In my country 🇧🇪 the roads are just so shit that i cant drive a racebike unless i want a flat tire everyday or atleast every week thats why i might buy a gravelbike
Can I use an XC bike instead? I want to have a bike that a I can use for long rides with a very slight off-road. Road conditions are not good in our country plus I prefer the aesthetics of mtb.
I don’t know about gravel bikes but I ride my Trek 800 from my house to the mailbox bank at the entrance to my subdivision 5 miles one way down a part gravel/part dirt road.
Got rid of my rigid gravel bike and just ride my mountain bike on group rides. On smooth dirt roads they’re faster than me but throw in some ruts rocks & downhills I’m faster and more controlled.
Get a 29" mtb frame, something with narrow chainstays like a BMC so you can put a road crank on. Replace the fork with a 27.5 fork, but keep the 700c wheels. You can still fit 45-47mm gravel tires and now you've got a long, low and slack fire road flyer. BONUS: you save $$$ by not paying the "gravel tax"
If you don't care about speed, a full suspension MTB is definitely more comfortable than a solid frame with no real suspension. Tried locking up my suspension for a 20km ride 100% road, it didn't took me 3 minutes to unlock the suspension 😂 Because even if I have bigger tires, I can feel way more bumps than with the suspension on. So I can imagine a bike with virtually ZERO suspension and smaller tires 😅 But, I noticed road and gravel bikes are really way faster on the road than MTB, so I am thinking of trying a full suspension road or gravel bike. 🤔 ...or I will just play with my full sus MTB and convert it a mid drive e-bike with around 1kw motor and battery capacity that can reach 100+km in flat roads. 🤔
@@domestique3954but power needed for riding 8 kg bike and 16 kg bike is big diffetence and additionaly think about rolling resistance and aero. MTB bike must be assisted to drive 40 kph.
After two accidents being bumped by cars, I will probably never go back to road biking except the 5-mile commute to work. Picking up my new Verve 3 this weekend.
@Toadboy if it has a throttle its not an ebike. Its a motorcycle. Motorcycles have throttles. You know why shops don't work on those? Because they don't work on motorcycles. A lot of shops will tell you to take those outside. No motorized vehicles in the store. An ebike doesn't have a throttle.
@@tygrewesterfield841 bike shops don't work on ebikes with throttles because 1. They don't sell them cause they only sell from big brands. 2. It's hard to work on ebikes 3. They are newer
MAKE YOUR BIKES CHEAPER IM BEGGING YOU
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You want cheaper but you want quality that just doesn’t work out
@@gnxchavelo2319 yeah lapierre, scott, and willier begs to differ
Quality has its price. It is the problem. Walk is good to health too.
In my country 🇧🇪 the roads are just so shit that i cant drive a racebike unless i want a flat tire everyday or atleast every week thats why i might buy a gravelbike
Rocking the Domane this year. I've been off road with it way more than on the pave
Can I use an XC bike instead? I want to have a bike that a I can use for long rides with a very slight off-road. Road conditions are not good in our country plus I prefer the aesthetics of mtb.
I ride my old cross country bike & I’m a lot more comfortable.
Of course you can. XC mountain bike will be vastly better than a gravel bike for everything but speed.
Bro I just want a road bike
But where I live is just mud. And then a few miles later it's just all road
I don’t know about gravel bikes but I ride my Trek 800 from my house to the mailbox bank at the entrance to my subdivision 5 miles one way down a part gravel/part dirt road.
Got rid of my rigid gravel bike and just ride my mountain bike on group rides. On smooth dirt roads they’re faster than me but throw in some ruts rocks & downhills I’m faster and more controlled.
I love all bikes!
Get a 29" mtb frame, something with narrow chainstays like a BMC so you can put a road crank on. Replace the fork with a 27.5 fork, but keep the 700c wheels. You can still fit 45-47mm gravel tires and now you've got a long, low and slack fire road flyer. BONUS: you save $$$ by not paying the "gravel tax"
or...ride a road bike on pavement...why dirt was paved in the first place.
@@lukewalker1051 so true 👍 my buddy just did a gravel ride, bike covered with dust after, and he's like "well this sucks" and I'm like "yup"
If you don't care about speed, a full suspension MTB is definitely more comfortable than a solid frame with no real suspension. Tried locking up my suspension for a 20km ride 100% road, it didn't took me 3 minutes to unlock the suspension 😂
Because even if I have bigger tires, I can feel way more bumps than with the suspension on. So I can imagine a bike with virtually ZERO suspension and smaller tires 😅
But, I noticed road and gravel bikes are really way faster on the road than MTB, so I am thinking of trying a full suspension road or gravel bike. 🤔
...or I will just play with my full sus MTB and convert it a mid drive e-bike with around 1kw motor and battery capacity that can reach 100+km in flat roads. 🤔
But in the first place we seek speed!
That’s the fascination about bikes-reaching the highest speed possible just with your own power 🤙
🙏
You soft
@@domestique3954but power needed for riding 8 kg bike and 16 kg bike is big diffetence and additionaly think about rolling resistance and aero. MTB bike must be assisted to drive 40 kph.
After two accidents being bumped by cars, I will probably never go back to road biking except the 5-mile commute to work. Picking up my new Verve 3 this weekend.
Best of both worlds: mtb with gravel tires 👹👊🏻💥 like I did
This sounds like a tourism ad for Queensland Australia😂
That’s a sick bike
BRAD PITT
Im a mountain biker and lets just say the roadies can have this one
I'd consider gravel but no gravel roads where I live.
It doesn't have to be gravel. Are there any otherwise unpaved roads or alleys in your area?
Well, from where I'm living only gravel bike make sense. 50/50 road and trail and the trail is just flat as f.
XC bikes do it all. Proove me wrong 😉
😂
It’s all marketing BS 🙃
I prefer walk.
Lmfao! Trek telling you why YOU need to buy what is essentially an endurance frame/bike but rebranded and with a price tag of 2500+.
You don't HAVE to buy a trek. They aren't the only company making bikes.
Did you see the new specialized world cup bike
A grave is better.
the ding makes instantly hate you
Nah I'm a ebiker
@Soaring Eagle 1776 I don't have a ebike from a big brand. Those ebikes suck cause no throttles
@Toadboy if it has a throttle its not an ebike. Its a motorcycle. Motorcycles have throttles. You know why shops don't work on those? Because they don't work on motorcycles. A lot of shops will tell you to take those outside. No motorized vehicles in the store. An ebike doesn't have a throttle.
@Soaring Eagle 1776 I will tell you why they are so expensive. It's new technology. When has new technology ever been inexpensive? Literally never.
@@tygrewesterfield841 legally a ebike in the states can have a throttle
@@tygrewesterfield841 bike shops don't work on ebikes with throttles because 1. They don't sell them cause they only sell from big brands. 2. It's hard to work on ebikes 3. They are newer
True true and true.