Featured Event: La Resistance – La Plage, Talloires, France
From the Promoter: La Resistance is back for its second edition this September. After a successful inaugural event last year, La Resistance is back in 2017, bigger and better.…
Hard Men of Australia: Road Racing in the late 1940’s to early 1970’s – on Gravel
Long before the advent of tubeless tyres, electronic shifting, GPS navigation, power meters and now suspension - on gravel bikes - there were the hard men of road racing. These…
Review: Gore Apparel Men’s Oxygen Gore-Tex 2.0 Active Jacket
This review comes to you during the heat of the northern hemisphere summer. But somewhere on planet Earth, it is cold and possibly wet. I discovered the true meaning of…
The Floribama (Florida / Alabama) Gravel Cycling Weekend
The areas of northwestern Florida, southwestern Georgia and southeastern Alabama have been on my ride exploration list for some time. Events such as the Dirty Pecan 150 and Spaghetti 100…
Video Interview: Mark Lynskey of Lynskey Performance Designs – Part One
JOM of the Gravel Cyclist crew interviews Mark Lynskey, CEO of Lynskey Performance Designs, a company renown for their high-performance titanium bicycle frames. In Part One, Mark goes over the…
VIDEO: Demonstration of Focus R.A.T. (Rapid Axle Technology)
Nowadays, thru-axles are the norm on most new gravel bikes, and at the level of professional road racing in the WorldTour, the technology is slowing inching its way in. But…
Review: C-Bear Ceramic Bearing Bottom Bracket – Belgian Tough
The bottom bracket is the most overlooked and abused item on a bicycle. Dirt, crud, water and mud, the elements throw everything at this component. Yet, it performs arguably the…
Review: Terrene Elwood Tough 650B x 47mm Tubeless Ready Tires
"It’s all about the ride—it always has been. At Terrene, we put riding at the center of the experience. As riders, we understand what matters most—be it an afternoon on your…
VIDEO: Episode 8 – Ask the Gravel Cyclist Crew a Question!
Episode Eight of "Ask the Gravel Cyclist Crew a Question" can be seen below. Questions in this episode: What is one of the funniest things you've heard on a gravel bike…
VIDEO: 2017 Crusher in the Tushar – Beaver, Utah – The Gravel Race at Altitude
July 8, 2017 marked the 7th running of Crusher in the Tushar, a gravel race held in the Tushar mountains near Beaver, Utah. Making this event unique is the high…
Featured Bike: Jeremiah Gantzer’s 17lb Moots Routt RSL Gravel Bike
About Moots: "Moots Cycles has been handcrafting bicycle frames in Steamboat Springs, Colorado since 1981. The company is known for building the finest quality titanium road, mountain, cross, and specialty bicycle…
Race Report: 2017 Crusher in the Tushar – Beaver, Utah
Crusher in the Tushar - "uniquely-formatted race begins in historic downtown Beaver, the birthplace of famed outlaw “Butch Cassidy” and finishes at Utah’s newest ski and Summer resort, Eagle Point.…
Review: Wilier Triestina Jaroon – A Modern Steel Gravel Bike
"Wilier Triestina got its start in a modest workshop on the banks of the river Brenta in San Fortunato by Pietro Dal Molin from Bassano del Grappa, Italy in the…
Race Report: Inaugural USECF Gravel Grinder Nationals – by Lawrence Dreyfus
The Inaugural USECF Gravel Grinder Nationals: The first of, hopefully many more to come. I was excited and a bit surprised when earlier this year the, newly-formed, United States Endurance…