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The history of “gravel riding”...
...according to Specialized.
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Has Specialized sued anybody for calling it gravel yet?
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gråvel
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I thought it started about 130 years ago, but what the hell do I know...
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The one statement of fact in that excerpt is that bigger tires are pretty much all you need.
Assuming your frame has the clearance, throw on some gravelking 32s for $30 a pop from Excel, and go enjoy some gravel "style" riding... There, now you have a gravel bike, for $60. You don't need a new frame, you don't need new geometry, you don't need new brakes, you don't need a new drive train. And honestly, even tires are only really important for recreational riders' comfort. You can ride smaller tires on pretty gnarly roads without anything exploding.
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This doesn't look like the Midwest....
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Tour de France was invented in Kansas by Specialized and Gary Fisher. I just read it on INstagram.
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Kostman did not advocate for wider tires. He said the skinny tires would dig down through the gravel to firmer ground below . . .
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Yes, I was responding to the comment that wide tires aren't necessary. Hence, "underbiking".
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Now seriously... this kind of misinformation from Specialized borders intellectual dishonesty. There must be some law being broken here.
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fixed it for you.
They are probably still on a high for stealing the "roubaix" trademark at the nashbar/performance/whatever fire sale. |
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"You can't call it gravel cuz it's on a GLOBE."
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Sinyard invented it all....he just hasn't got enough attorneys to sue us all....yet.
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