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YT Szepter

e’re all on the spectrum. When it comes to gravel riding, some of us are nearer the end of the spectrum marked ‘Road’, while others prefer to operate closer to the end marked ‘Mountain Bike’. Me? I’m definitely at the road end. To my mind, a gravel ride should have the speed and feel of a road ride, only on rougher paths and without the threat of motor traffic. The YT Szepter, on the other hand, exists right at the other end of the gravel spectrum, fizzing as it is with mountain bike DNA. By all accounts we shouldn’t

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