Originally Posted by
mstateglfr
None of that appears to be from riding the bike on a gravel road.
Ride it on gravel and stop trying to use it to parkour around the city.
I can ride any bike on gravel. Sure a gravel bike is better on gravel than the road bike, but my Marin's primary purpose for me is an all around adventure bike. None of my crashes have been from things that seem very difficult for an experienced off road rider. All crashes except for the wheelie have been on trails, where the bike is meant to be ridden. Of course I'm not gonna crash riding a flat wide easy gravel road.