Originally Posted by Riveting

I also got my first gravel a couple of months ago. It's really just like my endurance road but with hydro-disc, up to 44mm tires (as opposed to 28-30mm) to deal with deep sand, which is the key difference and the reason I got it, 1X drivetrain, and dropper post (which will likely not get used much since being on terrain that needs a dropper usually means I'm on the mtb). Putting slicks on it could easily make it a replacement for the endurance road (just without the high end speed). I'm now in the market for gravel-width slicks, but I guess that's a different thread.