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Updated August 15, 2024 09:15PM Let’s take you back to 2019. Gravel was fast growing. Everyone had heard of “bikepacking”, but outside of an enterprising few, nobody had done it. 1x gearing wasn’t the defacto option for gravel bikes. And honestly, nobody really knew what to think of the recently-released BMC URS. See, there were…

Published August 15, 2024 06:18AM Shimano has been issued a patent (US 12059058 B2) for the automatic adjustment of cleat positioning, as you ride. One of the “embodiments” describes a wireless electronic system wherein the fore-aft (y) and lateral positioning (x) of the shoe can be altered relative to the cleat, with information collated from…

Published August 12, 2024 03:31PM Gravel riding is fast becoming cycling’s most popular discipline. While you can debate the reasons behind what’s driving that, there’s no denying the fact that the ample gravel roads across the United States, and the world beyond, is a major factor. Most people aren’t too far from finding gravel roads,…

Published August 6, 2024 01:36PM La Crescent, ‘the Apple Capital of Minnesota,’ is about to become known for more than its fruit. La Crescent, along with the entire La Crosse, Wisconsin region, is set to become a premier cycling destination when it hosts the USA Cycling Gravel National Championships for the next two years. The…

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Published August 1, 2024 09:53AM With the fifth in-person edition of SBT GRVL less than three weeks away, a sense of collective excitement is building among both participants and the race organizers. The final schedule of events for race weekend has been posted, and the race courses were revealed on Thursday, August 1. Nevertheless, anyone…

Updated July 25, 2024 12:50PM Stephen Fitzgerald gets lots of messages from people asking for free bikes. Some of them are young, “strong regional juniors,” who may be at the top of their field and ready to take the next step in gravel racing. As the owner and founder of Rodeo Labs, a small boutique…

Updated July 24, 2024 01:17PM We all use the expression ‘it was like herding cats’ to talk about getting a group of slow people going, but have you actually ever herded cats? Until recently, neither had Earl Anema, a 30-year-old gravel cyclist from Denver, Colorado. Last Sunday, Anema was participating in the FoCo Fondo, a…

Updated July 23, 2024 08:45AM State Bicycle Co. is on the offensive. Not just a range of singlespeed and fixed gear bikes anymore, the Arizona-based company added a carbon all-road bike last year to (mostly) good effect. And now? There is the State Bicycle Titanium All-Road, the company’s first titanium bicycle frame. You would expect…