Originally Posted by
dwmckee
WELL SAID! Back when gravel started getting popular some brands were caught with a big trend and nothing to market so some started to rebrand cross framed bikes as gravel bikes. That generally lasted about two or three years until they could retool and strat making purpose-built gravel frames. Let's see how long this lasts with Cannondale... A cyclocross frame just is not much fun to ride all day compared to a typical gravel frame....
Its as if you didnt look at the geometry and compare it to widely available and popular gravel bike geometries.
Cdale still has the Topstone- so they are basically segmenting the gravel market to offer multiple options to best suit what the consumer wants.
Oh the horror!**