Mustaches. Oh: and flannel.

 

With bibs, of course. Tighter the bottom, baggier the top, the better. Round it out with a pair of chunky as hell 5-10's.

 

Just trying to get away from the Jorts and Cowboy boots look, really.

 

That hasn't been working?

 

Gravel bike position is such that aero becomes fairly significant, so if you want to go faster, more aero road-type clothes. If you want to go slower, mountain bike type clothes.

 

I think for aero gravel, helmets are required to have canards.
You know, for stability on rough gravel.

 

If it ain't broke...

 

Wear whatever you want. I like a roadie kit because it's comfortable, breathes well, has jersey pockets, more aero for gravel races, and doesn't snag on the saddle (no dropper). Sometimes I wear MTB clothes, doesn't really matter if it's not a race.

 

Basically same thing I wear on my mountain bike but in the summer Tevas instead of 5.10s.

 

Hawaiian shirt with bibs

 

I wear road kit on my gravel bike, average speeds are higher and you’re not moving around as much so clothing that’s cut to be in that position is really comfortable.

 

I dig around until I find something clean and weather appropriate. When I lived in California I mostly wore tights for everything. Now that I live in Oregon, it’s mostly baggies for everything.

Is someone giving you a fashion scorecard at the end of your ride?

 

I dig around until I find something clean and weather appropriate. When I lived in California I mostly wore tights for everything. Now that I live in Oregon, it’s mostly baggies for everything.

Is someone giving you a fashion scorecard at the end of your ride?

I would straight up give 10's for the jorts and cowboy boots.

Fabulous!!

 

I wear the same stuff I wear mountain biking...helmet, shoes, baggy shorts and shirt...
Main reason being I'd rather spend my money on a new bike than new clothes. And I don't really care if the occasional roadie laughs at me.

 

Road helmet with hat underneath, road jersey, road socks, mtb SPD shoes, & padded road shorts under mtb shorts.

 

More times than not, I'm wearing my full road kit except I run SPDs and mtb shoes on my gravel bike.

 

Also road kit with spds and mtb shoes for gravel. Just bought some new shoes as my old ones finally wore out and I wear 510s on the mtbs. Also often wear a Camelbak.

 

picture Wout Van Aert, but fatter.

 

 

That takes care of the 'high-vis' portion....and now for some eye-bleach....lol

 

I wear bike shorts with a bright liner inside out, so it looks like I have a Mandrill arse. I already have a native permanent sweater, so no need to put a shirt on.

 

I wear a road kit that's 3x my size that way I'm not really aero roadie or a rad mountain biker, I'm somewhere in the middle....kinda like gravel.
Really, I mostly wear road/ XC gear and sometimes use mtb baggies if I'm putting around.

 

Kilt

 

Wear whatever you're comfortable riding in, WGAF what others think.

 

I ride a good mix of trail/doubletrack fire road and gravel so I wear roadie shorts for the padding and mountain bike shorts over them. Roadie jersey that is one size larger. Spd pedals and mtb shoes. Mtb helmet

 

Bulk of my gravel bike rides are actually commutes so I tend to wear road bibs, mtb baggie shorts, a tech tee-shirt, flats, and mtb flat shoes. All of the actual gravel rides I did I wore the same things as they ended up more on the adventure and fun side of the spectrum than trying to churn out fast miles on gravel.

Wear what you want to be comfortable.

 

Dunno what the gravel roads are like where you are but the ones around here are often heavily shaded by lots of trees right up to the edge of the road. So a hi-vis top is at least if not more important to me than on pavement. Something bright, yellow or orange, basically the same as what I wear on a dedicated pavement ride. Safety trumps fashion in this case, at least for me.

 

Full road kit w/ xc shoes and a road helmet. Used to spend a lot of time road biking though so I own all those things.

 

When I got my first gravel bike last year I had the same questions.

My rides require several miles of road to enjoy the canals and gravel. I've settled on a day-glow green high Viz loose dry-fit top and I bought a pair of Louis Garneau road bike shorts. I simply wear my 510 flats that I use for mountain biking but I did buy a Smith helmet that does not have a visor cuz that gets in the way sometimes.

This is the first pair of road bike shorts I've ever used and surprisingly they snag the saddle far more than my mountain bike shorts ever did.... which is almost never. They're super stretchy and grab the nose easily.

If you ride roads at all then please keep visibility in mind. I've come closer to death/injury more in the past year on my gravel bike simply trying to get to the gravel then I have in 20 years of mountain biking. Scariest was when I was crossing the street on a green light and some guy who wanted to make a right turn (he had the red light) actually had to lock up his brakes to keep from hitting me, put my heart in my throat. I now use front and rear lights when on the road, day or night.

 

Roads can be a bit challenging.

 

Roads totally suck!