I am on the hunt for a new bike, currently riding a 2003 Trek 5200 that has seen better days. I am interested in doing some gravel events in the future, but have no gravel to train on nearby, so will be doing 99% of rides on roads. Just wondering how much of a difference/speed there would be on a …

It’ll be pretty negligible with road tires.

I’m definitely in favor of the dual wheelset, dual role gravel bike (and I just put my money where my mouth is - I have a set of LB AR56 / DT 240 wheels incoming for my Trek Checkpoint), but bear in mind that it’s the wheelset, plus $100 in tires, plus $100 cassette, plus $100 in rotors. I can’t ima…

I’m thinking about putting a similar set of wheels on my Crux. With gravel bikes, you just have to look at stack/reach dimensions and see if you can get your preferred postion for road riding. These days some gravel bikes are more mountain bikey and some are more road bike.

Like everyone said -basically no difference. Rolling-wise, you can put the same tire and wheel on them. Keep in mind that you probably want to get a cassette and discs too. Aero-wise that SL6 is a pretty round tube bike. (220w in the Tour test?? The worst frame would be about 229w in that test…

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I’m doing a similar thing. My next bike will be a Diverge with two wheelsets for road (700x32) and gravel (650x44). That bike will replace my current Synapse. I expect to lose very little speed, if any, and gain quite a lot in comfort.

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I think this question can be broken down into two essential questions: frame weight and geometry. Features like 1x or 2x or the ability to carry stuff are all secondary or tertiary. I suspect the one-bike model here is better when you want or lean toward an “endurance” geometry for your road bike. I…

I have a dedicated road bike but often use my CX for long distance stuff, road and gravel. if you set up the reach right it can be a comfortable ride, or surprising fast if you use, say a 17 deg flipped stem. You also often get wider gearing for relaxed climbing. Below is my Marin cortina set up fo…

If I had to pick between my road bike and my gravel bike, i would choose my gravel bike. I can do more with it. I have one set of wheels with fast road tires and one set of wheels with fast gravel tires. If i only had a road bike, i couldnt do gravel, or CX if you really wanted to.

Big difference between road bike and gravel bike with road tires?

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