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gravel bike (plural gravel bikes)

  1. A type of road bike similar to those used in cyclocross but geared toward gravel roads.
    • 2015, Selene Yeager, The Bicycling Big Book of Cycling for Women [] , Rodale Books, →ISBN:
      This is a very new category, and honestly, if you walk into a bike shop and ask for a gravel bike, you risk bewildered stares or maybe even laughter, because not everyone agrees that a gravel-specific bike is necessary.
    • 2017, Chiz Dakin, Cycling in the Peak District [] , Cicerone Press Limited, →ISBN:
      It's called a gravel bike, and seems to combine the advantages of both road and mountain bikes – with a similar ability to lap up the miles on tarmac as a road bike, while still being very capable off-road.

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