gravel

Juggling elite gravel racing, managing a women’s team, business and family life, Laurens ten Dam is the grand master of true cycling grit

From Tour de France contender top gravel and ultra racer, all while running several businesses, being a father, and the Dutch national team coach. We caught with Laurens Ten Dam.

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Teravail expands its range to include new gravel and bikepacking cockpits

From tyres and rims, to drop and flat handlebars especially for gravel and bikpacking

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‘Extreme gravel’ bike tech is certainly intriguing… but it’s not new or unique enough to encourage me to add another bike to my stable (yet)

Full suspension, aero, progressive, electric and eccentric gravel bike makers seem to be going off on some interesting tangents. They might be onto something but the marketing hype is strong, says Steve Thomas

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Is this crazy custom mish-mash creation the future of gravel? Dangerholm works his magic on Scott’s Scale RC

Dangerholm's been at it again! This time he's taken Scott's rigid MTB platform and transformed it into an aero gravel machine

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Light or rowdy? Boyd’s new Jocassee and Reiver gravel wheels cover both ends of the spectrum

Boyd introduced two new wheelsets primed to please all kinds of gravel riders

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More aero, more speed and made for racing: Basso Palta III first ride review

Adventure and gravel race collide once again with the third Palta but is it the difficult third album, or speedy gravel bliss?

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Affordable, UK-made and just outrageous: Rat Bikes Dad Rat first ride review

Gravel bike or mountain bike? The Dad Rat is unashamedly both and that's its charm

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When does a gravel bike become a mountain bike? As the genres continue to blur, here’s how to define the gravel and MTB categories

The line between gravel and MTB is blurring rapidly, but there are a few factors that still differentiate the two - here's our guide to identifying which one's which

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Built for aerodynamics and high volume tyres, Nobl’s FAR series wheels are set to be its lightest yet, starting at 1135g

Two new wheelsets aim to hit weight and strength goals while providing support for wide tyres

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A ban on drop bars by the organisers of America’s most famous mountain bike race won’t actually solve any problems

Famously won on a drop barred MTB last year, Life Time has announced its ban on curly bars in its Leadville and Big Sugar races but is this a positive step?

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