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...

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...

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!”...

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...

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...

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...

Markus Stitz Perthshire Gravel

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

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...