On Test: Cat5Gear Cyclist Case
The friendly folks at Cat5Gear Ready2Ride of Ontario, Canada, sent us their Cyclist Case to test and review. The Gravel Cyclist crew regularly travel to rides and races, and we're…
Guy Fazzio’s Ventana El Martillo Cross Bike
El Martillo aka "The Hammer", by Ventana Mountain Bikes USA A little Ventana history, courtesy of their website: "Since the early 1970’s, Sherwood Gibson, one of Ventana’s two original founders…
Long Term Review: IRC SERAC CX Tubeless CX Tires
Our man in Washington, D.C., Irish Ed, has been testing the IRC Serac CX Tubeless cyclocross tires since early October, 2014. His review: Great tire for the hard pack!…
Patrick Ryon’s Spooky Darkside Monster Cross 27.5″
Spooky Frames "The Original East Coast Hardcore Bicycle Company" are nowadays based out of Bellows Falls, Vermont. You can read a little of Spooky's history HERE. Sharing a common problem…
On Test: Xpedo CXR Pedals
Gravel Cyclist just took delivery of Xpedo's new CXR pedal. This pedal is marketed as the ultimate performance cyclocross pedal. While we don't do regular cyclocross around here, this pedal…
Marco Cailao’s Australian Built Clamont (Geoff Scott) Gravel Grinder
Clamont Frames From the Clamont Website - "Clarence St. Cyclery (possibly the best known bicycle shop in Australia) designed and developed the Clamont range of bicycles in 1978, to offer…
Buck!t Handmade Goodies
In these days of mass production and unimaginative merchandise that is cast from the same mold, there are companies out there producing unique and special items, made by hand. Buck!t…
SRAM Wireless Shifting Preview VIDEO
BikeRumor.com has just run my video and photos concerning SRAM's prototype wireless shifting system. However, if you don't frequent that site, here is the video I shot (using a humble…
Ritchey Breakaway Cross Bike Review – Part Two
I wrote about the Ritchey Breakaway Cross disassembly / packing process, in Part One. My most recent trip with the Breakway was from Gainesville, Florida, to Adelaide, South Australia. This…
Tim Proctor’s Sub 9 Gravel Grovel Race Winning Trek Boone
The Sub 9 Gravel Grovel may have been a month ago, but everyone likes to look at bike gear. Mr Proctor was kind enough to send me his bike specifications,…
American Classic Double Wheelbag Review
The humble wheelbag has to be one of the most overlooked and forgotten pieces of cycling gear in existence. I mean, do you walk around the house thinking, wow, I…
Ritchey Breakaway Cross Bike Review – Part One
Ritchey Break-Away Steel Cross Frameset The Ritchey Break-Away (Steel) cross frameset is a full size bike / frame, that can be split apart to fit into a travel case. Unlike…
Gerry Pflug’s UltraCX Series Winning Specialized Carbon Single Speeder
Gerry Pflug's UltraCX Series Winning Specialized Carbon Single Speed Bike Mr Pflug rode this machine at four of the Ultra CX single speed category races he attended during the 2014…
Stephanie Swan’s UltraCX Series Winning Specialized Crux Pro Carbon
Stephanie Swan's UltraCX Series Winning Specialized Crux Pro Carbon Ms Swan rode this machine at five of the six Ultra CX races she attended this year; her results speak for…