Opinion

Gary ‘Rocketdog’ Walls from the UK Gravel Collective (and regular Forumite) has shared this article with us about where he thinks gravel came from, and where it (should be) going.…

We talk with the US Elite athlete about the first World Cup of the UCI calendar and her bike set up, including some damn sweet personalised FMB tubs.

With nine days to go, Beth bounces back from a nasty smack with an automobile.

Beth contemplates training methods and apparel for the 3 Peaks.

Our lives are something to remember - not a stream of cats and breakfasts that disappears after 24 hours.

Tom and James finish the Aggregate 100. Did the gravel grind them down?

How did the #dirtydropbargoodnessdreamteam get on?

Our other #dreamteam member, James runs down his preferred kit for this weekend's Aggregate100.

100km of gravel riding, with four timed stages. What would you use? Tom gives us his thoughts.

In her first installment, Beth Hodge explains how she came to attempt her first 3 Peaks.

Fi Spotswood, first time cyclocross racer, finds The Thrill.

Greg looks back on youthful follies, but chooses not to have regrets – especially when it comes to bikes

Greg's back from his Tour Divide adventure, and here's a new Knowledge Drop musing about his ride.

Greg muses about how, yes, it might be a good idea to actually meet your idols.

Are aches and pains inevitable for old dude, Giles? Not necessarily.

On the eve of becoming a blue dot himself, Greg muses on his own addiction to following the slow-moving endurance action.

A bike should tell a story. Don’t polish it. Punish it.

Is the 'cross bike the best worst tool for the job when it comes to riding your local trails?

Getting toasted on the bike, putting it down, and coming back for more.

Giles is growing old disgracefully, despite what Lars van de Haar thinks.

Don’t think about what might happen in the future, or what has happened in the past, enjoy the moment.

We ask Giles to apply some common sense to the current disc brake furore.

Citizens, and general society, can be real bastards sometimes. Even when they're atop a bicycle.

It's been a cold, wet, gritty, and lonely winter of prepping for Tour Divide.

Bez wonders if the UK's National Cycle Network is anything more than just some signs

John McComisky reflects on the end of cyclocross season, and looks forward to the next.

Believe what you say, and say what you believe.

How can you do the thing you love by living in a place that reduces your ability to do that thing?

Bez, once more gets to the root of the media's desperate attempts to stigmatise all cyclists.

Watching the sun rise and set on daily commutes puts things in perspective.

Turn off that brain by turning some pedals.

Bet you've never seen 'Dungeons & Dragons' and 'bicycles' and 'Iron Maiden' in the same post, have you?

Zero-traction gravel, mud and more on-course debris in Gloucestershire.

We don’t race motorbikes, it’s unfair to race motorbikes and pedalbikes together.

It is the end of an era. If you think otherwise, you are wrong. Long live the Cannibal.

Maybe progression of what I have is better than what I think I need.