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Mechanical Monday: How low can you go? Lower Gearing Options for...
There are plenty of reasons to change up your drivetrain range this time of year. For many, it’s about gravel races, where distances are much longer than cyclocross races often with plenty of climbing...
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Another Serving of Texas Gravel, The Castell Grind 100k – Race report, Photos...
CASTELL, Texas—While it was 47 miles shorter than Kolo Promotions’ HTFU Roubaix in New Waverly, Texas, the week prior, the Castell Grind in Central Texas this past Saturday was not for the faint of...
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Michigan Gravel Racing at the Lowell 50 – Race Report and Photos
The Michigan State Motto: “Si Quaeris Peninsulam Amoenam Circumspice – If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you.” by Aaron Cruikshank LOWELL, Michigan—It’s spring time again in Michigan, which...
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Mechanical Monday: How Low Can You Go? Lower Gearing Options for...
Just one of the many scenic roads in the 2015 Lost and Found gravel race. © Cyclocross Magazine For last week’s Mechanical Monday we took a look at options for 1x riders looking to run lower gears for...
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WTB Launches New Riddler and Exposure Gravel Tires at Sea Otter
Hot on the heels of the 650B 47mm Horizon introduced at the 2016 NAHBS last month in the new Road Plus category, WTB has again added to its drop-bar tire lineup. The new WTB tires were introduced...
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Lauf Shows New Grit Suspension Fork for Gravel and Cyclocross Bikes
Launched last week and on display at Sea Otter is the new Lauf Grit CX/gravel fork. The Chinese-made aftermarket fork is nothing if not attention grabbing. The Grit has one setting (stiff) for its...
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Praxis Cycles To Offer Alloy and Carbon Tubeless Wheels for Gravel and...
Praxis Works is a component company founded in 2007 by industry veteran David Earle who was previously with Bontrager, Specialized and Santa Cruz. Praxis started out by focusing on drivetrain...
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Hutchinson Tires Adds Sector 32 Tubeless Tire to Line-Up
We’ve looked at the Hutchinson Sector 28 tubeless tire before, and now the company adds a 127 tpi casing, 32mm wide option based on the high-volume road tubeless tire originally developed for...
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Mongoose Gets in the Grind With New Selous Gravel Bike
Mongoose made their name with BMX more than 4 decades ago, and that prominence carried into the early years of mountain biking and even cyclocross. Todd Wells and Marc Gullickson raced as the dynamic...
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Schwinn Adds SRAM Rival 22 Hydro-Equipped Vantage RX-1 Road and Gravel Bike...
There have been a lot of new bikes and updates to existing models from brands new and old at the 2016 Sea Otter Classic. And perhaps no brand is as well known as Schwinn. The Schwinn name has a...
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Bulls Bikes Furthers Push Into US With New Grinder Gravel Bike
by Greg Evans “The Grinder 2 is a mixed breed of an endurance road bike and an off-road machine.” This is the statement with which Bulls introduces their newest model, the aptly named “Grinder” gravel...
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Bootlegger 100 Dirt Road Ride Continues Appalachian Grinder Series
May 1, 2016, will see the third race in the Appalachian Grinder Series, the Bootlegger 100 Dirt Road Race. The route promises to be a tough but memorable one, with numerous dirt sectors and...
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Breezer Releases New Road/Gravel Inversion Model at Sea Otter
Frame builder Joe Breeze is a member of the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame, is featured in the movie Klunkerz, and acknowledged as one of mountain biking’s founding fathers and his development of the...
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Riders Take On 2016 Barry Roubaix in Perfect Conditions – Race Report, Men’s...
by Aaron Cruikshank Over 3,000 racers were greeted with near perfect temperatures, clear blue skies, and dry gravel roads in Hastings, Michigan, recently for the annual running of Barry Roubaix. A...
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GT Grade Carbon Gravel Bike Seen at Sea Otter Classic
The triple triangle has been a trademark of GT Bicycles for decades. Originally, the design was a structural advantage when GT was making bikes out of metal tubes. When carbon bikes became part of...
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Wednesday Wonderings: Packing Right, Not Light For a Gravel Race
Adventure is out there! Are you ready? We’re often asked about what bike is best for events like the Dirty Kanza, the Lost and Found and the Crusher in the Tushar. But we also get questions about what...
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Press Release: Pro Riders Top 2016 Belgian Waffle Ride
This past weekend was the Belgian Waffle Ride. Cervelo and Spy Optics put the event on in the area North of San Diego, California. Part cyclocross race, part road race, with a little bit of mountain...
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Bontrager Gets Gravel Riders Rolling With Kovee Pro TLR 29 Wheelset
Bontrager was at the 2016 Sea Otter Classic showing off the company’s latest, the Kovee Pro TLR 29 wheelset. Bontrager’s new $1200 carbon tubeless Kovee Pro TLR wheels. Sea Otter Classic 2016. ©...
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Topeak Gives JoeBlow a Booster and a Dualie
Topeak pumps. Sea Otter Classic 2016. © Cyclocross Magazine If you’ve ever tried setting up tubeless tires without a compressor it can sometimes be a frustrating, if not impossible experience depending...
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Fezzari Goes Long with New Shafer Gravel Bike
Fezzari was on hand at the 2016 Sea Otter Classic showing off its new bike called the Shafer GR or Gravel Road. Fezzari Shafer Gravel Road bike. Sea Otter Classic 2016. © Cyclocross Magazine Fezzari...
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