The Diverge doesn't look like it "diverges" a lot from traditional road or cross bikes other than some off-road adaptations but looks like a great ride. Still a 70-71 head angle depending on frame size. Where you get into "specialty" gravel bikes in last 12 months it seems is when they lengthen the reach and slack-out the head angle to 68-69 degrees. Would like to give something like the Argonaut below a try and hopefully the 68-69 degree head angle will trickle down-market into alloy gravel frames for 2024. I'm really into cyclocross in last 3 years of course probably more than any other North Shore MTBer and would like test the thesis that a 70-72 head angle that most cross bikes come in at is ideal for the lower speed turns. Believe most cross bikes (70-72) are marginally more slack in head angle than road bikes (72-74) on average.
This is the Argonaut (68.5 head angle, short chainstays)
[https://www.cyclist.co.uk/news/11019/argonaut-gr3-gravel-bike](https://www.cyclist.co.uk/news/11019/argonaut-gr3-gravel-bike)
Also - the there are two rippers in the Bellingham Cross series who absolutely shred on the Evil Chamois (66.6 degree head angle). They have three lungs but also are amazingly talented MTBers. It sounds like the Chamois is more for underbiking/descending as it is actually hard to weight the front wheel uphill (and also slow speed turns). Perhaps a step too far:
[https://www.cxmagazine.com/ridden-reviewed-evil-bikes-chamois-hagar-gravel-bike](https://www.cxmagazine.com/ridden-reviewed-evil-bikes-chamois-hagar-gravel-bike)
The Argonaut above is kinda-in-between traditional cross/gravel head angles and the Chamois!
Jan. 15, 2023, 8:49 p.m. - tripsforkidsvancouver
The Diverge doesn't look like it "diverges" a lot from traditional road or cross bikes other than some off-road adaptations but looks like a great ride. Still a 70-71 head angle depending on frame size. Where you get into "specialty" gravel bikes in last 12 months it seems is when they lengthen the reach and slack-out the head angle to 68-69 degrees. Would like to give something like the Argonaut below a try and hopefully the 68-69 degree head angle will trickle down-market into alloy gravel frames for 2024. I'm really into cyclocross in last 3 years of course probably more than any other North Shore MTBer and would like test the thesis that a 70-72 head angle that most cross bikes come in at is ideal for the lower speed turns. Believe most cross bikes (70-72) are marginally more slack in head angle than road bikes (72-74) on average. This is the Argonaut (68.5 head angle, short chainstays) [https://www.cyclist.co.uk/news/11019/argonaut-gr3-gravel-bike](https://www.cyclist.co.uk/news/11019/argonaut-gr3-gravel-bike) Also - the there are two rippers in the Bellingham Cross series who absolutely shred on the Evil Chamois (66.6 degree head angle). They have three lungs but also are amazingly talented MTBers. It sounds like the Chamois is more for underbiking/descending as it is actually hard to weight the front wheel uphill (and also slow speed turns). Perhaps a step too far: [https://www.cxmagazine.com/ridden-reviewed-evil-bikes-chamois-hagar-gravel-bike](https://www.cxmagazine.com/ridden-reviewed-evil-bikes-chamois-hagar-gravel-bike) The Argonaut above is kinda-in-between traditional cross/gravel head angles and the Chamois!