Re: coincidence between gravel and commuting bikes
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2022 12:28 pm
I'm glad I havent asked this question first
I laso struggle to see difference or even need for all that different classifications of bikes.
As someone said drop bar city commuting vs gravel vs road touring (even CX) is very hard to explain and basically artificial...fashionable. I don't see that differences are so big that one would need so many different categories. I know, i know...rear wheel spacing, fork angle, 1x, triple, disc brakes, bb height, tire clearance, fender/rack/light mounts...those are didderences, but are they really or they just sell us frames without all options to make some artificial differences. I mean is it so hard to put mounts on the frame?
I think that my touring bike with endurance road racing geometry, 35mm tire clearance and mounts for everything equiped with drop bars and 3x11 gearing can thick all checkboxes for endurance racing road bike, heavy/light touring, city commuter and gravel....all I need is to swap wheels/tires, add/remove fenders/lights and that's it.
Another thing I also don't undestand is this 1x gearing fuss...did we really become so lazy to stop using front derailleur, because I don't see any practical use of it?
I could also say a thing or two about disc brakes and how much I hate them.

I laso struggle to see difference or even need for all that different classifications of bikes.
As someone said drop bar city commuting vs gravel vs road touring (even CX) is very hard to explain and basically artificial...fashionable. I don't see that differences are so big that one would need so many different categories. I know, i know...rear wheel spacing, fork angle, 1x, triple, disc brakes, bb height, tire clearance, fender/rack/light mounts...those are didderences, but are they really or they just sell us frames without all options to make some artificial differences. I mean is it so hard to put mounts on the frame?
I think that my touring bike with endurance road racing geometry, 35mm tire clearance and mounts for everything equiped with drop bars and 3x11 gearing can thick all checkboxes for endurance racing road bike, heavy/light touring, city commuter and gravel....all I need is to swap wheels/tires, add/remove fenders/lights and that's it.
Another thing I also don't undestand is this 1x gearing fuss...did we really become so lazy to stop using front derailleur, because I don't see any practical use of it?
I could also say a thing or two about disc brakes and how much I hate them.