I went to pick up my kid from the school and passed through some forest along the way.
Now I'm not sure if I can call it a gravel cycling or is it still a regular commuting?
by azilot
I went to pick up my kid from the school and passed through some forest along the way.
Now I'm not sure if I can call it a gravel cycling or is it still a regular commuting?
by azilot
40 Comments
Gravel is a state of mind, not a surface.
Only one way to find out.
That IS Mountain Biking!!!!
That’s singletrack
If I rode my gravel bike on this it would either be because it’s a beautiful link up in a commute or I’m loaning a friend my mountain bike to get them riding and riding along on a capable bike.
That’s a mountainbike trail lol. The point where i go “ugh i should’ve taken the mountainbike today” is waaaay earlier than this picture but maybe thats just me
It’s more roots ‘n rocks.
Komoot will probably tell you it is
Road bike territory.
Nah that’s regular commuting as described by my grandparents
Did you clean the step up in slide 5?
I was modifying the hell out of my gravel bike because I was riding stuff like this faster and faster. Even with a dropper, suspension stem, and low pressure 2.2” tires, I was getting nerve damage – hands were numb for days after a good ride.
I bought a mountain bike and haven’t looked back.
Done things like this on a gravel bike with 40mm and a gravel bike with 2.2″ tires. Love that it can be done. Love that I’ve done it. But it was always a struggle, with more than a few low speed falls and walking sections. I feel it afterwards.
Don’t know if I’m wise or weak… but I no longer push myself to do this on a gravel bike. N+1 excuses.
Pack it up boys, we have been out jerked once again.
r/HardTailGang is going to have a heart attack if anyone with a front suspension fork is riding on this asking if it’s gravel.
Anything is a gravel trail if you’re brave enough.
This is why I own my Fenrir. I love linking sections of this stuff together.
My brother in Christ you’ve discovered XC riding
Where abouts in the PNW are you?
I’ve done lots of that type of stuff on my CX bike, but if I hit that boulder garden, I would be doing CX things instead of MTB things to get over it.
I mean at some point, riding a gravel bike on a MTB trail just becomes cyclocross practice
This is gravel riding here on Vancouver Island. Some call it underbiking, we call it fun!
It’s called cycling ride whatever makes you happy to go where you are headed.
Yes. Until it gets past 15 ish degrees then I might consider the mtb but if I’m there I’ll ride it
Send it and report back!
Looks like you are in BC
According to my buddy “yeah for sure you will be fine”
According to me that looks like light MTB
MTB
Looks like Keirin riding to me.
Other than the last photo this is basically my gravel riding 🤷♂️
If your tires are skinny enough to choose the gravel parts then yes.
My gravel rides are mostly this, road, and 1% actual gravel road lol
Drop bar hard tail is my favorite bike!
No. That’s single track.
Down the connector, no (first third at least), around circuit 8, absolutely.
Thats a really nice trail to carry your gravel bike along
Ive done trails like this back in the black forest on my gravel rig, but the line to type 2 fun and then to fear gets blurry fast lol
“Everything Is Gravel”©
This is min. cat 3, so not suitable for probably most gravel bikes. (Norm EN 17406 „Classification for bicycles usage) If you luckly you will only slowly trash your bike.
In British Columbia, yes. Can confirm
I love it when a longer ride has few km like this to spice it up
Brutalist.
What if it counts? And what if it doesn’t count?