When Is A Gravel Bike Not A Gravel Bike?

Gravel bikes have opened the doors for us road cyclists to have more adventures beyond the pavement, but the common question always comes up: why not just get a mountain bike instead of a gravel bike? This got us thinking that it’s time we put both bike disciplines to the test to show that gravel bikes can do everything that mountain bikes can do ...or can they?

00:00 Can Gravel Bikes Do Everything MTB’s Can Do?
00:39 Special Guest: Blake Samson
01:25 Our Bikes!
03:04 First Challenge: 1km Time trial
05:17 First Test Results
06:20 Second Challenge: 350m Long Climb
08:24 Second Test Results
08:46 Third Challenge: Double Black Diamond Downhill Trail
11:28 Third Test Results
12:44 Conclusions!

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