Originally Posted by
mgopack42
..."paved" road was probably worse than the gravel as far as surface bumpiness...
So True!!! I think that's how over the years my 83 ChroMo UNIVEGA has transitioned into what some would call a Gravel Bike... Ha
Ya gotta be selective and, sometimes ya gotta slow down. It helps to set your trail to find the easiest pathway. Often I have seen guys tear off down the torn up paved roads I ride on Mountain Bikes. It would seem a little over kill to use a mountain bike on paved roads but then again allot of people don't know what a back roads pot hole is, paved or not. There have been a few times I am moving along a trail and then, "Oh ****! ...I better walk from here!"
Now days gravel bikes are made to go. Man they are NICE!
Not long ago gravel bikes were built up from retired bicycles and the spare parts ben.