Yes, you’re not riding your gravel bikes hard enough…
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I can only dream of gravel that smooth 
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I don’t ride gravel, gravel rides me.
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There’s a Chuck Norris meme hiding in there somewhere 
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I had so much fun making this video……
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What tire pressure was he running?
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Great Video! Made me think of John Tomac back in the day.
Fantastic video! I was trying to work out if they’d made any changes to the stock spec of the bike to be able to handle that abuse. Looks like maybe a custom wheel build with a high spoke count and alloy rims? Presumably with a pretty tough tire choice and inserts?
Also looks like an alloy bar, though I imagine that was more about not having to check it over after crashing in outtakes than about anything it was subjected to in the final cut of the film.
Or are the silver rims and bars just part of that special edition colourway?
I actually think it’s a box stock model:
Seems different tires (black instead of skin at least) and a plain seat post for max insertion.
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Ah right thanks! I was looking on the website for that but couldn’t find it. So it is alloy rims and bars but those weren’t custom choices. Cool!
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Took my gravel bike to the local bike park right after I got it. Cleared several jumps that a lot of the MTB riders end up not making. I was clipped in, seat up, and in full roadie gear (just to mess with the bros).
Gravel bikes are just 25 year old mountain bikes.
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That was cool!
Felt like a more relevant (to me) Road Bike Party. So good.
If I could ride any of my bikes like that I’d be happy.
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I guess 95% of mountain bikers really are overbiked.
Looks like he is wearing flats though…
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These make for good marketing videos. But I’ve taken my gravel bike on MTB trails and it’s painful. Definitely the wrong tool for the job.
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Road Bike Party is indeed the reference I first came up wtih too!
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I suspect we agree, but I might take issue with the word ‘wrong’. I’d suggest “not the best tool” or “not a great tool for the job,” which is of course one of the most fun things about gravel bikes. There are very few places where they are the best tool for the job but they are functional tools for perhaps the biggest range of disciplines of any kind of bike.
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I think depends on the MTB trail. Packed dirt flow trails maybe if it’s really smooth. Rocky, ledgy trails with drops, I’d say the wrong tool.
Even on dirt flow trails where I have taken my gravel bike, the braking bumps, and other imperfections like roots and small rocks shake me to pieces when trying to carry any kind of speed. 100 times out of 100, I’d pick my MTB if I have a choice.