Do you need a dedicated gravel bike for gravel grinding? What if you don't want to run drop bars? Starting with a hardtail mountain bike presents the most options - plus you'll be ahead of the trends, as gravel bike geometry evolves to look more and more like an XC 29er hardtail anyway.

The formula is simple; swap out the suspension fork for a lightweight rigid fork, add some dedicated gravel tires, and get ready to pedal.

After reviewing all the available options for rigid Carbon Fiber mountain bike forks, the Enve Mountain fork was at the top of the list for our 29″ MTB XC hardtail to Gravel Conversion project. Join us for part one in our series, as we install the carbon Enve fork, and get some first rides in.

Read the blog post here: https://bermstyle.com/enve-rigid-carb...