I swear I've seen pictures of Tomac on big rocks with one of his drop bar full rigid mtbs, but I'm also sure that he would have been a lot faster on a modern full suspension mtb.
I see the drop bar hardtail mountain bikes companies are marketing as gravel bikes, and really wonder how many they are going to sell. The gravel bikes I think most people are interested in are fairly similar to CX bikes with reasonable clearance for tires. I think a dropper post would be nice though.
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bOsscO
Anyone riding gravel bikes today has seen (or heard, or discussed, or defended) that "gravel bikes are just 1990s mountain bikes" and likely ad nauseum.
I thought that was the joke in the OP, but something seemed off. I guess I was right about that. We have the "didn't they used to be called hybrids" thread too. No, go back to the hybrid forum with that nonsense.