Well you could also fit 650B rims to your gravel bike Rod so it can take some wider tyres or even slip a 26" MTB tyre on though 29ers seem to be the way to go on MTBs these days.
Never had a problem with old style quill stems on my MTBs both solid fork and Rockshock equipped but then again did not have those big wide 750mm bars they ride now, think my Ritchey's were 500mm
Anyone who likes their MTB racing should keep a look out on Redbull TV as they cover all the world cup rounds with both Short course XC on the Friday and Olympic XC on the Sunday. Replays of the first two round of this years worldcup available here and here
And for a Small yearly Sub GCN is worth having as they do the full Cyclocross season in the winter and a lot of road stuff the rest of the year, just off to watch the Lotto Ladies tour now, ladies racing seems to be a lot more exciting than the mens as it is attack from the off not a Sunday club run to the last 20k as a lot of the mens stage races seem to be
Edited By JasonB on 25/05/2021 18:56:50