>>1827902>its tractor roads and the gravel rocks are the size of babyheads and jagged as fuckFor some applications, i can see the need for as comfy a tyre as possible, but i'd say your use case is not representative of the tracks most gravel bike owners are on.
I just completed a 150 mile mtb trail on my road on 28 gatorskins. Singletrack, chert, flint, tennis ball sized rocks at times. Sure I had to slow on technical parts and dismount on drops but and my bike took a hell of a beating but I am absolutely fine with no punctures, kept a great pace, low pressure+ gel gloves and skinny carbon seatpost took out LOTS of vibration, and the 70 miles of road after that was a dream instead of the slog it would have been on a knobbly grabble or mtb.
The point being, I firmly believe that there's a very narrow crossover of tracks that would warrant an mtb and tracks that can be done on an "all"road / cyclocross with ≤32mm slicks, so gravel bikes are pretty niche machines and not appropriate for 99% of consumers.
>durianrider(love him or hate him) summiting a rocky mountain on skinny slickshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTB5dk5Vjpo&ab_channel=durianrider>lucas brunelle and co off road africa on slickshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZHVVDcL6Fg&ab_channel=CinelliBicycleOfficial>darien gap off road on slickshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQcISaUCu0Ijust member oldheads were riding mountain paths on whip-thin solid steel and rubber velocipedes WITHOUT GEARS
