Salty and Stupid Cycling would like to thank all of our generous sponsors: the cities of Wendover and West Wendover, the Tooele Tourism Tax Advisory Board, the Nevada Board of Tourism, Hammer Nutrition, Boyd Cycling, ROTOR Components, Bike Hardcore, Wolf Tooth Components, ENVE Composites, Wasatch Touring, Saturday Cycles, Original Free Range, the Cache Gran Fondo, […]
The Salty Lizard 100 sent riders for their third run around the Silver Island Mountains in Utah’s West Desert on Oct. 8, cementing its place as an annual treat/torture (or “treature”) for gravel riders from across the West, nay, the entire continent. Fast folks and entire families signed up for a day of speed and […]
The Traka was reaffirmed once again on the weekend of May 1st in Girona/Spain, as one of the leading gravel events in Europe. Event promotion company, Klassmark, has earned a reputation for hosting the best events in the European gravel scene. The 2022 edition of THE TRAKA wrapped up with 800 participants from more than […]
“Red Bull is bringing gravel cycling to west Texas with the debut of Red Bull Rio Grande Gravel. Beyond the chili cookoffs, mysterious lights and country music lies a peaceful landscape with treacherous terrain. Gravel cyclists from across the U.S. and around the world are gearing up for the ultimate, Texas-sized test of strength and […]
An extraordinary race with a bizarre twist in the final stage gives GBDURO victory to the Around-the-World record holder in his first-ever race. “Despite a career of world-firsts in endurance cycling expeditions, Mark Beaumont, the current round-the-world record holder, had never competed in anything other than what amounts to very extreme solo time trials.” “This […]
It’s almost the end of the season, but there’s always time for Timo Rokitta to squeeze in one last gravel event in 2021. At the end of a year when only a few gravel events took place, the organisers of the Nibelungen gravel ride invited gravellistas to their traditional “last season ride”. One week after […]
All photos in this article by Firespire Photography “Rain and mud give this year’s premiere gravel event a “PAroubaix” vibe” After a dramatically scaled back event in 2020, unPAved of the Susquehanna River Valley returned on Sunday, October 10th with a field of 825 participants, tackling distances ranging from 20 to 125 miles, and its […]
“Saturday, 10/23/2021, the inaugural Life Time Big Sugar Gravel race took place amidst peak fall foliage in Northwest Arkansas with a field of more than 1,100 riders representing 46 states and 5 countries. The event joins Life Time’s portfolio of off-road cycling races which has seen growth in 2021, following the successful launch of The […]
