Originally Posted by
Newspaper_Nick
Does this count? I'd like to call this one a hybrid with knobby tires. Or a mountain bike with a rigid fork. This bike to me is the ultimate all rounder. I can commute with it. I toured with it. I climbed mountains with it, i went into gravel/mud/sand/dust roads, fire roads etc. I even ventured into a swamp once. It just handles anything i can throw at it. And it has the cheapest/oldest parts on it. A square taper bottom bracket. It just works. Mechanical disk brakes. Once you get the hang of setting them up, they work better than most cheap hydraulic brakes. Be a man and squeeze the levers dude
Don't be such a pansy.
Absolutely your bike counts as a flat bar gravel bike, if that floats your boat. Just like any new bike marketed as one is.