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gravel bike

gravel bike noun: a type of road bike similar to those used in cyclocross but geared toward gravel roads.

gravel bike: a type of road bike similar to those used in cyclocross but geared toward gravel roads
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Noun

gravel bike (plural gravel bikes)

  1. A type of road bike similar to those used in cyclocross but geared toward gravel roads.
    • 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.2015, Selene Yeager, The Bicycling Big Book of Cycling for Women […] , Rodale Books, →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.2017, Chiz Dakin, Cycling in the Peak District […] , Cicerone Press Limited, →ISBN

Forms of gravel bike

pluralgravel bikes

Questions about gravel bike

What does gravel bike mean?
Gravel bike means a type of road bike similar to those used in cyclocross but geared toward gravel roads.
What part of speech is gravel bike?
Gravel bike is a noun.
What is the plural of gravel bike?
The plural of gravel bike is gravel bikes.

Words near gravel bike in the dictionary

  1. gravegliaite
  2. gravekeeper
  3. gravekeepers
  4. gravel
  5. gravel bicycle
  6. gravel bike
  7. gravel bikes
  8. gravel cruncher
  9. gravel crunchers
  10. gravel cycling
  11. Gravel Gertie

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