10 Reasons Why A Gravel Bike Is The ULTIMATE Winter Bike

Winter road cycling is hard on any bike so many bike riders choose to save their best road bike for drier sunnier conditions to save wearing out expensive components. For the past few years, we've been riding dedicated winter road bikes with mudguard mounts and cheap bike parts. However, with the growing popularity of gravel bikes in the UK is there still a place for them? We think that gravel bikes make excellent winter bikes and here's why!

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⚫️ In this video

0:00 Introduction
1:00 Gravel bikes are great year round
1:49 1X reduces maintenance
2:55 Wide clearances
3:45 You can mix up your rides
4:20 Mudguard mounts
4:39 Gravel components are robust
5:20 Winter rides are slower anyway
5:46 They have disc brakes
6:17 Gravel cycling is warmer
6:40 Gravel bikes don't need to cost a fortune
7:24 Outro

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