Posted by: Endur-Bro
I’m looking at building an all-road bike in the future. Maybe I should spec gravel bars on it instead of regular road bars? But then where do I stop; do I swap Di2 Ultegra Disc for GRX? Might as well get the gravel frame?
From what I can tell gravels flare out at the horns compared to a regular road bar. Anything else?
Depends. Is this an N+1 bike and are you coming at it as a road bike that can do light duty connector trails, or a trail bike that occasionally sees some road.
I have a dedicated road bike, and wanted to expand out to more FSRs and light duty trails. CX/Gravel with hydro discs, 1X drivetrain, and then swapped out to a flare bar after a couple of weeks for better leverage descending (like heading down to twin bridges). I'll dump the 1X once this drivetrain wears out, and that GRX gruppo is really nice.