2016 Interbike: Favaloro GX Arc Cross / Gravel Bike – Italian Style
Favaloro is brand new to the United States. However, in Italy, Favoloro goes by another name, FM Bike. The man behind FM Bike and its namesake Favaloro in the United States…
2016 Interbike: Mandaric Custom Steel Cross / Gravel Bike
Mandaric Bicycles opened for business around 1977 or 1978, mostly as a side effect of a frame building favor to a local bicycle club member. The rest is history; since then,…
2016 Interbike: White Industries MR30 Cranks – The Perfect Gravel Crank?
From the White Industries website - "White Industries was founded in 1978 when owner and president, Doug White, had aspirations to develop, manufacture, and market bicycle products of his own…
2016 Interbike: Pivot Cycles Vault Cyclocross / Gravel Bike
Pivot Cycles, founded in 2007, is one company who has been at the forefront of developments in recent mountain bike design and performance-enhancing technology. It is no wonder the company…
2016 Interbike: Wilier Jaroon Steel Gravel Bike
The Wilier Jaroon - "A high-quality frame, welded with a special technique that hides all welding material inside, making the frame appear clean, and the seams flawless." For more information…
VIDEO: The 2016 L’Eroica Experience: Part Four – The Ride Video – The White Roads of Tuscany
Sunday, October 2, 2016. JOM (Aussie), K-Dogg and Mrs K-Dogg flew across the pond (that's the Atlantic Ocean for those not in the know) from the USA to attend the 20th Anniversary…
2016 Interbike: Renovo John Day – The Wooden Gravel Bike
"Renovo was founded by Ken Wheeler whose background includes the design and manufacture of the Wheeler Express, a composite, 4 place airplane and a variety of projects before that. He…
2016 Spaghetti 100 – 62 Mile Dirt Epic Race Report: by K-Dogg
A day to play in the dirt! The Spaghetti 100 is an event hosted by the Capital City Cyclists of Tallahassee, Florida, benefiting several charities relating to children’s cycling.…
2016 Interbike: Devinci Hatchet Carbon Di2 Gravel Bike
Devinci Bikes, well known in Quebec and the rest of the Great White North, aka Canada, is a brand not-so-well known south of the border in Mainland USA. Devinci was…
2016 Interbike: Orbea Terra Carbon Gravel Bike
Orbea is a bicycle manufacturer based in the Basque Country of Spain. The company opened its doors way back in 1840 as a firearms manufacturer, but added bicycles to its portfolio…
2016 Interbike: Bombtrack Hook EXT Gravel Plus
We understand Bombtrack Bicycle Company takes their name from a song by Rage Against the Machine - the terminology "bomb" is hip-hop slang for great. The German brand has been…
The 2016 L’Eroica Experience: Part Three – The Ride – The White Roads of Tuscany
In Part One, I detailed my trip to Italy and in Part Two, the pre-rides of some of the course, in video format. There is also plenty of retro bike goodness…
The 2016 L’Eroica Experience: The Bikes (Part Two)
Continuing where we left off from The Bikes (Part One), more retro bike goodies from the 2016 edition of L'Eroica! - Vintage road bikes on the white gravel roads of…
2016 Interbike: Enigma Ecroix – The British Made Gravel / Cross Bike
Excerpt from Enigma's website - "Although the Enigma story started just 10 years ago, the roots of the business go back almost half a century to when company founder Jim…