Just like Basso's SV road bike, the Palta 3 adheres to the Italian brand's philosophy: a bike for the average performance rider, not the pros.

We put the damper-less Cane Creek Invert head-to-head against Fox and RockShox to find out if you actually need complex suspension for gravel. Also: Is Pinarello’s new drop-bar MTB a genius move or just an answer to unsold inventory?

Gravel suspension has become a hot topic in recent years. We put the top models on the market to the test.

Pros like Keegan Swenson and Payson McElveen requested the rule change to ensure fairness. By ending the arms race, they also saved us from lazy engineering and expensive "Frankenbike" cash grabs.

The Italian brand's latest "gravel" bike shares identical geometry with the Olympic-winning Dogma XC Hardtail. Can this possibly work?

Dangerholm joins the Velo Podcast to discuss his Scott Spark RC and Scale gravel builds.

There are more specific bikes but with massive tire clearance, smart suspension, and a model for every budget, the Diverge 4 is a bike I recommend to almost everyone.

From aero-focused racers to adventure-ready rigs, the gravel category is wider than ever. These are the seven bikes that best represent the state of the sport in 2025.

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The State Titanium All-Road offers unique ride feel and expensive looks, but we’d argue the frame is best suited for a custom build.

Velo’s Gravel Field Test continues as we test the real-world aero efficiency and the technical handling of 5 top gravel bikes.

What happens when you take a legendary cross-country mountain bike frame, modify the chassis, and equip it with prototype aero wheels?

Shimano's GRX Di2 RX717 derailleur and shifter set brings its wireless electronic shifting to its most affordable price yet. Here's what's included, how it compares to RX827, and complete pricing details.

Velo’s Gravel Field Test continues with our first set of challenges.

Scott, Specialized, Ibis, Enve, Giant, and other brands all have gravel bikes that could use a refresh. Could 2026 be the year?

Welcome to Velo’s Gravel Field Test.

New gear from Ritchey Logic, Pirelli, Ratio Technology, Baumier, and MAAP this week in bike tech.

The Velo gift guide for gravel cycling is all the best gifts our editors can think of for the gravel cyclist in your life.

Talkin' about the highs and lows of using the new Meta x Oakley AI glasses for cycling, folding gravel bikes, and more on the Velo Podcast.

Lezyne recalls select floor pumps, 3D-printed titanium bikes galore, Coros has a new sport watch, and more, This Week in Bike Tech.

Not only is the brand cool and usable but for today only Topo Designs is 25% off making it affordable as well.

Dangerholm wanted to make a prototype gravel bike wheel to match the wide tires we use today. The result is unlike anything else we've seen.

Suspension is coming for your gravel bike, while the front derailleur is well and truly done on gravel bikes. Here are our predictions for 2026.

Gravel cycling doesn’t have to cost a fortune. Here's the essential gear you need to have a good time off-road.

It’s budget friendly but it’s also a quality frame that will last as you grow into the sport.

Campagnolo comes for your gravel bike with a new crank, wheels, cassettes, a 1x lever and a robust, impact-ready rear derailleur.

The Alt and Del pedals are spd compatible, user serviceable, and a new guilty pleasure of mine.

A little like a Lamborghini, the 3T Racemax² Italia is unabashedly weird, aero, and fast. That’s the charm.

A weather-shortened race meant a wide array of gear choices... and much of the same for everyone else.

Specialized looks like it has a new aero gravel wheel coming. We think this new go-fast wheel means more is on the way.

Easy to work on, easy to live with, and handling that feels like the future of gravel bikes? Sign us up.

The bike nerd's gravel bike modernizes.

A cult classic steel gravel bike gets updated for the first time in 11 years, with modern touches that bring the bike up to (mostly) current trends.

Trek Checkout launches with 60mm front suspension, 55mm rear suspension, a dropper, 2.2” tires, and drop bars. What is it?

What happens when you test a bike that you have zero knowledge of? Not just the model, but the brand. Will Shoddy Dave like the unnamed bike better than the ones he knows inside out?

A do-all gravel bike with a road-centric focus, the Factor Aluto feels ready for riding long distances on road and gravel alike.

The Specialized Diverge 4 fits massive tires with tons of in-frame storage but how much do you want Future Shock tech?

Shimano's first top-end gravel shoe pairs road pedal feel with two-bolt cleat compatibility, so long as you use their pedals.

Don‘t call it a monster gravel bike but the new Moots Adventure Bike promises 100mm of travel with dropbars.

If you care about adventure gravel with massive tire clearance you are going to love this edition of This Week in Bike Tech.

Kate Courtney kept it mostly stock with only a few custom touches.

Keegan Swenson and Sofía Gómez Villafañe had a funky looking new fork at Leadville.

The Libre CR doesn't impress on the spec sheet, but its overall performance on the road suggests this bike is more than the sum of its parts.

The Berlin-based Standert introduces a new gravel bike with more mounts, more tire clearance, and similarly sporty handling to its current racier offerings.

Pinarello's back with not one, but TWO gravel bikes, one of which has just 42 mm claimed tire clearance.

Yes, we put a gravel bike in the all-road field test. Our hunch was correct, however: this is a fantastic all-road bike.

Check out the pro bikes of SBT GRVL including men's winner Brennan Wertz's

The new Grizl might be Canyon's most creatively-spec'd gravel bike yet. Too bad the US is only three of only eight builds.

The updated Trek Checkpoint ALR gets more user-friendly geometry, even more mounts, and plenty more reason to wonder why you'd need any more gravel bike than this.

Bike Ahead's new Superfast gravel bike looks exotic, offers 50 mm tire clearance, and weighs just 6.85 kg/15.1 pounds.

Wireless shifting from its mountain bike drivetrains make for a better — but not perfect — Shimano GRX Di2 drivetrain.

Yes, the new Terra Race gravel bike might have 'race' in its name, but it's not just a bike for the fast folks out there.

Laser beams at raves, nights in underground clubs... the Wilier Rave SLR really wants you to think about the the 90s.

The pricing isn't quite as aggressive in the US as it is elsewhere, but the new Endurace AllRoad checks all the boxes at an impressive price point.

The new Terra brings ample 50 mm tire clearance, a massive downtube storage hatch, and a whole lot to like.

Hot off the press of the new SRAM groupsets is a complete overhaul of Ribble's new gravel bike lineup.

Cervelo's go-fast gravel bike is a claimed 34 Watts faster than the next fastest gravel bike. But are the choices – and compromises – worth the speed?

SRAM Rival AXS XPLR gets almost all the features of last year’s flagship RED XPLR for a lot less money.

The winning bike of the 1,350km Trans Balkan Race appears to be an unreleased full-suspension Trek gravel bike. I'm not sure we need suspension on a gravel bike.

Think we were done with the unreleased tech from Unbound? Absolutely not.

A durable steel frame, wide-range 12-speed gearing, and looks that feel much more expensive than its sub-$1000 price point. What's the catch? Let's pump the brakes first.

We take a look at the latest unreleased and new gear from Unbound being raced under the biggest names.

Pro bikes from Alexey Vermeulen, Keegan Swenson, Petr Vakoc, and Hannah Otto before Unbound 2025.

We caught Mattia De Marchi getting ready for Unbound Gravel 200 this year with an unreleased Campagnolo 13-speed groupset and prototype Pirelli tires.

We take a look at bikes from Keegan Swenson, Alexey Vermeulen, Petr Vakoc, and Hannah Otto.

What appears to be an unreleased Orbea gravel bike features a carefully sculpted frame, new aero tube shapes, and slim tire clearance.

In a sea of gravel bikes that are increasingly more like mountain bikes, the Ventum GS1 sticks to its go-fast, straight-line-speed formula.

Spotted via Instagram, this Diverge gravel bike has enough key changes to make us think there's something new coming soon.

Canyon and DT Swiss' new suspension fork is forbidden fruit in the US. Here's what it was like to ride in the Traka.

It doesn't matter the label on it, the Cannondale Topstone Lefty is the gravel race bike you actually need.

The Priority Gemini Smart.Shift Gravel requires no real maintenance and makes sense for a specific type of rider.

Bikes from Sofia Gomez Vilafañe, Simen Nordahl Svendsen, and.... an Omnium cargo race bike?

Kona offers the adventure focused crowd a fairly-priced, high-value package that excels in tricky terrain well beyond flat, straight country roads.

With 20 mm suspension front and rear, the Made in Poland Antidote Pathseeker really, really makes you wonder what defines a gravel bike.

The widest gravel wheels we've seen yet, unreleased gravel tires from IRC, and more in this tire and wheel roundup.

From custom paint and one-offs to category blurring gravel bikes that might really be mountain bikes, there were a lot of cool bikes at Sea Otter.

Looking for a new gravel bike for Norco? The Search gets far more slack geometry, long trail, and big tire clearance.

The Gravel Galibier is both beautiful to look at and perfectly balanced in contradictions. Stirring discussion is the point.

Drop bar mountain bikes are hitting the market and the Sanitas Node Cambium is the latest. Is this the future?