Gravel

Let us know if this sounds familiar... You've gone on a few gravel adventures off-road and maybe even made some modifications to one of your other bikes to see how the discipline suits you - and, no surprise, you LOVE it. If this sounds like you, read on for some tips on what to consider when purchasing your first gravel bike! What makes gravel bikes different from other bikes? Gravel bikes are - unsurprisingly - specific to the discipline of gravel riding. Having said that, gravel riding itself is FULL of different terrain, requiring gravel bikes to be versatile and comfortable...

Even if you're new to cycling, you've likely heard about 'gravel riding'! For those who have been riding a while, you'll have seen gravel EXPLODE as a discipline, especially with the first first UCI Gravel World Championships taking place in Italy in 2022 (won by CWRB fave Pauline Ferrand Prevot). If you are interested but not really sure how to get started on gravel, you've come to the right place! Of course, even within each cycling discipline you can find many sub-disciplines (take track for example!) - GRAVEL essentially encompasses the space between road cycling on paved and asphalted roads,...