Originally Posted by
redlude97
But nothing will overcome tires either too high in pressure, or too narrow, and frame material won't magically make those conditions where you are underbiked suddenly pleasant. I'd take an aluminum bike with 40mm tires and against a carbon bike with 33mm tires almost any day on gravel
been there done that, a carbon road bike on 28 tires was better than the aluminum gravel bike on 40's !!!