Yeah cheers, all over that one!
I guess I would consider 90% of 'gravel' bikes being sold at the moment (including this Specialized) to be in the "road bikes with slightly wider tyres" category and hence my preference of the word all-road there.
I do like the term ATB — which is slowly gaining traction — because it's leans more towards a MTB style bike which I think is better suited to proper mixed terrain riding/touring anyway. I have a 2014 Karate Monkey MTB that when set up with 29x2.1" tyres is a fantastic 'gravel' bike, among other things. But convincing people to buy up decade-old XC bikes to fill out a new cycling category isn't a great marketing strategy.
Jan. 13, 2023, 3:12 p.m. - bushtrucker
Yeah cheers, all over that one! I guess I would consider 90% of 'gravel' bikes being sold at the moment (including this Specialized) to be in the "road bikes with slightly wider tyres" category and hence my preference of the word all-road there. I do like the term ATB — which is slowly gaining traction — because it's leans more towards a MTB style bike which I think is better suited to proper mixed terrain riding/touring anyway. I have a 2014 Karate Monkey MTB that when set up with 29x2.1" tyres is a fantastic 'gravel' bike, among other things. But convincing people to buy up decade-old XC bikes to fill out a new cycling category isn't a great marketing strategy.