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After riding both bikes — I will go with the second option if I decide to buy a new bike. I already ride a Wilier — a pure road bike. Option 1. Wilier Adlar. The Adlar is really a trekking bike. Note the flared handlebars for stability. 47 mm tires! Optio...  

Gravel is better than trekking bike for sure

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That’s not a steel framed bike, that’s THE steel framed bike. Beautiful!

And carbon is a good material for pretty much every sort of riding. When I chose my gravel bike, however, I wanted something extra durable. I had Mike DeSalvo in Ashland, Oregon, make me a custom titanium gravel bike. I'm very fortunate to live in Oregon,...  

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One of the bike shops is in Maryland; the other in Virginia. Thanks for the information about Firefly bikes — they like like a great custom bike option — I had a custom frame for me made by Colin Laing in the 1970’s. He was a British bike racer, later fra... 

I think ti is perfect for a gravel bike. Nearly indestructible, comfortable, and easy to maintain. I kept mine raw for low maintenance.

The first more relaxed geometry - good for multi days & with bosses for bike packing. The second looks more race orientated for day blasting the gravel. I'd look at max tyre widths as it's good to have option to go 50mm or beyond (maybe on a second se...