Originally Posted by
chas58
Its not hard for a good gravel bike to be as fast as a road bike in the $1,000-$2000 range (although the gravel bike may be more expensive).
You are right in some regards. Assume I or the OP are on a 25+ lb steel backpacking bike and/or on heavy backpacking appropriate tires and
the Crossrip is not a good gravel bike. So much so it is not even considered a gravel bike by Trek anymore. its a commute bike.
a Commute bike that is ALuminum and also 25 lbs!
yeah I do know. I own one... it's a pig of a bike. The people that call the Crossrip's good bikes.... rode huffy's previously.