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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…
New Canyon Grizl Reviewed: Beyond the Grail
You probably remember Canyon’s last gravel bike – if you don’t remember it was called the Grail, you will at least recall those handlebars. You know, the two tier ones…
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,…
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 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 – 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…
2021 Ragley Trig: Steel Gravel Bike
There’s a Ragley fangirl roaming the Pennine Bridleway. Our Art Director, Amanda, is now on her third steel bike from UK-based Ragley Bikes. This time in the shape of an…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
First Look: 2021 BMC URS ONE Gravel Bike
BMC URS ONE, or BMC UnReStricted, offer four model builds to the UK market. Here we have the cheapest in the range in a size medium. Designed for ‘high-intensity gravel…
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.…
Focussed North – A Gravel Adventure With The New Focus Atlas
Words by Dean Hersey. Photos by Trail Creatives. Curiosity is a strange feeling. With a Summer of riding around our local routes and a whole year’s worth of riding plans…
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…
Is That A Gravel Bike, Or A BMX?
Here we have two videos for you that may have you asking a few questions. Have you got the wrong tyres? The wrong tyre pressure? Maybe you’re wearing the wrong…
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…
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!”…
Unhurried | The John Muir Way with Markus Stitz
This new video covering the John Muir Way, from Markus Stitz is a gentle paced look at why you should ride your bike, explore, and go further. If you were…
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…
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…
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…
Mākū – Makes you feel better about not being in New Zealand
How bad could bike packing in New Zealand be, really? Surely it’s all just lovely? Yes, New Zealand would appear to have a lot going for it: more scenery than…
Eleven Free Gravel GPX Routes Plotted In Perthshire
Perthshire in Scotland is seeking to promote itself as a gravel riding destination, with the launch of a website detailing eleven routes around the area. This includes free GPX downloads…
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 | 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…
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…
Creepy Fatigue – The Cobblestones Of Flanders
Many of us will have looked at the cobblestones of Flanders and wondered how hard it can be, really, to ride them. Yes, add in a peloton of close packed…
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…
Orange RX9 Pro First Look at this gravel bike
From the moment I pulled the RX9 Pro out of the home delivered box you could tell it was a gravel bike that was built by a mountain bike brand.…
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…
First Look: Fuji Jari 2.5 Adventure Road Bike 2020 – Gravel on a budget?
The Fuji Jari 2.5 is a steel road/adventure bike designed to cope with anything from morning commutes to days out in the countryside. At £779.99 for a full build with…
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…
Gnarvel – A Tale of Misadventure on a Gravel Bike
Has anyone else had the bright idea of taming their riding during lockdown with the use of a gravel bike? My flawed logic was that a gravel bike isn’t capable…
First Look: Sonder Camino Al Rival1 Hydraulic Gravel Bike
The Sonder Camino Al is designed to be a capable, tough and nippy adventure bike for big days out exploring. This one has arrived at Singletrack Towers to be tested…
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…
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…
Bontrager Releases New GR2, wait… what? Gravel Shoes
Ha! Bet you didn’t know that you needed special shoes for riding gravel, did you? Bontrager begs to differ and has just launched the new Bontrager GR2 gravel shoes in…