Gravel Bikes

EB16: Jagwire cuts serious weight from cable housing in more ways than one

Among the ways to trim grams from a bike, cable housing is usually an afterthought…if it registers at all. But considering the amount used, particularly…

Written by Tyler Benedict October 11, 2016

Find your adventure with Breadwinner’s limited edition B-Road gravel touring bike

Over the years it seems like back-road riding has exploded in popularity, with more and more gravel riders stopping by the shop each year. Ira,…

Written by michael gushulak October 10, 2016

EB16: Fabike adds affordable aluminum A1R/A1X options to their all road/cross platform

Last fall Fabike added the titanium T1 frame to an updated C2 carbon frame as part of their flexible, adjustable all-road bike concept when they…

Written by Cory Benson October 10, 2016

EB16: Haibike Affair & Seet expand Race road line up, venture to gravel with AllTrack

We know Haibike for producing some of the fastest and craziest e-bikes on the market, but they also produce a solid range of bikes that…

Written by Cory Benson October 10, 2016

WiFLi is coming to SRAM Red eTap very soon, for both rim & disc brakes

Since we first got on SRAM’s Red eTap group a year ago, we wondered how long we would have to wait to get the big…

Written by Cory Benson October 07, 2016

EB16: Lapierre’s 70th anniversary limited edition Xelius SL & Overvolt AM, and more…

We saw a lot of new 2017 bikes from Lapierre this year, from a new TT bike that snuck its way out under FDJ all…

Written by Cory Benson October 05, 2016

IB16: Bombtrack Hook EXT brings big treads to gravel adventure, new Tempest Steel Disc Road & more!

To go bigger off the beaten patch, Bombtrack took their Hook 2 and spread everything out to create the Hook EXT. It’s the second bike…

Written by Tyler Benedict October 04, 2016

IB16: Blue revamps Triad tri bike, adds gravel & very affordable carbon road bikes, more

We’ve mentioned the tumultuous ownership changes Blue Competition Cycles has undergone over the past few years. Started in Georgia by a few passionate cyclists, the…

Written by Tyler Benedict October 03, 2016

Friday Roundup: Cycling Odds & Ends

Go behind the scenes bikepack racing the Tuscany Trail – Join Bomtrack bikes as they follow Frenchman Clem Shovel and Norwegian Joachim Rosenlund in this documentary on the…

Written by Cory Benson September 30, 2016

EB16: FSA PowerBox launches power meter cranks developed with Power2Max

After having made individual arms for Power2Max to mate to their own power metering spiders for a few years, FSA collaborated with the power meter maker…

Written by Cory Benson September 30, 2016

Share your ride in real-time with Quarq Qollector

We’ve covered the Quarq Qollector before. We first saw it just over a year ago at Eurobike 2015, and then our own Jayson O’Mahoney used one…

Written by Cory Benson September 28, 2016

EB16: Breezer Radar Pro takes a more casual approach to gravel, adventure riding

Compared to the steel Inversion gravel road bike launched in April, the new Breezer Radar Pro Radar is more utilitarian, all around bike. It fits…

Written by Tyler Benedict September 28, 2016

EB16: Canyon trickles down carbon tech for new Speedmax, Endurace & Exceed, plus a ‘new’ Neuron

While Canyon had some interesting new bike tech on show at Eurobike this year, their new DH DisConnect and disc brake road bikes were both things…

Written by Cory Benson September 27, 2016

Bikerumor Pic Of The Day: Sandia Mountains sunflowers south of Santa Fe, NM

Southwest reader Jeffrey Fleming sent in this pic from riding his GT out along La Madera Road on the back of the Sandia Mountains and looking…

Written by Cory Benson September 26, 2016

Week in Review: Interbike kicks off, new Orbea Orca, GoPro drone & more

Our Eurobike coverage is still pouring online, with tons of new bikes and gear, and Interbike is wrapped…well, the event anyway. The coverage from Vegas…

Written by Tyler Benedict September 25, 2016

IB16: Eddy Merckx debuts Aramid reinforced Strasbourg 71 gravel bike, adds carbon disc Sallanches 64 road racer

The Strasbourg 71 gravel road bike debuted in summer 2015, and we’ve reviewed it here. Now, there’s an all-new Aramid reinforced carbon fiber model with…

Written by Tyler Benedict September 24, 2016

IB16: Clement intros tough, affordable tubeless ready alloy gravel wheels, more tubeless tires

If you make tires, they need something to mount to, so Clement’s come up with the Ushuaia. Like their tires, it’s named after a city,…

Written by Tyler Benedict September 24, 2016

Friday Roundup: Cycling Odds & Ends

Celebrate 20 years of L’Eroica on the now iconci Strade Bianche – Back in 1997 the Strade Bianche pro race was still ten years away, but…

Written by Cory Benson September 23, 2016

EB16: Koga Colmaro endurance & gravel prototypes, plus Beachracer updated as X-Over adventure ride

Dutch bike builder Koga probably first caught our attention a few years back when they debuted their drop bar Beachracer. While a fat tire road/cross…

Written by Cory Benson September 23, 2016

EB16: Ritchey Logic pops up WCS Trail Dropper post, flared VentureMax bar, tires, saddles & more…

Ritchey recently showed us a few new and updated bikes for tackling gravel roads and adventure riding, but on top of their frames they’re also…

Written by Cory Benson September 23, 2016

IB16: Thomson adds alloy road, ‘cross & adventure handlebars, carbon seatpost & updating dropper post

Thomson’s been in the handlebar business for a few years now, we’ve reviewed both mountain bike and drop bar versions and liked them. These new…

Written by Tyler Benedict September 21, 2016

IB16: Moots Routt RSL gets you on the gravel faster

The all-new Moots Routt RSL takes their somewhat more casual Routt 45 gravel bike and gives it a racier geometry and lighter frame. This slots…

Written by Tyler Benedict September 21, 2016

Sneak Peek: Orbea Terra hits the road less traveled as all new gravel & cross bike

While we had the chance to visit and ride the new Orcas & Avant in the hills around Orbea’s Basque home base, we also got…

Written by Cory Benson September 21, 2016

EB16: EVOC puts The Bike Stand in their bags, so your bike travels safe & easy

EVOC is known for making one of the best travel bags to lug your mountain bike along with you as you jet set from one international…

Written by Cory Benson September 21, 2016

EB16: New Challenge options for 2017 – wider gravel, refined Baby Limus, sealed tubulars, MTB & more…

Even though we’ve already covered the only truly new tread pattern introduced by Challenge this year when they unveiled the sand-specific Dune, they had so many new…

Written by Cory Benson September 21, 2016