Originally Posted by
Paul Barnard
Why would someone who wanted a road type bike just to ride for fitness, not choose a gravel bike?
Good question. I guess the answer depends on whether or not they ever want to go off-road on it. Even with our badly pot-holed back roads I have no issues whatsoever riding a modern endurance road bike with 32 mm tyres and there are a few of these bikes that can clear up to 40 mm tyres. Mine can cope with 35 mm tyres, but never felt the need. For primarily road riding and even the odd bit of very easy off-road, a gravel bike would not be my first choice.