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…
Announcement: Southern Cross Postponed
From the promoter: On Monday, February 16th, North Georgia was hit with freezing rain that has caused considerable damage in some areas, particularly the National Forest land being utilized for…
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!…
5th Annual Doc Hollywood Ride Report – 2015
Ride report by JOM / K-Dogg Sunday, February 15, 2015 marked the 5th running of the Doc Hollywood Invitational. The Doc Hollywood Invitational is an 80 mile bicycle ride in…
GCX Worlds – Tuesday 10th of February 2015, the VIDEO… Eating Dirt
First, we ate dirt in the blog posting about this ride. Then, our good friend Dr Pain coughed up some fantastic video footage of the ride. Please enjoy this excerpt…
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…
The Rodman Dam (Damn It) Ride VIDEO
For some strange reason, certain members of the Gravel Cyclist crew LOVE riding the Rodman Dam area (link to an earlier ride we did). Maybe it's the wide open roads…
GCX Worlds – Tuesday 10th of February 2015 – Eating Dirt
Despite the cool temperatures (lows in the 40's Fahrenheit) ten riders appeared for this week's edition of the GCX Worlds, beginning at DeSoto Park just north of Gaineville, Florida. While…
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…
The Goethe State Forest Ride and Trackstands Galore
Saturday, February 7, 2015, the Gravel Cyclist crew decided to visit the Goethe State Forest. Unlike the Mount Crawford Forest ride in South Australia which I (JOM) suffered through over…
GCX Worlds – Tuesday 3rd of February 2015, the VIDEO
Our good friend Dr Pain recorded this Tuesday's ride action, with his spanky Garmin Virb camera. While his editing skills are still in development (timing may be a little off…
GCX Worlds – Tuesday 3rd of February 2015, and a case of the Qantas Legs
This report comes to you from Dr Pain: GCX World’s aka World's Tallest Leprechaun Contest Report for February 3, 2015 An astonishing fourteen lucky Leprechaun’s showed up for this week’s…