Legendary frame builder Carl Strong says there is no such thing as a gravel bike. Or, rather, any bike can be a gravel bike. It all starts with tire selection. From there he explains how the rest of the bike’s geometry falls into place and what you need to consider when choosing the right drop bar bike for your riding style. Whether it’s road, all-road, gravel, or touring, Carl explains what the geometry numbers mean and how they affect a bike’s handling.
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Preach!
Bold take Carl…. Bold take.
My next bike is going to be Ti, and Carl’s at the top of my list of builders. The man has some serious skills.
As a 30 year road,mountain, gravel and triathlon bicycle rider and buyer, the only bicycle I’ve regretted buying was my custom“All-road” Strong bicycle…. It had serious handling issues-shimmy above 30 mph or from strong quartering cross winds at speeds below that. Carl was uninterested in rectifying or really even addressing the issue. Since have talked to several other people with “problem handling”Strong bicycles.
I’m going to make a low confidence guess: Jolanda Neff?
Emilie Siegenthaler? Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesja? Maja Włoszczowska?
Veronika Benson is my guess.
There is no such thing as a road or mtb bike. Or, rather, any bike can be a road or mtb bike…
Excellent builder, excellent products. Bought my first frame from him in the early 2000’s. Back then he just referred to them as a “Montana road bike” instead of gravel/allroad all this stuff that has developed over the years.
All who’ve guessed at who’s doing the voiceover for our intro…sorry, no winner yet! Keep trying, and we’ll give more hints on the next episode with Watts and I (the next one will have Zach stepping in to co-host while we were out at Sea Otter).