A gravel bike isnt really in the budget, but its also nice to see the reason one could be a little more useful. A roadbike keeps you on your toes.
by StayActive24207
A gravel bike isnt really in the budget, but its also nice to see the reason one could be a little more useful. A roadbike keeps you on your toes.
by StayActive24207
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My gravel bike with 50c tires wouldn’t do too much better than that in the sand if it makes you feel better. For sand you need some real width…like 3”+.
I regularly took hard pack gravel shortcuts when commuting on both my aluminium and carbon rim brake road bikes when I had 25c Marathon Plus. Those tyres could roll over anything. I put 35c Marathon Winters on my road ebike and took it up to some blue/red trails on my local mountain. That was fun. Closest thing I had to an off road tyre.
Maybe if you’re racing or live next to gravel trails it makes sense to have a gravel bike, but a road bike can certainly venture off course with the right tyre. It’s fun to do a little bit of exploring from time to time…
https://preview.redd.it/xfcuqvemg3qg1.jpeg?width=3648&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fd2aa2dc1555f16c0e4339d24959dc243d7b409b
Roubaix gang unite!
Honestly, sand like that is fat bike territory. Even 50mm gravel tires are “skinny” enough to sink into sand like that