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...

Can you read this press release without dying a bit inside?

Gravel teams are now A Thing, and LOOK has thrown its bucket and spade into the sandpit with a new gravel team and a press release. As we opened our...

Is Scott’s New Addict Gravel The Most Aero Gravel Bike Yet?

Scott Bikes has had an Addict Gravel bike for a few years, which it developed on the back of the cyclocross bike of the same name. Now, however, the new...

Interview: Meaghan Hackinen, BC Epic 1000 Winner

The BC Epic 1000, a 1000km gravel event across BC, has been won by Meaghan Hackinen in a new Fastest Known Time for a women, and the second fastest known...

Three Peaks Cyclocross Cancelled Again For This Year

In ‘not very surprising’ news, we’ve just heard from the organisers of the Three Peaks Cyclocross that the 2021 running of the event has been cancelled. “But why is it...

Spotted: Fox Gravel Fork Prototype

Maybe it’s a deliberate tease, or maybe the sun and heat of Moab has gone to Geoff Kabush’s head, but his Instagram shows a new Fox gravel fork that we’re...

Cotic Tonic

Cotic Tonic – A Limited Edition Titanium Gravel Bike

If you like the Cotic Escapade but are put off by the weight of steel, there’s now a solution for you: the Cotic Tonic – based on the Escapade’s geometry,...

CX World Champs Race Director Issues Statement on ‘discriminatory and hateful’ decision

Brook Watts, the Race Director of the CX World Championships in 2022 which are due to take place in Fayetteville, Arkansas, has issued a statement following the passing of recent...

Movie: Never In The Way

If ever there was a short film arriving at the right time – it has to be this new gravel adventure from Trek and Anthill Films ‘Never in the way’....

New Cane Creek eeSilk suspension seatposts – now cheaper and lighter!

Cane Creek has updated its eeSilk suspension seatposts, now offering you an alloy model at a lower price, and a lightweight carbon model at only a slight premium. Don’t let...

Nicolai Reveals Gravel Bike: Argon GX

Nicolai is known for making distinctive bikes – so what would a Nicolai gravel bike look like? Now, we can find out. ‘Blurring Road and Mountain Bike’ The Argon GX...

New ENVE Foundation AG25 and AG28 Gravel Wheels Launch

It’s not just mountain bikers that are benefitting from carbon wheel technology. The benefits of hookless beads and carbon’s light weight and impact resistance work very well on gravel bikes....

The New Focus Atlas Gravel Bike

“Made to Lose” Today, Focus is launching a new range of Focus Atlas gravel bikes, with a great amount of fanfare (it’s the brand’s first dedicated gravel bike, after all)...

Halo Releases Gravel Tyre Range

The all new Halo Gravel Tyre range consists of three distinct tread patterns to cover all conditions and surfaces. Developed over a three-year period the range has been refined to...

Giro Launches The Helios Spherical Gravel Helmet

Giro has been cranking out some fine new helmets in the last couple of years, with the top-end helmets, the road bike Aether and the mountain bike Manifest helmet, using...

2021 National Cx Championships Postponed, plus other cancellations

If you were hoping to finally get out between the race tape, the opportunity has disappeared like grip on wet limestone. Along with the National Track Championships, the 2021 National...

Crankbrothers Highline

New Highline XC/Gravel 27.2 Droppers from Crankbrothers

Whether you’ve got an older frame you want to fit with a dropper, or you’ve got a wholly new fangled gravel bike which you want to take down more extreme...

Frontier 300 – Back on for 2021, 10 Forests, 20 gravel sectors, 30 hour limit

Frontier 300 is back on the cards for 2021. 10 Forests, 20 gravel sectors, 30 hour limit. “We live on an island, everyone should ride across it at least once!”...

2021 Canyon Grail Bikes Launch. Same Frames, New Spec.

The end of August used to mean that eyes would turn towards a bit of winter ‘cross racing. Canyon already has it’s top-end Inflite model, as ridden in the ‘cross...

Lauf Announces ‘Direct To You’ Direct Bike Sales

Today, Lauf has announced that, going forward, all sales of its True Grit gravel bikes and Anywhere road/gravel bikes will be done direct from its home base in Iceland in...

Santa Cruz Extends Reserve Wheels Reach To Road And Gravel

You’ll know of Reserve wheels thanks to its launch by parent brand Santa Cruz. However, given that Santa Cruz is also part of the family that holds the Cervelo road...

Canyon Inflite

Canyon Inflite | Cyclocross Race Bike Gets Spec Update

Canyon’s cyclocross race bike, the Canyon Inflite, gets an update for this year. Will there be a race season to put them through their paces? With the Yorkshire Cyclocross points...

3 Peaks Cyclo-Cross Race 2020 Cancelled

It has been announced that the 3 Peaks Cyclo-Cross Race has been cancelled for 2020 due to COVID-19. The Race Organiser issued this statement on the event website: Cancellation of...

All New Cannondale Topstone – Full Suspension Gravel. And Electric too.

Cannondale has updated its popular rear ‘suspension’ gravel/adventure bike with new models like the Topstone Carbon Lefty 1 and 3, with a matching 30mm travel Lefty Oliver fork. And to...

New Specialized Diverge – A Proper Modern Gravel Bike?

Specialized isn’t new to this gravel business, it would like you to know. Does anyone remember the ‘Rock Combo’ bike from 1989? We don’t blame you, it was only around...

Salsa Warroad Gets 2020 Update And UK Availability

The Salsa Warroad was reviewed previously by Tom Hill. This year’s model keeps the same frame, but you get new colours and new build kit options. Salsa offers three different...

Salsa Stormchaser | Hipster Niche or Tough Tourer?

Salsa launches the new Salsa Stormchaser – a singlespeed gravel bike. Priced at £1200 for a frameset, this is no student hack bike. The marketing says it’s for when the...

Review: The Kona Libre AL steers clear of niches

I’ve never been a huge fan of the term “gravel”, as applied to bikes. I can see the need for a term to describe machines that sit somewhere between cyclocross...