“Some of the most fun I’ve had on a bike.” That’s how Boyd Cycling founder, Boyd Johnson, describes his adventures on the roadway relics in the mountains of South Carolina. Clearly, the man loves his gravel and adventure riding.
For Boyd, many of those rides include the remains of “Old CCC” roads around their headquarters in Greenville, SC. According to Boyd, the Civilian Conservation Corps or CCC, was ” a voluntary public unemployment program designed to provide jobs for young men and to help families who faced challenges finding jobs during the Great Depression. While many of these roads are no longer used for most vehicles, their history remains etched into the hillsides allowing adventurous riders to explore to their heart’s content. That’s a long way of saying that Boyd’s newest gravel wheels are called the CCC. But as Boyd is quoted as saying, “If you’re going to ride gravel roads, we think you should know where they came from.”
The wheels themselves are an addition to Boyd’s current gravel/adventure offerings with the Pinnacle 700c and Jocassee 650b. With the premium carbon options already offered, the CCC slot in as a more budget friendly aluminum wheelset – but one that is still just as capable of getting you deep into the woods and back out.
