Originally Posted by
Reflector Guy
So it's a "hybrid" bike with drop bars? I don't know about anyone else, but I see the "gravel" name and I stay away. "Gravel" to me means loose gravel and that's about the last thing I want to ride on.
Sure, call it a hybrid with drop bars. It's a double hybrid then, since a hybrid was a mix of road bike and mountain bike.
Gravel bikes vary so significantly and are so wide ranging that they can be similar to a modern mountain bike and similar to a road bike. Calling them a hybrid is accurate and inaccurate, depending on which model is discussed.
As for staying away from gravel, that term is as wide ranging as gravel bike design. There are over 70,000mi of gravel roads in my state and almost all are very low traveled. They are just roads that aren't paved.