Gravel / Gravé / Gnarmac / Groad / ATB / Not quite CX bikes and drop bar hybrids

Because somebody asked and I'm bored.

We'll start off with @Dammit 's favourite.

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^£2,260 in the US of A.

CX bikes with smaller knobs, right?

hhsggb's don't you mean ?
hhsXXX - isn't that what all threads start with these days

Or SS.....etc

Quite like the GT Grade, despite the ugliness.

Salsa Warbird.

Genesis Datum looks like it might be good.

What is a gravel bike and why might you need one?

Warbird¿????

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Caley Fretz from Velo News has come up with my favourite collective noun for these bikes:

The industry has not yet settled on nomenclature, and we hate the term “gravel grinding.” For now, I’m going with groad, mostly out of spite.

@psee's All road beauty

http://up.opencycle.com

Why such a smaller tyre on the rear?

2016 GT Grade Tiagra

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Gravel

A good read, and one hell of a weekend ride. Cheers for putting that up here.

http://www.tourofara.co.za/about/

tourofara.co.za/about/

fuck RIGHT off

Please try and understand the aesthetic of the Tour of Arae. Do not wear loud logos and busy >lycra, do not wear a Camelbak or ugly Oakleys, and no GoPros please... In the spirit of how >the great Italians did it, let's drink water and red wine, and eat bread and beautiful cheese.

How does that differ from the Eroica rules about period dress? They're just trying to create a particular style of race and have their guidelines to suit. The Tweed Ride would be a bit shit if I was in my skinsuit on the Shiv in the back of every photo, no? Anyway, if you don't like it, change the channel.

fuck RIGHT off

Please try and understand the aesthetic of the Tour of Arae. Do not wear loud logos and busy >lycra, do not wear a Camelbak or ugly Oakleys, and no GoPros please... In the spirit of how >the great Italians did it, let's drink water and red wine, and eat bread and beautiful cheese.

^That, and yet these images on the slideshow on the homepage, the first image breaks almost all the rules in one fell swoop,