> You can race cx with a gravel bike and race gravel with a cx bike. Sortof. The key defining difference is that a cyclocross bike meets the UCI rules for cyc

> You can race cx with a gravel bike and race gravel with a cx bike. Sortof. The key defining difference is that a cyclocross bike meets the UCI rules for cyclocross, while a gravel bike doesn't. In a sense, the gravel bike trend is the result of consumers rejecting the UCI's definition of what an off-road-capable drop-bar bike should be.