I don’t know, there seems to be an emerging niche-between-the-niches of bikes that have clerance for something more than the 32c tire, which has become the defacto standard tire for disc brake “endurance road” bikes, while not quite room for the larger tires which are becoming the gravel bike norm (700x40c and larger),…Wait, isn’t that a “Cyclocross” bike? No, theses have geometries that are more pavement-focused; more like endurance road bikes with tire clearance in the 34-38c range. These are bikes that are pavement biased, but can hack some occasional moderate gravel use, and even regular “groomed gravel” use. A few examples I can think of include the latest Trek Domane carbon, the Giant Contend AR, the T-Lab R3 Omni, and the Enigma Etape. Some are calling this niche “All Road.” Giant even uses the “AR” designation.
These bikes can definitely be called allroad bikes, but I don’t know how designating them in this manner decreases the degree to which something like the Open UP can also be described by the moniker; all of them are trying to maintain road mannerisms while providing more clearance than road bikes typically provide. I mean, it’s not like a Domane has less trail or shorter chainstays than the Open, and its 700c tire clearance rating is only a hair lower.
I can’t think of any situation where I would want to ride one of these bikes versus my Open UP. It replaced a Cervelo R3 for me and while I loved riding that bike for 4+ years, I haven’t missed it. Not on climbs or sprints or smooth tarmac and definitely not on descents, or on dirt, light gravel Sections
Ok, so the Open UP has come up a few times, obviously because it’s one of the best gravel bikes and it can do a lot - and it does seem to have a lot of the “all road” traits too.
So, other direction: If you have the Open UP or something similar, have you ever found yourself in a situation where you wanted a more rugged/gravelly bike than UP, aka something like the Open WIDE, that can take bigger tires and handle the roughest “roads”? But it would be 1x specific and probably not climb, sprint or ride smooth tarmac as nicely as your UP.