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Published January 20, 2026 01:27PM Late last night Payson Mcelveen took to Instagram to set some pressing things straight in the world of gravel tech. Buy this man a drink, it was time someone said it. “I can’t believe how much chatter there is about drop bars being banned at Leadville, but the fact that…

Updated January 19, 2026 08:26AM Life Time just shook up off-road racing by banning drop-handlebar bikes from Leadville Trail 100 and Little Sugar MTB. Citing “rider safety and course compatibility,” the decision will transform these headlining U.S. mountain bike races. Elites and amateurs have increasingly favored experimental dropped front-ends over traditional flat bars in the…

Published January 17, 2026 03:53AM As of Friday, Pinarello is the latest bike brand to throw a hat into the drop bar mountain bike ring. The Pinarello Grevil MX is the name the brand has given this latest… creation and it’s essentially the Pinarello Dogma XC Hardtail. (Photo: Pinarello) No, it’s actually a copy of…

Updated January 9, 2026 10:59AM Best known for heavily modifying carbon fiber mountain bike frames and components to shave grams and hide every cable, Dangerholm set out to create two wild gravel machines based on Scott’s Spark RC and Scale frames. But the real talking point is the wheels used on both bikes: fully custom…

Updated December 31, 2025 01:47AM Keegan Swenson just signed a blockbuster three-year deal with Specialized that could transform gravel and mountain bike racing. Swenson will join a roster at Specialized Off-Road that already includes Sofía Gómez Villafane, Matt Beers, and Annika Langvad. If that’s not off-road’s first “super team,” nothing is. Two more riders are also…

Updated December 29, 2025 11:14AM After all the bike reviews that Velo posted this year, I’m choosing the Specialized Diverge 4 as the 2025 Velo gravel bike of the year. Selecting this bike from all the reviews was hard enough but by the time we got to the Velo 7 Best Gravel Bikes nominations article,…

Updated December 26, 2025 11:23AM You’d think that with a title like the Velo Best Gravel Bike of 2025 this article would be straight forward. Instead, it was anything but straightforward. There’s just such a wide range of gravel bikes in 2025. One side of the category is 50mm plus tires or it’s irrelevant while…

Updated December 23, 2025 05:37PM Update December 23rd, 2025 Five days ago we were alerted to a concern of plagiarism on Velo. We investigated immediately, the plagiarized material was removed, and the responsible employee is no longer employed by Velo. We have since conducted a thorough investigation, and found issues with three stories: The story…

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