Originally Posted by
JSchmoyer
Looking closely at Jamis' website it would appear these new Renegades also have a geometry tweak. For a size 56 the head tube angle went from 71.5 to 71, chainstay from
430 to 435, bottom bracket drop from 74 to 80mm. It's kinda different! They say the new frame is optimized for the 40mm tire, not 35mm. So overall a bit less "road"
and a bit more
"gravelly".
Those geometry changes make sense. But AAARGH, the dreaded overused word of recent times, "gravel". Like "tactical" for anything black. "Gravel bike" sure seems to me like "drop-bar hybrid", which might be closer than "cyclo-cross".