![]() ![]() Nearly every bike brand is ready to meet your needs, with one if not more than a dozen bikes ready for mixed terrain cycling-and aren’t mountain bikes or road bikes.Įvery company has one, or ten. So maybe you’re thinking about adding a gravel bike. Race and train for cyclocross on tubulars and rather not swap wheels for an occasional gravel grind? You may not need another bike, but a dedicated machine might be a convenient option. We’ll never tell you that you need another bike, but maybe you don’t want to be troubled by swapping rubber, upsizing your 11-28 cassette for an 11-42, adding chain links and playing with B screws. Yet despite most cyclocross bikes (and even mountain bikes) being well-suited for gravel rides and winning gravel races, sometimes it’s just plain fun to apply the N+1 rule in an attempt to justify yet another bike. Seeing a lot of climbing in your gravel crystal ball? Perhaps also adding a lower gear might help reduce your uphill gravel grunts.Ĭompanies like Scott and KHS have proven the versatility of their cyclocross frames, offering gravel-oriented builds without a gravel-specific frame. Often a simple swap of your mud rubber for a faster-rolling tread does the trick. ![]() Most readers own a cyclocross bike or a do-it-all bike, and we’ve always said that such a bike is well-suited for most gravel, dirt road and mixed terrain rides and races.
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