![]() ![]() If it is your only bike, your daily driver - to work, to the grocery, to the gym - it’s probably because you’re training for the glorious day when you leave all that behind and, like the bear, go over the mountain, to see what you can see. You will not take it out on Sundays for the proverbial “fast club ride.” If you steer it onto a gravel road, it will not be from sheer whimsy but because you’re shortening Day 9 of a self-supported, fully loaded tour or skirting a ragged-edge ribbon of high-speed highway where the only flat bits are the roadkill. The ADV 1.1 will probably not be your only bike. It may be represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. It will perform specific functions and balk at others. It knows its capabilities and limitations. ![]() ![]() “I’m a road bike! No, a gravel bike! A commuter? Cross-country tourer? Just buy me, for the love of God! I’ll do anything, I swear!” Some bikes in this price range suffer from marketing-induced multiple-personality disorder. The technical specs for the $1,299 Co-op Cycles ADV 1.1 cut right to the chase: “Best use: bike touring.” ![]()
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