Basically a road bike, but kitted out for touring instead of road racing. It’s really used to be just bigger wheels and tires but these days road cyclists are running thicker tires as well.
Different kind of drop bars than on a road bike, though:
Wider and more upright sitting position.
Worth trying out at least once when looking for a new bike.
I know these, although they are not as common here as gravelbikes.
Kinda like watered-down Fixies optimized for urban commute.
Will not work well in more off-road (so: “gravel”) scenarios and for touring.
Different thing, I would say.
Mine was in the hybrid category but does have front suspension. Helps with the craters in the roads because for some reason UK roads resemble the Donbas. Think it’s also listed as a trekking bike.
Roads, gravel paths, grass and dirt paths are generally what I go across.
What is a gravelbike?
Basically a road bike, but kitted out for touring instead of road racing. It’s really used to be just bigger wheels and tires but these days road cyclists are running thicker tires as well.
Hybrid between roadbike and mountainbike.
Someone posted a pic of one in another comment.
I have an older one (ok, actually two…) of those:
https://www.salsacycles.com/collections/fargo
It is more on the mountainbike-y side, others are typically slightly less rugged.
So basically the “mountain bike” I had as a kid, before the started adding fancy shock absorbers and disk brakes?
All right, now I want a gravel bike too!
You had a mountainbike with drop bars?
Unusual.
Also: Basically all gravelbikes come with disc brakes, major distinction to roadbikes.
I had a Randonneur-like bike in my youth in the 80s, which had some features common with the recent gravelbikes.
I liked it very much, so was very happy when gravelbikes became a thing 10 years ago or so.
Haha, i didn’t know it had drop bars… Nope, that’s not for me :)
Different kind of drop bars than on a road bike, though: Wider and more upright sitting position.
Worth trying out at least once when looking for a new bike.
Isn’t that what normal hybrids are for? I guess it looks cool though
What’s a normal hybrid?
Like a commuter bike with flat handle bars, kinda thin tires, and no suspension
I know these, although they are not as common here as gravelbikes.
Kinda like watered-down Fixies optimized for urban commute.
Will not work well in more off-road (so: “gravel”) scenarios and for touring.
Different thing, I would say.
Mine was in the hybrid category but does have front suspension. Helps with the craters in the roads because for some reason UK roads resemble the Donbas. Think it’s also listed as a trekking bike.
Roads, gravel paths, grass and dirt paths are generally what I go across.
Hillbike!