I think the addition of "gravel grinder" or "cyclocross" into the big bike stores will be a welcomed addition to any rider's fleet, but the problem I have with really most of the bigger manufacturers is that they always sell through racing. Cyclocross is a race, gravel grinder is being sold as a race. I just don't get it or the allure of racing pushing bikes and using racing as a selling point. That is one, and not really the biggest, reason I love Riv. I got to ride with a friend who is getting into cycling this past weekend. We did a 15mph or so ramble through some flat country roads I know. He couldn't keep asking about my bike (sam hillborne with Pari Motos, quill stem, leather saddle, friction shifting ect...and why I picked a bike like that for riding. He was on a Motobecane road bike, 23mm tires and a saddle that hurts his behind. He complains about comfort on that bike and I just had to nicely school him on what makes a bike comfortable, why I chose the ride I had, why my bike is comfortable for 100 miles while he gets saddle sores and an aching back. He just can't get the "you have to be fast or at least trying to be fast" when you are riding out of his head. I think my next bike is going to be a Yves Gomez or some other riv with upright bars and some fatty wide tires, fully fendered, awesome looking....and I am going to ride it on the singletrack around here. I just love coming across people on their carbon wonderbikes and having them see, maybe for the first time, how you can be comfortable and carefree without needing to be racing all the time. You can actually have fun on the bike without having to race or look like you are racing. Anyway, I am kind of ranting because I am bored at work and want to be riding my Riv. In the end, bikes that will allow wider tires and be ridden on the road and gravel are always good. They probably will not be as nice as my Rivs though.
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