Posts in category gravel

Aerodynamics and gravel racing. 3T is sure they go together like peanut butter and jelly. And they are releasing what they are calling the first aero gravel frame, the Exploro, to prove it.

Ted King talks about the Dirty Kanza and Paris Roubaix for Strava. We have excerpts and the link here.

It’s not all carbon and tubeless at the Lost & Found gravel race as evidenced by this modified 1986 steel 26″ wheel Peugeot City Express commuter seen at the race’s finish.

We also caught up with Carl Decker, who won the 2016 men’s Lost & Found gravel race in his first attempt, beating, among others, last year’s winner Tobin Ortenblad.

We spoke with Robin Farina after her win at the 2016 Lost & Found gravel race last weekend. See what the two-time women’s race winner had to say.

Boo Bicycles’ Nick Frey was disqualified from last weekend’s Dirty Kanza 200 for receiving outside assistance in a race that promotes neutral support. From Frey’s perspective, there’s a grey area there to be discussed. Frey wrote about his Dirty Kanza experience and we’re presenting it in full and unedited, below.

The Lost and Found is the Wild West of gravel racing. This year, hot temperatures, dusty roads and big names contested the first stop of the 2016 Lost Sierra Triple Crown. See our full race report, results and photo gallery.

Despite an early puncture, Robin Farina won the 2016 pro women’s race at the 2016 Lost & Found gravel event this past weekend aboard her custom-painted 2016 Santa Cruz Stigmata.

Carl Decker leads the Lost Sierra Triple Crown race series after his win in the Lost & Found gravel race in the Sierra Nevada Mountains this weekend. While we’ll have a full race report coming soon, here we’re taking a quick look at Decker’s winning rig.

Ted King and Amanda Nauman take the top step at the 2016 Dirty Kanza 200, the race’s 10th anniversary.

Greenbelly, aimed at backpackers, has a meal replacement bar that may be just right for bikepacking, your longest rides or even just your busiest days.

For a bike that’s already in the garage, there are two modifications that could help take some of the sting out of long gravel events: suspension seat posts and suspension stems.

We’ve said before that dropper posts are not for everyone. But for some, a dropper can be a great addition to a gravel bike or even a cyclocross bike. We’re taking a look here at PNW Components’ Rainier model.

SRAM has added hydraulic disc braking to its wireless eTap group with its new HydroHC levers.

E*Thirteen has a new wide-range 11-speed cassette out that offers a whopping 489% range, the TRS+ 9-44 cassette.

We reviewed the Sage Cycles PDXCX ‘cross bike a couple of years ago back in print issue 25. The Barlow is the latest Sage Cycles design with the gravel rider and racer in mind.

Silca, perhaps known best for its Super Pista and Super Pista Ultimate floor pumps, is getting fully into the tubeless game with its new tubeless valve kit and rim tape and is also offering replacement valve cores and valve extenders.

Lake Cycling is no new comer to cycling footwear. The once ubiquitous name in cycling shoes has new models out and refinements to existing designs that might be just the right fit for those looking for new riding shoes.

If you’ve been looking for a new do-it-all bike and want to get one and support a worthy cause at the same time, Champion System …

Earlier this month the second annual Bootleggeer 100 gravel race took place in Lenoir, North Carolina. The event was race number 3 of the Appalachian Grinder Series and started at Luna Cycles in downtown Lenoir where the idea for the race was concocted.

Defining the “best” of anything is a difficult, if not impossible task. This is particularly true with cyclocross equipment choices. Still, given the important role tires play in ‘cross we often get asked the question of what the best tire is for a given rider or set of conditions.

WolfTooth is bringing wider range cassettes to the Shimano 11-speed crowd with its new GC45 conversion kit.

Compass has produced a wide range of components for the “all road” cyclist who enjoys the pavement and never passes an opportunity to mix in some gravel, including an array of tires with a new tubeless Bon Jon Pass offering.

From pro-level models to the latest offerings for juniors, more and more bikes are coming equipped with discs. And with the growing number of riders on disc brakes there are more questions regarding care for disc brake components.

Kona has updated their Roadhouse drop bar disc brake bike for 2017, giving the model a component spec upgrade and the steel frame a new finish.

Just under a month away, the Lost and Found gravel ride and race is scheduled for June 4. Part of the Lost Sierra Triple Crown …

Ndvr, a new company, showed off a bike at Sea Otter that caught our eye. The Ndvr is trying to be the ultimate versatile bike, part cyclocross, part gravel, part road and all travel.

With decades of perspective, it’s fascinating to see Battistone start Coastline Cycle Co. with a bike that eschews all the trends and niches, and by doing so, might have invented its own.

Stella Yu founded Velo Saddles in 1979 with the mission to create perfect saddles. Today, the company continues that quest with its latest project, the Angel line of saddles.

We’ve been on the redesigned Litespeed T5 Gravel, which now features flat mount disc brake mounts and additional tire clearance. Here we take a quick look at the redesigned bike.