"The gravel bike is quite different from the XC bike" That's.... that's it. You've got it. They're very different.
This bike is objectively BAD at being an XC bike, as pictured in some of these shots. Its very good at being a gravel bike and mixed surfaces. Sure it has suspension and a dropper, but my point is that doesn't fundamentally make it anything other than a gravel bike, it just maybe shifts the strengths and weakness around a little, but within the same category.
June 10, 2022, 3:50 p.m. - Cooper Quinn
"The gravel bike is quite different from the XC bike" That's.... that's it. You've got it. They're very different. This bike is objectively BAD at being an XC bike, as pictured in some of these shots. Its very good at being a gravel bike and mixed surfaces. Sure it has suspension and a dropper, but my point is that doesn't fundamentally make it anything other than a gravel bike, it just maybe shifts the strengths and weakness around a little, but within the same category.