gravel bike

English

Noun

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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• Dutch: gravelfiets f, gravelbike c