Anyone biking?

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    i've never really understood how gravel became a thing. i've ridden firetracks and bridalways ever since i started cycling again, mainly to avoid busy roads.

    and now there's a whole industry seemingly developed around it, but to me it looks like people are being 'conned' into buying a special bike when the whole point (for me) is that any bike can manage an unmetalled track. a mountain bike is different - it needs to deal with any kind of terrain and a lack of paths so i kind of get that. but gravel?

    but i'm not a bike nut, only ever own one bike at a time, and they're always unremarkable jack of all trades (what i think used to be called "hybrids"). straight handlebars, mondial tyres, pannier, what else do you need?

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    • "but I'm not a bike nut" is the key here, I'm not one either. I understand nuts tho. It's not about getting from A to B but the feeling you get from riding.palimpsest
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