I'm looking at gravel bikes, but my wife isn't all that fond of the idea. I got a mountain bike this spring, and also have road bike and a tri bike. Adding another bike would be ideal, but I'm considering selling my road bike to get a gravel bike that could double for road and some off road - dirt and gravel.
My current road bike is a Cannondale CAAD 10 that I've upgraded with carbon wheels, SRAM Force and a Power2Max power meter. It's not super light - somewhere just under 17 lbs. I really like the bike, but am looking at options that could double for road and gravel. The CAAD is not a disc brake bike, and I'm thinking that going with two wheel sets would be best on a new bike - one for the road and one for gravel(ish) riding.
Has anyone else considered doing this? Budget wouldn't be that big - maybe in the $2000-$2500 range. Then I'd probably want to add a power meter and another set of wheels that would be more for road riding days.
Blog: http://262toboylstonstreet.blogspot.com/
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Coaching: https://bybtricoaching.com/ - accepting athletes for 2023
My current road bike is a Cannondale CAAD 10 that I've upgraded with carbon wheels, SRAM Force and a Power2Max power meter. It's not super light - somewhere just under 17 lbs. I really like the bike, but am looking at options that could double for road and gravel. The CAAD is not a disc brake bike, and I'm thinking that going with two wheel sets would be best on a new bike - one for the road and one for gravel(ish) riding.
Has anyone else considered doing this? Budget wouldn't be that big - maybe in the $2000-$2500 range. Then I'd probably want to add a power meter and another set of wheels that would be more for road riding days.
Blog: http://262toboylstonstreet.blogspot.com/
https://twitter.com/NateThomasTri
Coaching: https://bybtricoaching.com/ - accepting athletes for 2023