Posts tagged unbound gravel

The 2019 Crusher in the Tushar has stacked fields from across cycling disciplines. We look at some of the gravel grinders to watch in Utah this weekend.

Utah’s Crusher in the Tushar returns for Year 9 of gravel, climbing and crushing both in 2019. We spoke with Burke Swindlehurst about the event’s success.

Lance “LancyPants” Haidet started June with a top 20 at the DK200 and finished with a U23 Road Nats title. We chatted with him about his successful month.

Cyclocrossers—present and past—and graveleurs mixed it up at the 2019 U.S. Road Nationals in Knoxville. We run down the time trial, criterium and road race.

The “Cross the Mitten” Michigan Coast to Coast Gravel Grinder returned in 2019 with a 210-route from Lake Huron to Lake Michigan. Results from the race.

Olivia Dillon was leading the 2019 Dirty Kanza 200 before a devastating flat ended her run at the win. She still came away with a positive experience.

A former road racer, Lauren De Crescenzo has embraced her inner gravel self aboard her Cannondale SuperX in 2019. We profile her gravel bike from the DK200.

A wagon road called “The Sand Box” proved decisive at the 2019 Oregon Trail Gravel Grinder stage race. Read mini reports and see stage and GC results.

Amanda Nauman took her tried-and-true Niner RLT 9 RDO gravel bike to the 2019 Dirty Kanza 200. We looked at her bike built with Easton components.

Pivot Cycles revamped its versatile Vault model with shorter chainstays, bigger tire clearance and an innovative ISO FLEX system. We take a first look at the cx / gravel bike.

The Panaracer/Factor p/b Bicycle X-Change team has years of experience with the Dirty Kanza 200 Checkpoint Shuffle. We watched them in action in 2019.

Lance Haidet attacked from 4km out and finished solo to win the 2019 U23 Road Nationals. Cooper WIllsey and Cameron Beard went 2-3 for an all-‘cross podium.

Dori and Andrew Coetzee took on their 4th Dirty Kanza 200 aboard a steel Ritchey Double Switchback Break Away travel tandem. We took a closer look.

2019 marks the 10th anniversary of dumb fun at West Virginia’s Hilly Billy Roubaix. We preview what’s new, what’s returning and what’s worked for a decade.

Cyclocrossers traded their knobby tires for aero bars and road tires and took home medals in the Junior and U23 races at the 2019 Amateur Road Nationals.

Blue Competition Cycles is under new ownership, and its new gravel bike is the carbon Hogback. We take a first look at the gravel/adventure bike.

Part gravel race, part scavenger hunt, SoCal’s Hunt of the North put a unique twist on gravel racing. More on the event that sent riders looking for stoke.

Cannondale released a carbon version of its Topstone gravel bike designed with the Kingpin suspension system to provide 30mm of flex at the saddle.

Riders are hitching their gravel wagons at the first-ever Oregon Trail Gravel Grinder stage race. More on the new race focused on adventure and community.

As a member of the Shimano Gravel Alliance, Erica Mueller had new GRX gravel components on her Orbea Terra at the 2019 Dirty Kanza 200. We take a look.

Sarah Max was on an Argonaut GR2 at the 2019 Dirty Kanza 200. We look at the made-in-Oregon gravel bike that has helped her get hooked on gravel racing.

Episode 3 of the Groadio podcast with CXHairs and CXM checks in with the first-ever Groadio Power Rankings and looks at a brewing controversy.

There’s gold (or gravel) in them thar hills at the 2019 Gold Rush Gravel Grinder in the Black Hills of South Dakota. We go gravel prospecting.

The Truckee Dirt Fondo provided 67 miles of gravel in Tahoe National Forest, even though snow kept Peter Sagan from hosting in 2019. Race results.

Mat Stephens and his Panaracer team have new Factor Vista gravel bikes for the 2019 season. We looked at his setup before the 2019 Dirty Kanza 200.

Wout van Aert is hot right now, winning the ITT and Stage 5 at the 2019 Critérium du Dauphiné. We look at his success and a hat tip from a rival.

Katerina Nash had her trusty Orbea Terra cyclocross and gravel bike at the 2019 Lost and Found gravel race. We look at what’s new and returning.

Illinois? It’s more like Hillinois at the Ten Thousand gravel ride in the Driftless Area. Craig Bryant reports from the climby 2019 event.

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All it took was an email and Jay Petervary was back at the start line of the 2019 350-mile DKXL. We spoke with him about his win and the event.