apologies for a minor redirection of this thread but my wife has a photography trip to Death Valley planned for next October and has asked if i want to go with her and ride my bike. I only have 2 old road bikes that won't take anything bigger than a 25mm tire and a very inexpensive (and old) cyclocross bike that isn't ideal for riding all day but is indestructible. Have been procrastinating over getting a new bike fir about 3 years and this could finally give me the push to commit.
Was thinking of getting a gravel adjacent bike (Domane for example) for riding on poor roads or dirt tracks or just for long rides at home. Any reason this wouldn't be ok to ride in Death Valley ...or would a road geometry gravel bike be better.