Headwinds, Pacelines and Echelon Riding
Headwinds If you've spent any amount of time riding around on dirt and gravel roads, either for fun or part of an organised ride or race, you'll have felt the…
2016 Gravel Worlds Interview: Ethan Froese, Master’s Gravel World Champion!
Pirate Cycling League's Gravel Worlds - We caught up with Ethan Froese, 2016 Master's Men Gravel World Champion for an impromptu interview after the race in a Mexican restaurant... along…
Preparation: What to carry for a 150 mile race like Gravel Worlds?
Saturday, August 20 marks the 2016 Gravel Worlds race in Lincoln, Nebraska. If you are a regular follower of the Gravel Cyclist website, you'll know the three-person crew of K-Dogg,…
The Right Grind – It’s not about the Coffee: by Peter Carr
This guest report comes to Gravel Cyclist on behalf of Peter Carr of the Bendigo Cycling Network in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. Report originally appeared in the late May 2016 weekly Bendigo…
Gravel Worlds Preparation 2016: Knocking out the Miles – Part Two
As August 20, 2016 and Gravel Worlds in Lincoln, Nebraska rolls ever closer, so does the preparation of the three-person Gravel Cyclist crew in far away Gainesville, Florida. Continuing on…
Event Preview: Eager Beaver 100 – Ontario, Canada by Damian Bradley
Substance Projects is a race organizer based in Ontario, Canada, who has been stepping up their game, creating events that follow emerging cycling trends. Substance Project and company owner Dan…
Gravel Worlds Preparation 2016: Knocking out the Miles – Part One
Gravel Worlds - The unofficial Gravel world championships of gravel racing is an annual event held in Lincoln, Nebraska. The race is typically held in late August, and as expected…
Event Preview: Yorkshire True Grit – United Kingdom
Do you have True Grit? Yorkshire True Grit is the brain-child of Andrew Wright, owner of Bikewright Cycle Shop in Easingwold near York. Andy is a passionate cyclist and enjoys…
Interview: Jesse Carlsson – Melbourne Gravel & Race to the Rock
Jesse Carlsson is no stranger to gravel road cycling. If you haven't heard of him, he took 2nd at the 2013 Tour Divide - and for 2015, he won the Trans…
Retro Gravel: 1909 Gravel Grinding – South Africa Style
These articles circa 1909 South Africa were sent our way from friend of the Gravel Cyclist crew, Big Head Todd. As a reference, the first paved road in the USA…
Ride Time: Turning Lemons into Lemonade
July 2nd, 2016 was a Saturday, and part of the Independence Day long weekend that is celebrated in the US of A. Thinking ahead to my next big event, the…
Sunday Ride: Florida-Georgia border, headwind out, tailwind back?
I was in one of those moods. My legs were knackered from the heat, length and mental effort related to Saturday's local group road ride in Gainesville, Florida. Group road…
The 2016 Dirty Kanza 200 Experience – Part Two – by JOM
After catching some much needed sleep at a hotel on the edge of town, I woke early on Thursday morning, June 2nd, eager to explore the town of Emporia. If…
The 2016 Dirty Kanza 200 Experience – Part One – by JOM
For the readers who are unaware of this not-so-little race, Dirty Kanza is arguably the world's biggest gravel race. Held annually in Emporia, Kansas, the event attracts close to 2,000 riders…