JOM, Author at Gravel Cyclist

VIDEO: California Gravel Cycling! Riding the Rumble in the Ranchlands Course, Mariposa County

By JOM June 21, 2018

Rumble in the Ranchlands was an event held on April 8th, 2018, hosted by SuperPro Racing. "Remote river valleys and long, long dirt downhills take you back into the Sierra…

Photo Feature: The Gravel Roads of Australia

By JOM June 20, 2018

Australia is often referred to as the Land Down Under. But it's a lot more than marsupials, the Coriolis effect, a horribly long flight across the Pacific Ocean and the…

Review: Hutchinson Overide 700c x 38mm Tubeless Ready Gravel Tires

By JOM June 19, 2018

About Hutchinson Tires "For 160 years, Hutchinson has been designing and manufacturing high-performance products, essential to the comfort and safety of everyone on the ground, in the air and at…

VIDEO: Building a Hydraulic Disc Brake Bike – The 3T Strada Road Bike (same principles apply to a gravel bike)

By JOM June 18, 2018

This video covers the build process of 3T's Strada Road bike, the 1x / single chainring road bike. It isn't a gravel bike, but the same process and technology are…

Featured Bike: The Open Cycle U.P.P.E.R. of Selene Yeager aka The Fit Chick!

By JOM June 15, 2018

"At OPEN, our motto is “working hard to stay small”. We’ve done the “big company” thing, and it was time for something different. So we design the bike we want…

VIDEO: Inside the 2018 Dirty Kanza 200 Gravel Race! – Emporia, Kansas

By JOM June 13, 2018

June 2nd, 2018 marked the 13th running of Dirty Kanza 200, arguably the world's most famous gravel race! Despite tough conditions with a thunderstorm delaying the race start by 30…

Gravel Bike Tyre / Tire Pressure Guidelines – by ENVE Composites

By JOM June 12, 2018

"With great volume, comes a great responsibility, to know and run the right tire pressure. Failure to do so will result in diminished confidence and a compromised ride experience." -…

VIDEO: Donnelly Cycling’s G//C “Gravel Carbon” Gravel Bike – 1x, 2x and HUGE Tyre Clearance!

By JOM June 8, 2018

The day before the 2018 Dirty Kanza 200 at the All Things Gravel Expo, JOM of the Gravel Cyclist crew interviewed Don of Donnelly Cycling, to learn more about the…

Race Report: Going 3 for 3 at the 2018 Dirty Kanza 200 – Emporia, Kansas, USA

By JOM June 7, 2018

Thirteen years ago, you could have mistaken Emporia, Kansas as a nondescript town in the Midwest. The sort of town you'd you speed past on nearby Interstate 35, unless you…

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VIDEO: Amanda “Panda” Nauman’s 2018 Niner RLT 9 RDO as raced at Dirty Kanza 200!

By JOM June 5, 2018

The day after the 2018 Dirty Kanza 200, JOM of the Gravel Cyclist crew sat down with David Sheek, otherwise known as "The Panda Handler", to get the tech scoop…

Press Release: ENVE Introduces New G Series Wheelsets, Raises the Bar for Gravel Riding

By JOM June 1, 2018

"ENVE is pleased to announce the G Series, a product line focused on the needs of modern gravel racers and riders. The G Series debuts at the Dirty Kanza with…

Press Release: Industry Nine introduces TRA line-up of wheels in 650b & 700c – Carbon & Aluminium

By JOM June 1, 2018

"The "TRA" aka Torch Road Alloy performs in a space where a tarmac-focused wheelset might be overmatched, but a mountain wheelset would be overkill. Ideal scenarios for the TRA line-up…