seems.

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Their 'conventional gravel bike':

bars are too low

Road doesn't mean tarmac.

I know. They wrote roads, so I wrote roads. Your interpretation and definition is up to you.

A few road races feature more extreme gravel than what's pictured as well.

Extreme gravel sounds so silly

Judging by the angle of the light, that's more likely to be a London commuter

Is it OK to scream “LIGHTS DOWN” at people like this?

Please, do scream away

Canal in the dark, it's like jousting but with blinding lights.

I work in a bike shop, the amount of people who wheel there bikes in with 800 lumens aimed straight at your eyes is unbelievable …

why post a road bike in this thread?

Better?

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Not gonna lie, I think thats a first. A fatbike that I like.

the amount of people who wheel there bikes in with 800 lumens aimed straight at your eyes is unbelievable …

TBF the tills is literally facing the door!

Get A Genesis Vagabond if you're having trouble finding and OTP frame large enough.
It fits my lanky 6'2" frame with oddly long legs pretty well and the 72 deg seat tube angle means I get plenty of cockpit length without being pushed over the front wheel or having to have a comically long stem.

'Rig'

cringe