What is "All-Roads"?
We looked at both the geometry and marketing surrounding “all-roads” bikes
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Quick geometry analysis - most bikes fall into this range but there are outliers
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Road bikes for European style stage racing:
Head and seat angles: 73/73
Chainstay: 405-410
Bb drop: about 67-70
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Gravel race bike:
Head and seat angles: 72/ 73-73.5
Chainstay: 420-425
Bb drop: about 70-76
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Notice the differences?
Gravel relatively 1d slacker and lower and longer stays
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What about “all-roads”?
(Bike with tire clearance 35-40c)
Head and seat angles: 72-73 / 73-73.5
Chainstay: 415-420
Bb drop: about 67-71
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Geometry is almost exactly in the middle between road and gravel numbers -in terms of marketing half of the industry is embracing “all-roads”, and half is steering away from this term in favor of terms like “modern road” and “high versatility road”, “gravel-light”
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Conclusions -
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“All-roads” is almost exactly what you would expect in terms of geometry -
Not necessarily defined by head and seat angles - generally have 35-40c clearance with slick or semi-slick tire options - geo half way between road race and gravel race
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How did we do? Did we get it right?