The New Graveller: What I’m Wearing

Have you, like so many others, just got into gravel bikes? Or cyclocross, or adventure bikes, touring, bike-packing… There are so many names and so many blurred margins between genres...

Vee Rocketman

Vee Tire Rocketman – for that gravel niche?

Apparently Vee Tire make a gravel option, who knew? The Thai manufacturer has a fairly long history making tyres for motorbikes and cars, and in recent years they’ve been making...

Hutchinson Touareg

Hutchinson Touareg – Gravel tyres for rough rocks?

The Touareg is the more aggressive of Hutchinson’s two gravel tread patterns, sitting next to the more ‘all-road’ oriented Overide. It’s available in just the one casing style, which uses...

BMC URS ONE Review: 10mm Travel for Hardcore Gravel

The BMC URS is the gravel bike offering from the Swiss Bicycle Manufacturing Company. The range consists of (in ascending price order) URS ONE, URS 01 Frameset, URS 01 THREE, URS…

Fuji Jari 2.5 | A Budget Commuter

The Fuji Jara 2.5 is the entry level in the Jari range, which consists of five different build and frameset options. The reason I have chosen to review the cheapest...

Ragley Trig Adventure | Good enough to turn the head of a mountain biker?

Die hard mountain biker James Vincent dips a toe into #dirtydropbargoodness with the Ragley Trig Adventure. Although Ragley is better known for its rowdy hardtails, there are a couple of...

WTB Resolute

Reviewed & Recommended – WTB Resolute with SG2 Puncture Protection

Piers ‘Slasher’ Mortimer takes the WTB Resolute with new WTB SG2 puncture protection out for some rocky rides in the Lakes. WTB Resolute SG2 Price: £54.99 From: WTB The WTB...

Bike Packing Coffee | 4 Ways to brew up outdoors

Well balanced, good, rich mouthfeel, great body, nice, rich taste and smell… just some of the words that pro baristas regularly use to define the multitude of coffee varieties and flavours...

Sonder Camino Al – Miles Of Comfort And Fun

Hannah tests out the Sonder Camino AL, the company’s most popular bike. Will she find out why it’s such a hit? The Sonder Camino has been a popular choice since...

Reviewed: Specialized Diverge Carbon Comp

The brand new Specialized Diverge was launched to the world earlier this month and, now that I’ve had this bike on test for about three weeks, I wanted to bring...

Spank Vibrocore Drop Bars and Wheels – Fast And Comfortable?

Spank Flare 24 Vibrocore Wheelset and Flare 25 Vibrocore handlebar Price: Wheelset £289.99 front / £379.99 rear | Handlebar £89.99 From: Hotlines Tested: 3 months “Can you review some wheels and handlebars...

Review | The Moots Routt YBB: A Beauty and a Beast

Dean checks out an unusual boutique titanium drop bar soft tail all the way from the USA: the Moots Routt YBB. Brand: Moots Model: Routt YBB Price: £5700 (Frame and...

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...

Review: The Nukeproof Digger Comp puts the grin into gravel grinding

Nukeproof is a name that a lot of you will recognise from the mountain bike world, where the company has a high profile on the DH scene, and its Mega...

First Look – Kona Libre AL

Antony takes a first look at Kona’s entry level Libre

Spanner Bike Titanium Gravel Bike

Spanner Bike Haute Gravel Review | Titanium Twin Tube Madness!

The Spanner Bike Haute Gravel is a titanium drop bar bike that’s something of an exercise in ‘because you can’, demonstrating what you could do with the help of Spanner...

Meeting the Mehteh: a review of Brother Cycle’s new gravel bike

The Mehteh is a big clearance Brother, but this ain\'t no drop handlebar mountain bike. Find out what we thought of this bruiser of a gravel bike.

Pathfinding again. Reviewed: Sven updates its stainless do-it-all and we ride it

Two years on from the original, does the Pathfinder still hold its own amongst a new wave of rowdy gravel bikes?

Gravel bikes can jump

Review | Genesis Fugio 30 – Classic Steel Looks, Modern Capabilties

Hannah takes on the top-end Genesis Fugio. Find out she got on.

Stig not in the dumps: Riding the first new Santa Cruz Stigmata on UK soil

Tom had a few short, wet hours on the Santa Cruz Stigmata. Find out what he thought.

Review: Sharp Precision Wheels custom build

Handbuilt wheels from the south coast are well considered and a good upgrade

First Ride | Getting the Salsa Warroad Gravel Bike Dirty at the Reiver

How did the first Warroad ridden on UK soil handle?

Review: Canyon’s high-falutin’ carbon gravel bike – the Holy Grail? Or just a carpenter’s cup?

It looks a bit funny, but how does it ride? Barney found out.

Cotic Escapade

Life Cycles – Review: the Cotic Escapade is a bike that does a bit of everything

No nonsense steel, with plenty of adaptability from Cotic.

5 minute review: diminutive little blinders – Oxford Products Ultratorch Slimline lights

Small lights that pack a punch. The Oxford Products Ultratorch Slimline are a good addition for dark commutes.

Mid-term review, S-Working hard: How is the Specialized CruX S-Works coping with a full season of ‘cross?

So what is an £8000 like to race, exactly? Rich finds out...

Review: the Fearless Vulture is a stand-out debut

A very refined first frameset from the new Brighton brand.

Dreamy: getting a good night’s sleep with the Exped Synmat HL M

Tom discover\'s the joy of a better night\'s sleep under the stars

Review: Hoy Meadowmill 24 – a grown up drop bar bike for kids

Do you have a budding \'cross racer or gravel rider in the family? Perhaps the Meadowmill will get them on drops sooner than you thought.

First Ride: Lauf True Grit Frameset… aka the gravel ripper

A few hours in the saddle makes a lasting impression with the Lauf True Grit.