The ELARA was conceived to meet that challenge: a gravel race bike designed not to
do everything, but to do one thing better than anything else, to be the fastest bike on
the roughest ground.

Gravel racing. Just the term should tip you off that things have changed from the early days of putting wider treaded tyres on dropbar bikes. If gravel used to be a fun way to get off the roads and explore wilder landscapes, it has now evolved.