The Gravel Cyclist Dirty Kanza 200 Training Plan – Part One
Dirty Kanza 200 is not a race to be taken lightly. Two hundred miles of road cycling in one day is difficult enough. For a gravel race such as Dirty…
New Event: Giro Announces Grinduro UK
GIRO EXPANDS GRINDURO TO UK Partners with Fabric for July 15th Event on Isle of Arran, Scotland (March 21, 2017– Scotts Valley, CA) – Adding a second event for 2017,…
Riding Tips: Planning and Carrying for Long Solo Rides
If you're a regular visitor to the Gravel Cyclist website, you'll know this site is about the gravel cycling experience. My friends and I are not elite bike racer types.…
Event Preview: Paris to Ancaster Bike Race – Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
CANADA'S ORIGINAL GRAVEL GRINDER HAMILTON, Ontario - Registration is open for the 24th annual Paris to Ancaster Bike Race (P2A), taking place on Sunday, April 30th, 2017. This unique race…
Event Preview: Oskar Blues Old Man Winter Rally – Boulder, Colorado
How do you take a traditional gravel event to the next level? Do it in the middle of winter in the Rocky Mountains! Adventure Fit Events in Boulder, Colorado have…
Australian Gravel: The Mount Gambier to Kalangadoo Ride
Mount Gambier is the second most populated city in my home state of South Australia, at an estimated urban population of around 29,000 residents. That isn't a whole lot of…
Australian Gravel: Sellicks Exploration Ride with the Gravelaide Crew
Gravelaide is the brainchild of three lads from Gravel Riders South Australia - Peter Gratwick, Graeme aka The Sticky Bidon (TSB) and Russell aka Russ The Rider (RTR). Taking cues from…
Gravelaide Ride: Mud, Washouts, Koalas, Jetlag, Climbing and 98% Gravel
Continuing from my previous posting to the website, I arrived in my original home town of Adelaide, South Australia on December 26. The main flight of the journey took some…
Xmas Flight and a Litespeed Gravel Bike
For many people around the globe, this time of year is about enjoying the season no matter your personal beliefs, and for a lot of us, that may involve a…
Exclusive: USA Cycling and Gravel? A conversation with USAC’s CEO – Derek Bouchard
If you caught our feature article earlier in the week - USA Cycling has its eye on Gravel, you would have read the email one of our readers sent directly…
Feature: USA Cycling has its eye on Gravel
This round of news broke on December 5th, 2016, on the VeloNews.com website. Below is a direct quotation from that article, followed by some comments we have already received at…
Thanksgiving Day in the US of A: Eat? Maybe later, but now, time to ride!
In the US of A, the fourth Thursday of the month of November is the day Thanksgiving is celebrated - Wikipedia does a far better job of explaining the day's history…
Days are Short. Skies are Dark. Winter is coming to the USA: How do you ride?
The Gravel Cyclist crew resides in the Northern Hemisphere most of the year, namely in Gainesville, Florida, USA. Gainesville is mostly known as a college town, home to the University of…
Gravel and Good King Wenceslas – Czech Republic Gravel: by Gordon Daniell
I, like a lot of Americans, had little reason to think about "the Czech Republic" when I was growing up. Certainly, I learned to spell "Czechoslovakia," but I didn't really…