I'm with you on that. My gravel bike is a lot like Cooper's Bjorn. It's basically 90s 71-73 geometry but with 1x and road bike everything else and biggish tires (though not nearly as big as some I've seen). I love the places I go with this bike. Tying together points on the map, mostly connecting urban green spaces with gravel and parks. But my limit is way closer to the road than trail. As soon as it's much rougher than basic gravel I start whining for my other bikes. Besides I ride my gravel bike to spin out and roll around my thoughts and I can't do that when I'm getting banged around. I have mountain bikes for that.
I've recently come to accept that beyond this bike is hardly the terrain that demands my 160mm enduro rig. I really should dial up my hardtail to cover this kind of riding :)
March 22, 2022, 8:03 a.m. - Cr4w
I'm with you on that. My gravel bike is a lot like Cooper's Bjorn. It's basically 90s 71-73 geometry but with 1x and road bike everything else and biggish tires (though not nearly as big as some I've seen). I love the places I go with this bike. Tying together points on the map, mostly connecting urban green spaces with gravel and parks. But my limit is way closer to the road than trail. As soon as it's much rougher than basic gravel I start whining for my other bikes. Besides I ride my gravel bike to spin out and roll around my thoughts and I can't do that when I'm getting banged around. I have mountain bikes for that. I've recently come to accept that beyond this bike is hardly the terrain that demands my 160mm enduro rig. I really should dial up my hardtail to cover this kind of riding :)