TECH Turn Your Road Bike Into A Gravel Bike | GCN How To

You don’t need a gravel bike to ride on gravel. People have always taken road bikes into the dirt. But if you do ride a lot of gravel, or you wanna ride more gravel, then it could be a good idea just to tweak your road bike

So that when you do leave Tarmac, you’re more comfortable and you have more fun. Crucially though, you’re also gonna wanna be able to turn it quickly and easily back into a road bike and with no lasting damage. The first investment that you should consider is into wider tires. The rule of thumb is to fit the widest tire that you safely can into your frame and your fort. You can of course ride gravel roads on a 23 mil wide tire, but you’ll probably need to pump it up