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Why everything labeled as gravel is overpriced?

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  • February 18, 2020 at 5:49 pm #30497
    fixit

    Is it only me, or is it mainstream practice that everything labeled as “gravel” this and “gravel” that is extremely overpriced? Mtb products like tyres, chains, gears, shoes,lights, shifters (shimano grx 600 and 400 are lower quality editions of 105 and tiagra) , chainwheels, ( shimano rx600 chainwheel is at best, alivio quality…) And and and… What do you think?

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  • February 19, 2020 at 4:17 pm #956053
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    EddyBerckx

    Yeah I’m sure some companies
    Yeah I’m sure some companies are (trying) to make fast buck but honestly, gravel bikes are not the same as cx bikes (different geo for one)…and neither are they the same as road bikes (much bigger tyres and so on)

    Nobody is being forced to buy one so I don’t see where the problem is? Loads of choice out there!

    February 19, 2020 at 4:07 pm #956051
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    Anonymous

    then it’s not a cyclocross

    then it’s not a cyclocross bike or a ‘road’ bike is it?

    February 19, 2020 at 4:06 pm #956049
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    Anonymous

    really? there such as thing
    really? there such as thing as ‘gravel lights’?

    February 19, 2020 at 12:38 pm #956047
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    Mungecrundle

    I recall a conversation with

    I recall a conversation with my window cleaner from about 30 years ago, I knew he was a keen cyclist and thought he might be interested in my new mountain bike, but he didn’t buy into the whole mtb “thing”, stating that his cyclocross bike with some wider tyres, which in those days probably meant 23mm rather than 19mm, could do anything a mtb could. Truth be told he wasn’t far wrong, at least on the singletrack trails around the local area and he now seems to be further vindicated by the current gravel “thing”.

    Still, robust bicycles with a comfy geometry, ready for accessories, disc braked and with lower gearing for easy cruising on road and mixed terrain – what’s not to like?

    February 19, 2020 at 11:56 am #956043
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    kil0ran

    GRX is carrying a premium

    GRX is carrying a premium because it’s new. It was the same for R8000 & R7000, it always take a while for prices to drop. I agree in part though – for example why do gravel/adventure chainsets cost more? They’ve got less teeth for starters! Ditto 1x chainsets. 

    It has been this way for a while – disc wheelsets are often more expensive than rim brake wheels. And yes, roadie stuff is more expensive than MTB – just look at how cheap 650B wheelsets are, or even 29ers

    I don’t agree that the GRX groups are lower quality than their road equivalents though…

    February 19, 2020 at 1:28 am #956041
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    werics

    A cyclocross bike with an
    A cyclocross bike with an endurance geometry is quite fundamentally not a cross bike.

    February 18, 2020 at 11:14 pm #956039
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    Judge dreadful

    welcome to big business and

    welcome to big business and snake oil sales. It’s always made me laugh when the manufacturers try to pull stunts like the ‘Gravel’ thing. 

    February 18, 2020 at 7:19 pm #956037
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    fixit

    I would add that a gravel
    I would add that a gravel bike is a cyclocross with wider tyres and an andurance geometry. But that is exactly what is my point, there is no gravel bike ( there is no death star…). It is a whole circus of marketing components overpriced with same or lower quality than road or mtb equivalents.

    February 18, 2020 at 6:45 pm #956035
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    AfterPeak

    Agreed but I also think there
    Agreed but I also think there is no such thing as a gravel bike. It’s just a road bike with wider tyres. Is there a gravel.cc site?

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