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c.h.e.
It’s road bikes that’re the con, not gravel bikes. “Oooh look at me, I’m so sleek and aero, look at my skinny tires, I’m so fast, check out my 54 tooth chainring, yeah, sexy, I weigh 8kg, ride me hard, you’ll be fast too”. Whatever fuckface I’m 40 and slightly overweight and I’ll never be particularly fast because I’m not super athletic and I’m scared of riding on A roads because all the drivers are fucking psychopaths, so how about I pootle around town on this nice comfy grav bike with the sweet gearing that lets me spin up the hills without having a heart attack, and with the big tires that let me take a sly diversion down a bridleway instead of having to go down that dual carriageway?
That said, I got a new bike and banged some 47mm 650bs on it and I’m setting PBs all over Stravatown.