Cyclists Not Welcome At This Spanish World Cup

This weekend, January 21st, sees the UCI Cyclocross World Cup descend on Benidorm. And before you say ‘Eh, what?’ – it’s a cracking course – dry, dusty and fast and...

3 Peaks Cyclo-Cross: No Gravel Bikes Allowed

The latest tweak to the Bike Regulations in the 3 Peaks Cyclo-Cross rule book confirm the event’s cyclo-cross intentions. No suspension forks or frames (but suspension stems and seatposts still...

Match Your Gravel Bike To Your… Lamborghini?

For the corners of the world unaffected by the cost of living or fuel prices, there’s a new bike/car pairing specially for you. If you’re in Miami at the Miami...

Entered the Dirty Reiver? Don’t Panic!

If you’ve entered the Dirty Reiver, maybe you’ve got your training plan all worked out and are full of good intentions. Or maybe you’re just a little bit worried about...

YT goes gravel with the SZEPTER

How do you pronounce that then? YT Industries has always been a mountain bike brand but now it’s getting into where mountain biking first started: gravel. And because it is...

ENVE G Series Dropper for Gravel and Racers

The ENVE G-Series Dropper post weighs 395g, can be cut to fit the riders need, features stealth routing, has a drop-bar specific lever that is accessible from both the hoods...

East Anglian Way is a 500km bikepacking non-event

What is The East Anglian Way? It’s a route around East Anglia (funny that) that takes in some Napoleonic forts, castles and cathedrals. Basically loads of back country roads filled...

“40-50mm of travel simply isn’t enough stroke to take any meaningful impacts”

Cotic has nailed its colours to its marketing mast by coming out against the new breed of gravel suspension products. A newsletter from Cotic just arrived in our inbox with...

Campagnolo goes gravellissimo with new Levante wheelset

Campagnolo has announced its first wheelset for gravel bikes. Called the Campagnolo Levante, the wheelset is named after an easterly wind of the Mediterranean. Because Campagnolo. Campagnolo Levante Wheelset nutshelled:...

Tailfin’s new dry bag storage system and cargo straps

The new Tailfin Cage Pack System aims to do exactly what it says: to be a better way of attaching dry bags to your bikepacking rig. The most straightforward method...

Salsa Journeyer

Salsa Journeyer ditches The Man and embraces everyone

Previously known as the Journeyman, the renamed Journeyer is Salsa’s do-as-much-as-possible bike. Dropbar or flatbar. Covered in bosses. Nice paintjobs. Salsa Journeyer nutshelled 6061-T6 aluminum alloy 12 x 142 mm...

Garbaggio Nutmegger – Built to forgive bad decisions

Hannah is out at the Sea Otter Classic in California, USA. It’s a four day festival of racing and a huge expo area. There are races for every type of bike, but...

Spotted at Sea Otter: Prototype Vitus Gravel Bike

Hannah is out at the Sea Otter Classic in California, USA. It’s a four day festival of racing and a huge expo area. There are races for every type of bike, but...

Fox 32 Taper-Cast Gravel Fork finally made public

Looking every inch (or should that be every two inches?) like a 90s MTB fork from Marzocchi, here is the Fox 32 Taper-Cast.

Cannondale Topstone Carbon shock-less full susser

Cannondale Topstone Carbon sees improved geometry and Kingpin shock-less suspension. Designed to go anywhere and ride everything.

‘Proper Charlie’ gravel trouser range

Our very own Charlie has decided that local competition is good, and is dipping a toe – or rather both legs – into the trouser market. Inspired by his years...

New Hutchinson Tundra Tyre – What Tyres For Wet Gravel?

Ah, the long dusty roads of Kansas, the white ribbons of the Strada Bianche… these are the dreams on which we are sold ‘gravel’. Off we go, out the door,...

Salsa Stormchaser: for when dirt turns to mud

Salsa Stormchaser is a gravel bike built for \"adverse conditions\". Designed for comfort, confidence and durability.

New Assos Mille GTC: Gravel Specific Gear

Love your Assos kit but don’t want to wear your road gear on the gnarmac? Mountain bike baggies spoiling your gravel grinding? Fret no more: Assos has now brought out...

The Stanton Switchpath Ti – Gravel with a grin

Stanton Bikes has launched its first ever bike that’s not a mountain bike: the Switchpath Ti. If you count measuring your tyres in mm rather than inches as the criteria...

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New Surly Ghost Grappler

The Ghost Grappler is a new ‘drop-bar trail bike’ from Surly. Is that going to be the next thing? Drop Bar Trail. Soon to be followed by Drop Bar Downcountry?...

New Sonder Camino – even better than before?

When Hannah reviewed the Sonder Camino, it was only finances that stopped her buying it and keeping it forever. It was, in short, a very good bike. So how could...

New Cotic Cascade – just what sort of bike is it?

The new Cotic Cascade is a…erm…what is it? It’s a bike that sits between the Cotic Escapade and the Cotic SolarisMAX. It’s designed for drop bars, but the angles mean...

British Success at 2022 UCI Cyclo-Cross World Championships

Not giving it away in the headline, in case you’ve yet to watch the racing in Fayetteville, Arkansas, but it was a weekend of great results for Britain in the...

New Canyon Grail – Alloy and Carbon – In Stock Now

The 2022 editions of the Canyon Grail are now available on the Canyon website. For 2022, there’s a return of the Canyon AL alloy model, plus a range of component...

Donate and Win: The Dream Gravel Bike by World Bicycle Relief

Fancy a new gravel bike? Here’s your chance to win a very nice one while also making a donation to World Bicycle Relief. Or your can just admire what’s a...

New Orbea Terra – For the fun and faster side of gravel

Orbea’s press launch is at some pains to point out that the Orbea Terra is not a jack-of-all-trades gravel bike. They’re not claiming it’s amazing at everything, has no limits,...

New Giant Revolt – Revealed and in stock now

First issued in 2013, the Giant Revolt now exists as two models: the Advanced Pro and the Advanced. The Pro is the lighter model, using an Advanced SL composite fork...

SRAM Launches ‘XPLR’ – Its Wireless Suspension Gravel Groupset

Today is a good day to be a gravel rider (whatever that is, but we’ll get on to that…) as SRAM is launching ‘XPLR’ – a gravel groupset with a...

Grinduro Wales – Pushing The Limits Of Gravel

Last week Amanda attended her first gravel bike race in Machynlleth, Wales. Grinduro aims to be the best elements of a mountain bike enduro with a gravel-style road race. Did...