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Old 09-24-18, 07:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Colnago Mixte
I personally think you would be better off starting out with a road bike, and converting that to a gravel bike. 70's and early 80's Raleighs and Peugeots are undeniably credited road bikes, with road bike geometry, often being built with Reynolds 531 or similar high-grade tubing. Many of them also have very generous tire clearance, as an added bonus, being designed to take fenders for muddy European roads.
Thanks, but I'm pretty confident that's not a route I want to go. I definitely want a gravel bike. The question is whether I buy a decent set of road wheels for the gravel bike or look for a used road bike. The price would be about the same.
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