The first annual Moran 166 brought much anticipation as one of the most remote, scenic, and fast-paced gravel bike races in the Midwest. On Saturday, September 11th, not only did…

It's over. Successful? Phew, I'm not so sure. Was it good? Yes, definitely! Hello and welcome to my last blog post entry here on Gravel cyclist in the category "Road…

Ned Gravel, Colorado’s Newest and Most Inclusive Bike Race, Sells Out "In its first year and founded on the theory that cycling can and should be a more inclusive sport,…

Part Two: Orbits Five to Eight Greetings! I am riding my fifth Orbit in the mountains of the Rhön. The Orbit is called BIG BANG and is 160 kilometers with…

"3,000 riders, including a number of current and former U.S. professional national champions, Olympians, World Tour riders and many of the world’s most accomplished gravel riders descended on Routt County’s…

The organizers of the legendary Nibelungen gravel ride organized a very special Gravel event on July 31, 2021 - the Siegfried Gravel or SiegfriedGRVL. Why SiegfriedGRVL? “Siegfried was the best…

Grinduro first landed in California back in 2015 and set an immediate benchmark for what the future of gravel events could be. Rather than being solely a race, Grinduro set…

Due to the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic in Germany, many bike events had been canceled. But, this didn’t mean the end of cycling. The organiser of Orbit360, Raphael Albrecht, and his…

I’m starting this out with my thank-you's. Often these come as the wrap-up to a race report, but my report is long and I wouldn’t want you to fall asleep…

This article comes to us from our good friend, Nicholas Garbis, founder and host of the Gravel News Network (GNN). Quick Background on Almanzo (and Meteor Theory) The Almanzo 100…

Held on October 17, 2020, a layer of snow added to the racers’ challenge at the 2nd Red Granite Grinder cycling event.  Riders began the race in downtown Wausau early in the…

During the abbreviated gravel season for 2020, my highlight was undoubtedly the Greffelründsche (the name comes from a German dialect and means "Gravel around Frankfurt"), a 303-kilometer long gravel race…

What does a bike race look like in the time of COVID-19? This is a question that, like many, I thought could only be rhetorical. Nearly everything got canceled. The…

The 2020 Arkansaw High Country Race set new race records and pulled ultra-endurance cyclists from 10 states to Fayetteville, Arkansas, to compete in the self-supported 1,000-mile bikepacking race. Starting and…