Originally Posted by
Helldorado
Precisely my point: "gravel" cycling is really not riding on gravel - it's riding on packed dirt with embedded gravel. Different altogether.
Because packed gravel with dirt is called a gravel road. I suppose nobody is about riding on deep, loose packed gravel if that is what you thought the term should mean. I think the only places you'll really find that is a playground or a runaway truck ramp? Surfaces covered in this way are usually fairly small in area and don't take you anywhere, so what's the point in riding on them anyways? But if you've ever taken a shovel to a gravel road or driveway, you'll see that it's much more gravel than dirt due to all that gravel having been worked into the ground for years. This is what a gravel road is, so I don't see the issue. Gravel bikes are great for gravel roads so this side of things has always made plenty of sense to me.