Editor’s note: This is one side of a two-part opinion piece about gravel bikes.
Summer passed by as quickly as it always does, and with the trails softening under rain or disappearing under snow, we quickly began losing our minds. Gerow and I found ourselves debating the nuances of different bike categories including, most notably, gravel bikes.
Gravel bikes are supposedly the fastest-growing segment in the bike industry — at least according to the NPD group, although that seems to leap frog with e-bikes. Either way, if you pay attention to the mountain or road bike world, you probably already understand that gravel bikes have picked up a lot of momentum in the past few years.
Every year there are more and more brands releasing gravel bikes. Even the most core mountain bike brands, like Evil, have released their take on the genre, and it’s safe to say that almost every other large mountain bike brand has had one for a few years.
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