Yeah but other groupsets are designed for road, right? Surely the demands of gravel (clutch mech etc) are closer to the demands of cross than road? Or are most people running hybrid setups of road shifters with mtb derailleurs as suggested above?
People raced cross for decades using road components, which met the demands placed upon them. It’s only now that they have gravel-specific components to market that road components aren’t up to scratch.
Yep, and the best cross racers in the world still choose to use road components over gravel or MTB stuff. A proper CX bike is much more similar to a modern road bike than a gravel bike innit.
Yeah but other groupsets are designed for road, right? Surely the demands of gravel (clutch mech etc) are closer to the demands of cross than road? Or are most people running hybrid setups of road shifters with mtb derailleurs as suggested above?