Culture & Opinion
A tough week for Santa Cruz
In Episode 31 of DIALED, Jordi recaps the latest developments with the devastating California wildfires.
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Culture & Opinion
Finding Gravel with Amity Rockwell
What is gravel cycling? “I honestly don’t think anyone has a very straight answer,” says 2019 DK200 winner Amity Rockwell, “There’s certainly no other discipline of bike racing—aside from gravel—where I can just go push myself for that many hours and see what happens…” Growing up
Tech & Data
The First E-Racing World Championships Will Be Held On Zwift This December
Nearly a year ago the UCI and Zwift announce that a virtual racing world championships would be held in 2020. Today, the two organizations revealed more details, including that the competition will take place on December 8-9, 2020. “It’s with great pleasure that we are able to confirm the
Culture & Opinion
Weekend Randoms: Barrel of Fun, Human Flight & More
Living in the Chronovirus has reminded me that sometimes you just need to have a little fun. Here’s a random collection of links and videos ranging from entertaining to thought provoking. 🥇 : That blast from the past up top, you can grab one for yourself for $40 on Igloo’s
The Garage
Granite Design's Stash RCX Multi-Tool Fits in A Gravel Bike’s Carbon Steerer
There are plenty of multi tools out there for MTB steerer tubes, but those are usually aluminum and open at the bottom of the steerer. Gravel forks are usually carbon and closed. The new Granite Design Stash RCX is designed to work with gravel forks as it uses a carbon
Culture & Opinion
9 Miles
Whenever I can, I’ll turn off my computer, take out the bike and go ride my home trails until the sun goes down. Sure, it might just be a 9 mile ride at the end of the day, but it’s those 9 Miles that give me the energy
Components
BOA Li2 Coming to Road, Gravel and Mountain Footwear
Boa dials are pretty much ubiquitous these days when it comes to cycling footwear. The latest upgrade from the Denver-based company is the Boa Li2 system, featuring lower profile dials and micro-adjustments. The new system is also said to be more environmentally friendly. The Li2 dials will start showing up
Culture & Opinion
Crust Bikes: Chapter One
The first chapter in a new series of videos on the history and future of Crust Bikes.
Bikes & Frames
Mākū – New Zealand Gravel Bike Film
What an amazing trip, other than the weather. In November 2019 Damian Stones and Mike Anderson set off to the Marlborough Sounds across the top of the South Island in search of challenging trails on their gravel bikes. The weather forecast was less than ideal but due to time restrictions
Bikes & Frames
Video: Commuter Bike Trials with Andrea Maranelli
Andrea Maranelli is Always Late, wonder why?
Culture & Opinion
Video: Dirty Kanzelled – Laurens ten Dam Rides His Own Dirty Kanza 2020
Dirty Kanza 2020 has been cancelled. Undeterred, Laurens ten Dam, Wout van Aert, Niki Terpstra and Peter Stetina had tackled the 200 miles (320 km) of gravel on their own.
Culture & Opinion
WTF Bikexplorers Releases Get Rad Be Radical Publication
WTF Bikexplorers’ just released a publication titled Get Rad Be Radical. Get Rad Be Radical is about bikes, but not really about bikes. You can grab a copy of Get Rad Be Radical for $17 at WTF Bikexplorers. Get Rad Be Radical is an annual publication by WTF Bikexplorers that