Gravel Cyclist

VIDEO Review: Topeak JoeBlow Booster Pump – Is it a replacement for the air compressor?

By JOM May 27, 2016

"The JoeBlow Booster pump just made it easier to install tubeless tires. No more frustrating leaks because you can’t pump up your tire fast enough to get an effective rim…

Gear of the Gravel Cyclist Crew: Tyres, Tubeless Sealant, Valves and Pumps

The following extensive list of products are used by the Gravel Cyclist crew for training and racing. Where applicable, we have linked to a review of the product on the…

Race Report: 2016 Land Run 100 – by Bob Cummings

By JOM March 29, 2016

Land Run 100 2016 - by Bob Cummings We learned plenty of lessons during the 2015 edition of Land Run 100 - the "year of mud". Of all the cycling disciplines,…

Review: Orange Seal Endurance Formula Tire Sealant

By JOM March 10, 2016

In the world of gravel cycling, tyre punctures are a fact of life. Dirt and gravel roads are typically strewn with sharp gravel and rocks that under the right circumstances can…

Race Report: Old Man Winter Bike Rally – Boulder County, Colorado – by Bob Cummings

By JOM March 4, 2016

"The Old Man Winter Bike Rally was created to be THE winter adventure by bike." "It is the one and only winter cycling festival that brings Boulder’s best riding to cyclists…

Race Report: Texas Chainring Massacre 2016 – by Bob Cummings

By JOM February 18, 2016

The Texas Chainring Massacre, hosted by Spinistry Promotions on January 23rd, 2016 is a gravel grinder featuring a unique combination of dirt roads and desolate country roads that are both…

Interbike 2015: Cannondale Slate

By JOM October 12, 2015

Cannondale bikes have been around a long time - originally born in 1971 in a crowded loft above a pickle factory! Cannondale were the creators of the cycling industry's first…

Wandering around Waycross, Georgia

By JOM October 11, 2015

This isn't a tale of a walkabout where I (JOM) rode my bicycle, hoping to find seldom-traveled dirt roads in a town I was less than familiar with. No, this…

Tinkering 101: Shimano 105 Derailleur Hack by Thomas Aceves

By JOM June 19, 2015

Shimano 105 Derailleur Hack - by Thomas Aceves This article comes to us courtesy of Thomas Aceves, a reader of the Gravel Cyclist blog. His contribution came in response to…

2015 Dirty Kanza 200 Race Report: by Bob Cummings

By JOM June 4, 2015

About the Dirty Kanza 200 From the event website - Dirty Kanza Promotions was founded in 2006 by Jim Cummins, with the assistance of fellow cycling enthusiast Joel Dyke. At…

2. Tips & Concepts for Gravel Bike Setup

A little about Gravel Bikes A plethora of manufacturers are now producing "gravel bikes", taking advantage of this rapidly evolving genre of cycling. However, often the best bike setups are…

Guy Fazzio’s Ventana El Martillo Cross Bike

By JOM February 19, 2015

El Martillo aka "The Hammer", by Ventana Mountain Bikes USA A little Ventana history, courtesy of their website: "Since the early 1970’s, Sherwood Gibson, one of Ventana’s two original founders…