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I think he's including fat bikes in that ranking, actually competitive gravel bikes are not heavy at all. I know the Allied Able and Echo have won some races and although it comes with slightly heavier tires it's not too far off from a road bike https://alliedcycleworks.com/collections/able https://alliedcycleworks.com/collections/echo

Anything that's made of metal symply was never competitive to begin with



Yeah that sounds about right. Probably people are doing these races on what they already have (fat bikes and mountain bikes) which are obviously not ideal at all. A gravel race shouldnt have any drops or major obstructions so why would you ever want shocks and whatnot?

My opinion is that general use "road" bicycles peaked in the late 1980s and everything we have now are just modern re-inventions of that. A touring bicycle is basically just a gravel bike and also the ideal commuter, grocery getter, and fire road bike. With some "sport touring" bikes being criminally underrated (and also some being more just cheaper road bikes)

Mountain bikes on the other hand have improved tremendously and of course any bike designed for racing (road, cyclocross, etc) has as well.




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