Culture & Opinion
With 32 days til Kanza, Ted hits the road and goes clear across the country to test his form at the Belgian Waffle Ride. Ripping throughout San Diego County, Ted catches up with the traditional cadre of gravel rippers, but sees some new faces in the crowd. Pete Stetina, Eddie
Bikes & Frames
The Santa Cruz Stigmata was one of the first bikes that showed me what a true gravel bike could be, that was circa 2015. Now we’re well into 2019 and just four years later the gravel scene is all the rage. Increasing tire clearance and geometry with good manners
Components
Shimano has announced a new component groupset specifically designed for gravel and adventure riding called “GRX”. I don’t want to sound overly dramatic, but this is a significant moment in bicycling history. It’s about as big as when Shimano introduced the first mountain bike group back in the
Bikes & Frames
The Poseidon X is an intriguing bike. It’s an aluminum cyclocross/gravel bike with a carbon fork, 4 bottle cage bosses and room for 700×40 and 650bx1.9″ tires. Built with a Shimano 2x drivetrain, the bike demands just $599. That Shimano Claris drivetrain and Tektro mechanical disc
Culture & Opinion
Gravel racing is the most refreshing and exciting development in cycling in a long time. Combing fast-paced racing with adventure, dirt and drama has done a lot to break the sport out of the bro-dominated world of crit racing. It A few weeks ago, Ted King placed second at Land
Culture & Opinion
One of the best things about gravel riding and racing is that its imperative to keep things a little weird. The annual Gravel Worlds race held outside Lincoln, Nebraska always keep things interesting. From the name to the cutlasses they gave to winners last year, weird is part of the
Gear Reviews
Morvelo’s new Overland collection aims to cross the gap between road cycling and mountain bike specific kit by offering a different aesthetic for the gravel bike rider – not aero-tight lycra of road kit, nor the over-baggy clothing preferred on the single track. Definitely a range worth a closer look.
Culture & Opinion
Gravel grinder extraordinaire, Ted King has a new event, Rooted Vermont. Check out the press release for the event below, it sounds like a great reason to visit the Green Mountain state this summer. Rooted Vermont: Return to Gravel is a brand new gravel event that will take place on
Culture & Opinion
The best race monument of the year isn’t even a monument Bike racing has its up and downs. There are transition days at the Tour de France where the most notable bit of footage is a giant bicycle made of tractors in a field, then there are days where
MTB
This sounds like a race you don’t want to miss. The Lake City Alpine 50 is a mixed surface race with its inaugural edition kicking off August 24, 2019. Lake City, Colorado is home to some of the most beautiful terrain in the state. The combination of views of
Culture & Opinion
Southeastern Colorado is beautiful, historic and sadly often overlooked country. Explore Las Animas is aiming to connect gravel riders to the area by sending them out over miles of quiet county roads and through stunning public lands. There are currently 7 rides on the calendar for 2019 and they each
Culture & Opinion
Wild Horses is a look at the first year of the Silk Road Mountain Race, an absolutely brutal (26,000m of climbing), long distance (1670km), self-supported bikepacking race with very little tarmac that follows the trading route. The clock never stops and there are no prizes. What an incredible adventure.