Why do some walk their bikes across gravel?

On Thu, 08 Jun 2006 19:21:23 -0400, "(PeteCresswell)" wrote:

1) Tire damage. Myself, I'd never spend that much on a tire... but a guy
I was riding with one day declined to ride through some moderately-messy
stuff because he was afraid of damaging his muy expensivo road tires.

If you lose 5 minutes to walking over crap, what's the point of having $60
tyres that might shave 30 seconds off the ride compared to $10 ones?

Jasper