Originally Posted by
dirtydozen
How well does your gravel bike on a very good condition flat road ?
I have a nice deal on a gravel bike, i won't do gravel a lot tho.
If you put 28's (or even 25 if they fit in) on a gravel bike, does it make it equivalent to a real road bike ?
Roads are quite bumpy where i live so i would gain in confort, but when i'm in a city the roads are clean, will I lose speed compared to a real road bike?
thanks
I ride my gravel bike a lot on the roads. Where I live my roads are terrible in general, with lots of chipseal and poor maintenance. Also, there are a lot of gravel roads in my area as well, so I ride that bike so I can go anywhere and not worry about it.
I have a spare set of wheels that I am going to put 28's on and for the days I need to go faster (group rides) I'll put those wheels on. Otherwise, I just ride around on my gravel (Clement USH) tires all the time.
The geometry difference is so small between my gravel and road bike, that I can't tell a difference when running the same size tires on them.