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Updated September 6, 2024 07:40AM As gravel racing continues to grow in popularity among both professional cyclists and amateurs alike, the stakes have never been higher for ensuring the safety of participants. In fact, as the discipline expands with both prize money and prestige on the line, one of the very things that contributed to…

Updated September 5, 2024 02:10AM It looks like German bike manufacturer Cube has inadvertently leaked a drop bar version of the Shimano CUES groupset. Shimano CUES is one of the most important groupsets Shimano makes right now. That’s not because it is as lightweight as Dura-Ace, or as gravel-ready as GRX. Rather, it’s because it…

Published September 4, 2024 11:27AM If you know anything about The Mid South gravel race, you know that its founder Bobby Wintle is perpetually stoked. And Wintle is even more hyped than normal right now because registration for the 2025 race — which will be held in Stillwater, Oklahoma the weekend of March 14-16 —…

Updated September 8, 2024 04:58PM Serghei Tvetcov never planned on becoming a gravel racer. Then again, he never planned on being diagnosed with an incurable disease at the age of 33. Now, a ‘you never know what the future holds’ mentality is Tvetcov’s sole driver, and it’s leading the former domestic road pro down a…

Published September 2, 2024 10:07AM For the last couple of years, I’ve been privately weathering a very dark storm. A bike crash in November 2021 left me with a concussion that resulted in devastating, long-term symptoms. The arduous recovery from this invisible injury has been the biggest challenge of my life. A grueling, internal expedition…

Updated September 3, 2024 01:31PM I recently reviewed both SRAM Red XPLR 1×13 and the Zipp 303 XPLR SW wheels. As part of those reviews I spent hundreds of miles riding them then declared how amazing they are. The range of the 1×13 plus the amazing brakes was more than enough to win me over…

Published August 29, 2024 08:00AM Quick Hits: 7 Things to Know About Hunt’s H_Cyclo Carbon Rims Carbon rims made from carbon fiber and resin that can be recycled to make new, smaller products at the end of life Technology available on 40 Carbon Gravel Race and 40 Carbon Gravel Dynamo wheels Claimed Weight: 1,431g (H_Cyclo…

Updated August 27, 2024 08:50PM After a relatively quiet July, domestic off-road racing came back with a bang in August. The Leadville 100 MTB race re-started the Life Time Grand Prix series on August 10. Then, along came SBT GRVL, one of the biggest standalone gravel races in the country, on August 18. Last weekend…

Published August 26, 2024 08:33AM The 2024 Garmin Gravel Worlds wrapped up on Sunday after a hard, hot weekend of racing outside of Lincoln, Nebraska. Lauren Stephens and Simen Nordhal Svendsen won the 150-mile pro races, with Stephens repeating after her 2023 win and Svendsen, of Norway, celebrating his first victory in Nebraska. A $30,000…

Published August 23, 2024 12:57PM     The Glacier Bike Tour is a new e-bike tour across Switzerland from St. Moritz via Andermatt to Zermatt. For most people, it’s a 10-stage ride through three canyons and over three mountain passes following Switzerland’s most iconic train route, the Glacier Express. The route covers a total distance…