Geometry is another key differential with the wheelbase chainstays and headtube of adventure bikes longer than the equivalent creating more stability for long journeys.
Gravel bike frame geometry.
There are 39584 geometries in the database.
That s 8849 bikes from 822 brands and growing daily.
Touring bikes 55 70mm trail road bikes 50 60mm trail cx 55 65mm trail.
A touring bike s geometry is optimised so that it s stable carrying front and rear loads.
Gravel bikes are typically lighter than adventure bikes that are commonly built from steel with greater capacity for racks to transport luggage.
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For example the smallest size offered in a given model will use a very raked out head angle slack perhaps 69 degrees but the same fork rake as a bike with a 73 degree head angle in a common size.
Trail comparison for 57cm bikes.
Put really simply on a spectrum of road bike to mtb cyclocross bike geometry tends to be more towards to road bike end than gravel bikes.
So often we joke that gravel bikes are just old mountain bikes from a time that s now in the rearview mirror.
On the bike spectrum gravel bikes are closer to racier cyclocross bikes whereas adventure bikes are closer to touring bikes.
Tt and tri bikes.
This is evident through the slacker head angles and higher trail than both road and cyclocross bikes.