Posts tagged gravel bike

You may not need a gravel bike, but what if you want one on the cheap? The good news is three decades worth of bikes are ready for your next gravel ride.

The steel Breezer Inversion has a road feel, but when the script calls for adventure, it is ready. Find out if the Inversion can play a leading role in your next off-road adventure in our ride review.

The Ritchey Outback adventure bike is Tom Ritchey’s latest creation. We throw a leg over the teal steel machine. Could it be the ultimate escape vehicle?

CXM takes a sneak peak at builds and colors of some of Ridley’s 2018 cyclocross and gravel bikes, including the X-Night SL, X-Night, carbon X-Trail and X-Trail Adventure.

CXM takes a look at the 2018 Specialized CruX CX and Diverge gravel bike builds and prices, and we take a closer look at the CruX Expert and S-Works Diverge models.

The Spark series from Montreal, Canada-based Opus Bikes offers plenty of value with five options in the $1100 – $1750 range.

Dean Bikes knows not everyone can afford its Boulder-built titanium creations. Its Antero cyclocross frame aims to lower the barrier.

Fairdale bikes from Austin, Texas was at the Sea Otter Classic showing its latest bike, a steel gravel bike with disc brakes and wide tires. The Rockitship will be available as a frame and ENVE carbon fork at an affordable price.

VooDoo Cycles launches an all new gravel bike at the Sea Otter Classic with hydraulic disc brakes and room for 45c tires.

Like its tributee, this build is polarizing, energetic, and just plain fun. We’re eager to hear what your favorite detail is on this gravel-capable bike.

Tim O’Donnell of Shamrock Cycles showcased a beautiful build at NAHBS 2017. We cover this Rotor Uno-equipped eye candy for St. Patrick’s Day treat.

The Rawland RAVN is a unique gravel/adventure/tour bike with a custom-drawn double butted cromoly frame the company categorizes as “All-Road Enduro.”

For 2017, Pivot Updates the Vault with fork updates including increased tire clearance and internal cable routing, and fully hydraulic brakes with higher volume tires.

Fuji showed off its flagship Jari 1.1 gravel bike at Interbike, and took a close look at the polished aluminum, SRAM Force 1 bike that’s coming this fall.

The new 2017 Eddy Merckx Strasbourg 71 Carbon we saw in Vegas was fresh off the shipping container and delivered directly to the 2016 Interbike Outdoor Demo. We take a look at the new model here.

At this year’s Tour de France, freeride pro Sam Pilgrim took a gravel bike and an unconventional route around France on his way to Le Tour’s …

Earlier this month at the 2016 Bike Press Camp, we saw the full 2017 GT Grade gravel, or “Enduroad” as the company calls it, line-up.

At the 2016 Bike Press Camp, we had an opportunity to test the much-hyped the 3T Exploro gravel bike. Was it a compromised bike? A solution to a problem that didn’t exist? Or an innovative, versatile bike with many benefits?

There were a number of purpose-built buikes at the 2016 Lost & found gravel race, including this suspended Soulcraft 26″ wheeled machine.

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.

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 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.

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.

Fezzari was on hand at the 2016 Sea Otter Classic showing off its new bike called the Shafer GR or Gravel Road.

GT introduced the Grade Carbon gravel bike in 2014 when the gravel road segment was just gaining momentum.

Breezer is back in the road bike game with its new Inversion road/gravel model, shown at Sea Otter.

Mongoose made its name in BMX, and that prominence carried into mountain biking and cyclocross. Although Mongoose maintained its position in BMX, the rest of the line has lost its luster. Mongoose is out to change that with its new Selous Expert

We spotted Fuji’s first ever gravel bike yesterday afternoon at Sea Otter, the new Jari, which comes in three models, the Jari 1.1, 1.3 and 1.5. We took a look at the mid-range Jari 1.3.

Darrel Williams, the man behind Thrive Cycles of Savanah, Missouri, is self-taught and has only been building for a year and half, but is already making waves with his simple, understated aesthetic.