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Explore the debate on whether a gravel bike can double as a road bike. We examine the impact of changing wheels and analyze the handling and performance differences.
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00:00Now my colleague Josh is insistent that race gravel bikes make good road bikes if you just
00:07swap the wheels. I don't agree with that. This is about as good as it gets. Now I put some
00:13SRAM road wheels on these with 28s. You probably need something like a 42. It's what Roman Bardet
00:17uses on his. It doesn't feel like a road bike. Now if you are buying a gravel bike that feels
00:22this racy because you want nimble handling, my assumption is you probably want something that
00:27handles that agilely and nimbly on the road as well. This doesn't. It is aerodynamic. It is fast.
00:35It will work as a road bike. It just doesn't feel the same. It feels like an endurance bike or
00:42a
00:42slack all-road bike.

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