Gravel Bikes in the Future

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03-10-19, 05:21 PM

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Chi_Z

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i am thinking selling my road bike and get a gravel bike with 2 wheelsets

03-11-19, 06:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Spoonrobot

I'm not sensitive to BB drop, and I haven't ridden the Koga just the TD3 and the TH. They're both higher trail and really just an iteration further from gravel->mtb without being full blown MTB. I like the TD3 a ton and if I had an unlimited budget I'd get one in a heart beat. The TH seemed a little dead but that may have just been the tires and fork. They both seem like really good bikes.

I'd love a Trail Donkey 3.0.

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03-16-19, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Happy Feet

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To justify a new purchase I would need a more rugged design that fills the gap between what I can do with a road bike and what now requires a hardtail trail mtb.

That's a cyclocross bike.

Gravel bikes as road bikes but with clearance for big tires (and possibly more stable front ends) gets a big old thumbs up from me.