Culture & Opinion
Video: LA Tourist Race
Gravel Bike California put together this great video recap of the LA Tourist Race.
Kevin Curry
Components
Stages Has a Gravel Specific Power Meter Now
Stages just released a selection of new power meters designed for use with Shimano’s gravel specific GRX groupset. The Shimano GRX groupset dropped in 2019 as the first gravel specific component group with features like increased tire and frame clearance and anti-slip levers. The Stages GRX power meter
Culture & Opinion
Video: Niner Bikes Ghost Towns & Gravel, Episode 1: The Legend of Charles Breyfogle
Join Niner Bikes and rider Yuri Hauswald for a gravel road adventure into the past. Presenting Episode 1 of Ghost Towns and Gravel: the Legend of Charles Breyfogle. It’s a quest for gravel road gold, yet it’s also a journey into gold mining history (and modern oddities) as
Culture & Opinion
The World’s Best Gravel Racers are Launching Their 2020 Seasons at Old Man Winter Rally: Lyons, Colorado
Welp, there go my chances at my first start of 2020. The world’s best gravel bike racers will be racing in Lyons, Colorado on February 9th to see who can conquer the elements and serious competition at the 2020 Sufferfest Beer Co. Old Man Winter Rally. Colin Strickland and
Culture & Opinion
Video: Dutch Headwind Cycling Championships
What a nightmare this is. A race that’s announce three days ahead of time when a storm is forecast and is cancelled if the headwind isn’t blowing at at least 50-60 kph. The 8.5 km course must be covered on a supplied upright single-speed, Dutch-
Culture & Opinion
Video: Ride What Ya Brung, A First Brevet Cycling Experience
Follow Deane Parker a first time Brevet participant as he undertakes a 250km weekend bikepacking event with ‘The Flahute Presents’, in the Canterbury high country of New Zealand.
Culture & Opinion
Ian Boswell Leaves the World Tour to Race Gravel for Wahoo in 2020
Following a successful career racing in the World Tour for Trek-Livestrong, Team Sky, and Katusha-Alpecin, American pro cyclist Ian Boswell has decided to transition from the road calendar to gravel racing for 2020. Boswell will be racing for Wahoo Fitness on a calendar of his own design that
Culture & Opinion
Sea Otter Classic to Add Professional Gravel Race
Gravel bikes have taken over the Sea Otter trade show in recent years. So, it was only a matter of time before the Sea Otter Classic added a gravel race to its schedule of professional racing. The 2020 Sea Otter Classic will feature a gravel race on the Fort Ord
Components
Silca Introduces New Nastro Bar Tapes - The Thickest and Thinnest Available
Also Launches First-of-its-Kind Crash Replacement Policy Silca’s two new Nastro bar tapes offer both the cushiest handlebar wrap and the slimmest grip available, perfect for gravel riders looking for more comfort, or racers looking for aerodynamic grip on their track and time trial bikes. Additionally, Silca
Culture & Opinion
Video: The World’s Best Blind Mountain Biker
Brian Bushman lost his sight at age 14. He didn’t lose his love for cycling. So, he adapted and learned to echolocate, like a bat, so he could continue to ride his mountain bike. Wild. Anyone who rides a mountain bike on downhill terrain knows how perilous it can
MTB
Video: Into the Clouds
Two Kona sponsored riders, Barry Wicks and Eric Tonkin, conquer two tough climbs on Maui.
Bikes & Frames
Salsa Cycles Debuts 2020 Warbirds
Salsa Cycles has released the images for their 2020 line up of Warbird bikes. For 2020, this is largely a color update as the Warbird received a major frame and fork redesign last season. The big news other than paint is that for 2020 GRX components will be featured on