2016 Interbike: Renovo John Day – The Wooden Gravel Bike
"Renovo was founded by Ken Wheeler whose background includes the design and manufacture of the Wheeler Express, a composite, 4 place airplane and a variety of projects before that. He…
2016 Spaghetti 100 – 62 Mile Dirt Epic Race Report: by K-Dogg
A day to play in the dirt! The Spaghetti 100 is an event hosted by the Capital City Cyclists of Tallahassee, Florida, benefiting several charities relating to children’s cycling.…
2016 Interbike: Devinci Hatchet Carbon Di2 Gravel Bike
Devinci Bikes, well known in Quebec and the rest of the Great White North, aka Canada, is a brand not-so-well known south of the border in Mainland USA. Devinci was…
2016 Interbike: Orbea Terra Carbon Gravel Bike
Orbea is a bicycle manufacturer based in the Basque Country of Spain. The company opened its doors way back in 1840 as a firearms manufacturer, but added bicycles to its portfolio…
2016 Interbike: Bombtrack Hook EXT Gravel Plus
We understand Bombtrack Bicycle Company takes their name from a song by Rage Against the Machine - the terminology "bomb" is hip-hop slang for great. The German brand has been…
The 2016 L’Eroica Experience: Part Three – The Ride – The White Roads of Tuscany
In Part One, I detailed my trip to Italy and in Part Two, the pre-rides of some of the course, in video format. There is also plenty of retro bike goodness…
The 2016 L’Eroica Experience: The Bikes (Part Two)
Continuing where we left off from The Bikes (Part One), more retro bike goodies from the 2016 edition of L'Eroica! - Vintage road bikes on the white gravel roads of…
2016 Interbike: Enigma Ecroix – The British Made Gravel / Cross Bike
Excerpt from Enigma's website - "Although the Enigma story started just 10 years ago, the roots of the business go back almost half a century to when company founder Jim…
2016 Interbike: Raleigh Stuntman – Room for 50mm Tires – Monster Cross!
The Raleigh Stuntman screams serious fun - Monster Cross anyone?. Clearance for big tyres, a dropper post!, Reynolds 631 butted chromoly steel tubing, classy saddle and handlebar tape to match…
The 2016 L’Eroica Experience: The Bikes (Part One)
For 2016, L’Eroica celebrates its twentieth anniversary. For the occasion, the 20th edition offers a full programme for the three days of L'Eroica from 30th September to 2nd October, 2016. Some of that programme…
2016 Interbike: Otso Cycles Warakin Gravel – Versatile Drop Bar Bike
Warakin™ - A versatile drop-bar bike for any road and any weather "Native American folklore tells of a mythical wolf-like creature, the Shunka Warakin. Fierce and elusive, the Warakin evoked…
2016 Interbike: Campagnolo Disc Brakes on Gravel?
Campagnolo is the late entry into hydraulic disc brake market. Prototypes have been spotted here and there on professional team bikes, yet the groupset remains unavailable to the consumer, nor…
VIDEO Preview: The 2016 L’Eroica Experience – Part Two
Recently, the Gravel Cyclist crew of JOM, K-Dogg and Mrs K-Dogg flew across the "pond", to attend the 2016 L'Eroica event in Tuscany, Italy. Read more about that in Part…
The 2016 L’Eroica Experience: Part One
If you've never heard of L'Eroica, the following text, mostly quoted from the official website explains the event quite well. L’Eroica started in 1997 because of one man, Giancarlo Brocci. Giancarlo…