The Problem with Gravel Bikes

For All road and Gravel Bikes this is impossible to avoid.
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[@EverythingsBeenDone]

What are YOU going to name your Bike?

[@benoitbvg2888]

I just like that you capitalize it.

[@johnnydoe66]

I always use the first letter of the brand in naming my bikes. My road bike is a Masi named Milla. My mtn bike is a Trek named Trixie (I know it sounds like a stripper's name, but she does like getting a little bit nasty...lol).

[@estimatedprophethawk]

One of my bike is named, 'Beer Hauler's. Pretty self explanatory.

[@dlange38]

Rocinante (Don Quixote’s donkey) translates to workhorse

[@kriztyle5295]

Ron 😜

[@mikemazzantini6397]

I love putting together routes where there is no right bike. Everyone is going to hate what they brought at some point and I love hearing about it 🤣

[@tongpocalypse151]

Devious!

[@gingleb3792]

hahahaha brilliant

[@Ferrichrome]

That’s what happens in our group rides in the city. On the trails the gravel riders have fun and the roadies cry, on smooth asphalt the roadies fly.

[@thetroylf]

Proper gravel bicyclist sir. Good on you! Suffering isn’t only physical.

[@juanaq]

for a poor bastard like me, owning only one bike (i ride an stupidly beaten Raleigh mojave 5.0 from 2015), and using it for every task (commuting, grocery shopping, biketravelling, dayriding, even a little bit of dirt jumping), a hardtail with front suspension is like a swiss army knife, useful even in flat terrain. i ride sometimes with some gravellers, and their machines are awesome, but everytime we hit a sandy-dusty segment of the trail my big tires make a real difference. and man it's getting dusty where i usually ride! and no, it hasn't have a name, nor gender. just my bike.

[@user-on1bs2wo8e]

This!! You absolutely don't need to own 4 different bikes... Hardtail with 100mm of travel, two/three by anything and grippy tires for your kind of terrain... been riding this way for 10 years, never gets old :)

[@318isGood]

No right bike. No wrong bike. Thank you, Dustin! This is what the people need: FUN!

[@plixplux]

I had fun once. It was terrible.

[@lovelybi11]

I really enjoyed the snippets of quiet and ASMR in this one. Forest rustling, not-meat sizzling, gravel crunching. Little droplets of Zen.

[@1410DS]

Little droplet of Zen would actually be a cool bike name!

[@tongpocalypse151]

That mustard squirt

[@ziyanide]

It got me good hahahaha@@tongpocalypse151

[@PumpkinVillage]

Fun is the key. Don't let the bike snobs suck it out of you. Ride what you got. Thanks for another entertaining video. Take care, Al

[@mannyechaluce3814]

you can't ride a gravel bike on a single track

[@enkeltrik9330]

​@@mannyechaluce3814that's neither relevant to OP's point, nor true.

[@thatguynar]

Thank you. This comment just inspired me to take my unicycle to that offroad trail everyone keeps yapping about where I’m from.

[@telepopepic]

I’ve got a garage full of bikes and no matter what bike I choose to ride the only factor on whether the ride is good or bad seems to be me. Guess, I’ll work on optimizing ME. Thanks for a very nice video.

[@kstoeb]

The video is fun (as always :-) But back to the topic: When I bought my current bike, I had only money for one bike. I bought a Gravelbike. And now I just ride with the assumption that I have the right bike for (almost) everything 😅

[@krtong]

Trails around here ate my rear wheel yesterday, so your timing is impeccable. We dont have 'gravel' per se near me. Fire roads deeply rutted by winter rains, sandstone trail formations and stony creek crossings all are a bit much and I'm looking at an XC. But honestly I might be the person niner built the MCR 9 RDO for. You should test one if the opportunity arises.

[@theweightofarms]

Everyone is on this debate rn it feels like and I’m glad it was approached by the most level headed, non dramatic. It’s all about FUN.

[@EverythingsBeenDone]

Player!

[@oakleytrecartin6524]

Been out of cycling for a while due to older gear lack of time etc. but it’s true just get out there on whatever’s hanging in garage and ride! Thanks for the motivation man!

[@dumber-plumber7253]

Had this problem to. I always felt i took the wrong bike for the ride, so i bought a kona sutra (u)ltd. in the summer some 45-50mm slick tires, in winter some beefy 29-2.25 mtb tires. Its a bit in between xc/gravel. It can almost handle everything i throw at it… depends on where you live off course. We dont have a lot of mountains in belgium😂 Really enjoyed the vid👌 Thumbs up👍

[@tomrodriguez9052]

I'm leaning more to the mountain bike for my gravel adventures. Descending on a gravel bike just isn't that much fun, I don't mind being slightly slower, I'm still going to be passed by the guy on the e bike.....

[@threeinoneoil]

XC bikes with a slammed stem and fast rolling tires will fly on almost everything. Put aerobars on and you can arguably go faster on gravel roads than a drop bar gravel bike.

[@kerrywilliams6596]

Very well said Dustin. Sometimes we all need that reminder. We’re on bikes, life is good.

[@JRvillablancademendoza]

Love your sense of humor and your philosophy about how to bike the right way -- to have fun. Cool trick when you spread your arms and bring them back in. I'm in! Subscribed.

[@themindunset]

Why is it so strange to see you on a wide flat bar mountain bike? F.U.N! That's the message, my brother. I love that. Every time I feel the "pressure" to get rid of my old Forest Service Green Fargo... I go for a ride and then I smile. The bike still makes me smile. Peace. Awesome video. #pretzelbun

[@TheScandy37]

That farting squeeze of mustard in the middle of your ASMR bit had my dyin 😂

[@thomasseymour4190]

Drop bar 29r full rigid with a dropper; mediumly optimized all the time.

[@EverythingsBeenDone]

I’m here for this!!!

[@ericgelders]

Just found your channel and love what I see: great review stuff and experiences, with a big sense of (sarcastic? ironic) humour! Subscribed.

[@jeffandersen6233]

Yes its about the fun, the enjoyment. 50 years ago, God I'm getting old, me and a friend explored on steel road bilkes with our IRC skineall 28c tires. Never thought about bigger tires because that meant heavy balloon tires or gumealls. Just ride.

[@mruizsr]

I love my DV9. I find myself grabbing that sucker over putting on the gravel wheelset on my Diverge. I'm not as fast on the DV9 but it's more comfortable and kinda more fun... especially on the downhills.🤷🏾‍♂️

[@jojoanggono3229]

I love most when someone spring the question "what best bike for....blah blah blah" or "best tires for....blah blah blah". It's like arguing what is the meaning of life....😁✌️

[@123dwd]

'just one hand position' easily rectified with a pair of sick bar ends, that what i put on my flat bar hardtail for gravelling

[@baloghlcb]

I've got my full sus MTB and my in between a gravel bike and hardtail MTB and love them both. As long as I'm riding, I'm enjoying myself 😁.

[@LackofFaithify]

Wish I would have seen more videos like this before I went and finally purchased my first "real" bike. The entire experience of dealers and the level of overpriced misery loves the company of other snobbery in the biking world made something I once enjoyed into something I don't even want to do anymore.

[@Daragon525]

Bro your editing is so good

[@fieldlab4]

Put big slicks or hybrid slicks on the MTB and use a little higher pressure. You would be amazed how bulletproof and effective they are off road and how fast they are on road and climbing.

[@fieldlab4]

Seriously. Try slicks. The ultimate go anywhere tire. You would think they would be terrible off road but you would be wrong. In sand or thick mud they are far better.

[@EverythingsBeenDone]

I have been wanting to try this! thanks for the nudge.

[@fieldlab4]

The one classic issue with slicks and semi-slicks is a tendency to pick up tiny slivers of glass. Just check them occasionally before they have time to work into the casing.

[@dannyzuehlsdorf3697]

Give the sound guy a raise for the mustard squeeze at 08:22

[@MarathonMindy]

Ordered swag to support the channel. Love the content, funny, inspiring and really well done filming

[@Alistair_Spence]

I enjoyed this video, as much for the insight into your camping setup, as for the cycling content. Just discovered your channel and recently subscribed.

[@Garrick42]

Just came here to say that yours is the first Bell XR helmet I've seen in the wild besides mine. But then again, I mostly hang out with roadies.

[@xaviermelendez2639]

Yup. Still one of the best channels on the 'Tube!✌

[@darrenrettburg1473]

I love mixed terrain rides. That is why my bike has a trail bike frame, XC components and gravel tires. I call it The Jackalope. My wife calls it The Flying Purple People Eater. 😂

[@PhiLoSoPheR_NonSenSe]

I don't know if this thought of mine befits every riding situation but... a good rider who knows their bike and knows that the terrain may call the shots at some point in the ride will never complain but... will play the shots...

[@GeirEivindMork]

I tried several times during my life to buy the perfect allround bike, but have realized the perfect bike is the one perfect for the kind of riding I like - not the terrain I am in. ;) So I select the perfect bike for the kind of riding I want to do and set out. if I meet terrain it is not intended for - that's not the bikes fault. ;)

[@Hi.Im.Andrew]

The cinematography on this is Chefs kiss

[@mayfieldcourt]

Great video - you looked overbiked for much of it!

[@EverythingsBeenDone]

Appreciate you. I felt “appropriately bikes”

[@ophrasbankaccount7716]

Brotha, the quality and transitions 🤌🤌

[@EverythingsBeenDone]

My people! 🤜❤️🤛

[@robertbergren8680]

'Bout 25yrs ago my girlfriend was given 2 dutch bikes at a shop we both worked at. She barely fit on the step thru frame, named Hildy. I got the mens frame. It was a shogun brand. Black frame, chrome fenders with a stylized shogun warrior head badge. That was Mr Roboto. I rode that a lot for 1 1/2 yrs for $0 til it got pinched in an Ann Arbor alley. Best $/mile I've ever had.

[@JamesEvans97]

I'd love to know where this is. I looked through the links, but nothing seemed to indicate where you rode. Great video!

[@machikot5527]

I am completely off the topic, but I LOVE the cutting board & knife combo! Who makes it?

[@sangriastudios]

not off topic! good question, its cool

[@bebopman5]

1:31, I agree 1000%. That's actually how I've been naming my bikes. Humans names (unless it's already named like one, such as the Schwinn Madison) don't do it for me.

[@LanarkAriadne]

Flowers By Irene! Appreciate that one.

[@forecasting_scott]

The fun its the holy grail...10 years i was ride road bike ... And last tear i was so tured to go out for training... Body and mind tired... Until i test a 29' hardtail...my life change 180 degrees!!! I am smiling all the time on the bike!! So the fun its the most importand thing on the ride!! When you put the mustard....some people near me at the park i wached the video, look at me shocked!!! Hahahah

[@rogerhuston8287]

A waterfall that defies gravity and flows up! Nice.

[@EverythingsBeenDone]

Good eye!

[@ddminwi]

It boils down to what your cycling mates are riding. All for one, one for all.

[@roddas26]

That hardtail is a sweet rig.❤

[@Andy-x3i8y]

Hearing the word kryptonite reminds me of when I used to work at a shop, and customers would ask me if the locks were made from real kryptonite. Fully formed adults would ask me this routinely.

[@theLastpanda935]

love the ending, really cozy edit

[@AllisonRoberts-gv6it]

"If the Pope poops in the woods, does it make a sound?" Laughed like I'm weed wacked!

[@vfxray]

After being on an organized gravel ride this year with multiple ambulances called I was happy for the mtb tires I was on.

[@Jean-jk4zv]

Loving the ending no music edit

[@fieldlab4]

If you want to go fast or cover distance, climbing and flats are all you have to worry about. You just don't spend enough time descending to make it worth worrying about unless you are basically looking for thrills.

[@michaelhayward7572]

Superb. Gen 1 fully rigid Surly KM 29er owner who rides everything and everywhere inc tarmac touring.

[@landonthings]

I rode this route on a CX bike with 40mm tires and was pretty worked on the single track section! That bikes name is “Scoot” haha

[@willreasoner4384]

Have you ever done a video on the Priority Apollo? I for 1 would like to know what you think about it. I'm thinking of buying 1... I'm 71 years old and need to get my legs into shape a little so I don't loose my mobility.

[@TsunamiKitten]

This is complete and solid gold. Spot on. TY!

[@ShootsProductions]

I like naming my bikes after animals. Currently I got the Trek SL Gen 3 which I named Scarab, like the beetle.

[@vladimirvlad6441]

I used a gravel if over 70% of my route was on highways. And vice versa used mtb if 70% of my route was on mixed terrains.

[@brotherfranciz]

For me, it's all about N+1. I need an excuse to buy a new bike. I bought a cheap mountain bike (because I wanted something cheap to commute but also able to go off-road on the weekend), and then bought an expensive road bike when I wanted my commutes to be faster and also able to ride on roads during weekend coffee rides, and then bought an even more expensive gravel bike when I changed jobs and the commute included a gravel section through a park reserve... Now I need another excuse to buy my next N+1 bike...

[@Innogrouphongkong]

Funny bits, good editing, an Ibis. You've got it all.

[@EverythingsBeenDone]

Thanks!

[@jexrun]

my man living the best life

[@EverythingsBeenDone]

Player! 🤜❤️🤛

[@SirCharcoal]

That hardtail with slicks would have been fun (+fast)

[@G60syncro]

I just built a nice cyclocross bike and that first bit is just what I would like to blast through all day long... That being said, it could probably do the other bit as well but some full on MTB trails my brother in law took me to, it would'nt cut the mustard... Ya need the crawl gears for that ride!! But I still love my bike!!

[@Brian-qv1ir]

It's not original, but I call my bike Bichael.

[@williamsham0]

Looks like Gifford! Was just up at Juniper Ridge yesterday on a gravel bike. So much hike-a-bike.

[@JakeLuke308]

So thought provoking and entertaining. I didn't know bikes could be either of those.

[@daviddougherty114]

Sweet, Cleveland Kraut for the win! The garlic one is my favorite... Bike name is Rhonda or Dirty Harry depending on the day...

[@Alex_564]

Wouldn't the Cutty with the sus fork be the balace?

[@denniskurama1974]

New subscribers here from Philippines, I love watching your videos 😊

[@EverythingsBeenDone]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@robnoble9570]

Have put hybrid tyres on my mtb and works brilliantly

[@Schlem]

Trangia! with the big Gaz...

[@EverythingsBeenDone]

😜 thos who know!

[@crux_timberjack]

Dude… You know how to live your best “impossible” life.

[@sinister6losver50]

Dustin! Would love to see you try tracklocross bike

[@goldbrick2751]

I love your colorfull outfit man.

[@ziyanide]

What about Ultrracers? They often have Dropbar-XC rigs, to me that's like the optimum of both worlds. Good hand positions, 100mm travel up front, big tires, just overall comfy .)

[@kawabus]

The shower is clutch, for some reason if i'm camping and hiking I don't feel I need a shower. When I camp and bike I want a shower. And how did you find a Starbucks out there? Regardless of the bike, bikes are just awesome. 🚴✨✨

[@gregghershberger7968]

I have two specialized full carbon mountain bikes, one electric, one not, a trek hybrid, a trek road bike, and another Rad electric bike. Looking at gravel bikes but do they really make that big of difference over a mountain bike. Trying to justify the cost.

[@victorvannatter312]

I agree on the off-road stuff. Gravel bikes aren’t very good at it. But gravel bikes make perfect road bikes. Roads bikes are ok if you’re literally racing. Otherwise the small advantage isn’t worth the loss of riding comfort

[@motoed]

Your Starbucks clip at 3:04… wide angle, low angle… Would you share what you shot that with? The color and dynamic range is excellent and a standout. My guess is new DJI action 4. Love your edits.

[@arcadialive4265]

Fact: If the trail doesn’t fit the gravel bike, it’s an MTB ride. But tbh I’ve ridden gravel on slick red rocks, in some ways it was more fun than a full suspension that I tried the same week. Be careful as always, but when I’ve push the bike it pushed me to be a better rider.

[@DIY-DaddyO]

Bike... Mighty Eagle.... I believe it's more about tire choice than bike choice. I say this because i only have one working bike...

[@corykrock8995]

What is the weight difference from the hardtail to your go to gravel bike? What about changing the tires on the HT to some light XC race tires or even gravel tires?

[@wielandmorales6901]

You should name the ibis purple haze for sure

[@EverythingsBeenDone]

AGREED!!

[@302hardtailr6]

Just ride whatever you have and have fun!

[@XR4turbo]

I needed that mustard gurlge ASMR

[@Giustified]

Dustin, you’re eyewear game is legit

[@REB4444]

I don't know about you, but most of us mountain bikers would be giddy with joy climbing all day on this hardtail considering that we do it all the time on our full-suspension trail bikes already. To even it out, I'd get Rekon Race tire in the front & Ardent Race back to make it have even less rolling resistance but still good enough for those blue trails you rode. If the point is to get a great workout AND have a great time downhill on a more wide variety of trails while you explore, an XC mountain bike or hardtail is hard to beat. The most serious injuries from people I know aren't from mountain biking, but from road biking getting hit by a car or gravel baking going over the handlebars (you're already half-way there in that riding position) because they were trying to ride something that it wasn't meant for and didn't have time to stop the endo and hit a wooden pylon face first. You'll get more varied use from a good, light XC mountain bike.

[@EverythingsBeenDone]

TLDC

[@dan_5319]

Pretzel bun….player….good call.

[@erickozokas]

Fun video as always. I like the random cuts. It plays well with my short attentions span. Why do you use a flowers by Irene magnet on your van?

[@TheCapitolScouter]

Waited eight months for someone else to answer: F.B.I. (see Simpsons "Hit & Run"episode.) Boomer going back to sleep now...

[@robaast]

Pro level camping meal right there.

[@H0lland0ates79]

“If the pope poops in the woods, does it make a sound?” This man’s asking the important questions

[@cycleholic58]

I don't care what labels the marketing gurus place on particular styles of bikes. However, I will say this, if a bike doesn't appeal aesthetically I won't even consider it. That's why I prefer bikes with a road / cyclocross geometry, with wider drop bars and with wider rims and tyres, because I ride both on asphalt and off road, and I like to ride faster when on asphalt, so the wider tyres are much safer on our pot hole ridden roads here in the UK. Hard tails just don't appeal to me and never will although I completely get why they are the perfect machine for more technical off road riding.

[@peterwilliamson4296]

Gravel bikes that focus more on lower gears would be a good thing. Most are geared too high to entice MTB folks.

[@ehounshell]

ngl the cutting board is the best part

[@jonathanoffler6037]

Very wise words .

[@jonamcc]

forgive my unsolicited opinion but you could probably relieve some of the pain of gravel and paved road climbing by swapping to some faster xc tires! the Rekon Race is a great choice. or the Schwalbe Racing Ray/Ralph. without honestly giving up too much on the singletrack.

[@jonamcc]

but yeah, the few mixed terrain rides i’ve brought my carbon hardtail on, the performance on the roads has never been so awful to detract from how good it is on the trails (and honestly it’s not bad on gravel roads and double track imo)

[@radiocontrolled9181]

Yep, Maxxis Pace for me do the trick ....

[@brettwalker1662]

I feel like the best way to describe the video "which would you buy?" that you hyped at the end would be "we played fuck, marry, kill, with bikes.

[@EverythingsBeenDone]

Bret this is a brilliant idea! Updating now. Truly appreciated

[@bobbyenglish7803]

I'm beginning to form the opinion that a hard tail, electric mountain bike is the most versatile bike out there!