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…
2016 Interbike: Wilier Triestina Jaroon Plus Adventure Bike
Wilier Triestina is an Italian manufacturer of racing bicycles, founded in 1906 by Pietro Dal Molin in Bassano del Grappa, Italy. After modest beginnings at their workshop on the banks…
2016 Interbike: 3T Exploro LTD Gravel Bike
3T is an Italian cycling components company with a long and successful history in the sport. Originally founded in 1961, components manufactured by the company are synonymous in the world…
VIDEO: 2016 Pisgah Monster Cross – Climbing, gravel & descending in Brevard, North Carolina!
Saturday, September 10, 2016. JOM, K-Dogg, Mrs K-Dogg, Pfaff Daddy and Dr. Pain of the Gravel Cyclist drove a little ways to attend Pisgah Monster Cross in Brevard, North Carolina. 70+ miles,…
2016 Pisgah Monster Cross Report – Rebuked by an Ass: by K-Dogg
So I Googled "Pisgah" thinking it might be an interesting local Native American word. It is actually a Hebrew word referring to the mountainous area from whence Moses was allowed…