2022 Orbea Terra adds more clearance and comfort to keep up with the Joneses
This new model sports room for 700x45 mm tires, dropped chainstays, slightly lower weights, and storage inside the down tube.
In just a few years, gravel cycling has gone from a fringe pursuit to the hot style of riding and racing, with current and former WorldTour professional jumping in the mix. Gravel cycling has many attractions: escaping traffic, noise, and congestion – whether rolling solo, riding with friends, or racing with competitors. At VeloNews, we cover all the major events and many of the small, quirky ones, bringing you the inside stories from the riders at the front and the back of the back. We also test a wide variety of gear, often in races like Unbound Gravel or The Mid South, and give you our unvarnished feedback here.
This new model sports room for 700x45 mm tires, dropped chainstays, slightly lower weights, and storage inside the down tube.
This major overhaul modernizes the Spanish brand's gravel model
If you want a stable and confident bike for racing, trail riding, and bikepacking, this one is a worthy choice.
Here's the news making the headlines on Thursday, November 11.
The race in Patagonia, Arizona was Bentley's third gravel race of the season; the musician from Nashville hopes to put more on the calendar in 2022.
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Anna van der Breggen doesn't expect to be good at her new DS right away and says she won't be following other former pros and racing gravel.
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Bianchi Arcadex GRX 810
Course change adds confusion; cyclocross and singletrack sectors add spice.
The 111-mile course features a 6.5mi section that promoter Michael Marckx is billing as a cyclocross sector.
TJ Eisenhart and Landis drop out to help Ted King get medical care via a stranger's pick-up truck.
Believe the hype: Riding in Arkansas is rad.
Here are eleven — of many — gravel races with upcoming sign-up dates and new-for-2022 updates.
Both races will offer discounted entries for any distance for riders under 18 years of age.
The Californian edged out Tibco-SVB's Emily Newsom and Maddy Ward for the win.
Dennis van Winden and John Keller round out the 100mi men's podium
Big Sugar Gravel is a 100mi race in Northwest Arkansas. Here is how two pros are approaching it.
The inaugural five day stage race debuted in Canada in late September.
Prices start from US$1,899 / AU$2,599 / €1,499.
What the top women are saying about the strategy, gear, and fitness needed to win the 100-mile gravel race.
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Serenissima Gravel makes debut as first ever pro-only gravel race, organizers Filippo Pozzato and Jonny Moletta eye future expansion for 'Ride the Wonderland' series.
The Montana gravel race is gravel pro Jess Cerra's gift to her home community.
The Nebraska gravel race will open 1,000 spots for women one week ahead of general registration and make matching donations to the Nebraska Interscholastic Cycling League.
But that's not necessarily a bad thing.
It’s basically a fat-tired Aethos — and I mean that in the best way possible.
Small town, low profile, huge impact — Barry Roubaix brings together more than 3,000 riders for a great time in Michigan.
The Rogue gravel bike, Argos Ti hardtail MTB, and updated Arktos full-suspension MTB join Alchemy's 2022 lineup.
This sub-16-pound dirt race rig is exceptional for going up fast, but don't look for bells, whistles, or storage here.
King rode the 415-mile route linking nine of the Grasshopper Adventure Series courses in 27 hours to 'showcase the area and set a benchmark for a ridiculous challenge.'
De Crescenzo wins women's race by an hour, but finish-line snafu ends with a broken collarbone.
I couldn't win on the climb — uh-oh! — but I was able to find a way in the technical singletrack.
The gravel machine we named the 2021 VeloNews Bike of the Year has only gotten better. Here's how.
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German rider Paul Voss is jumping into the U.S. gravel scene four years after retiring from pro road cycling.
One of our favourite gravel bikes gains a front suspension option.
Front suspension reduces vibration energy by a claimed 46 percent, averaged across the spectrum of frequencies encountered in gravel riding.
Cargo bikes may have dominated this year's Eurobike show, but we tracked down a smattering of gravel bikes and accessories heading your way in 2022.
The world championships provide the dramatic backdrop to release decisions often made behind closed doors months before.
Although she had all but ended the 2021 gravel season, senior editor Betsy Welch keeps getting pulled back into gravel races — and there are plenty more on the calendar.
I love most everything about this highly capable bike.
Registration for the March 12 event opens October 24, with priority given to those registered for the 2021 race.
It’s a no from me.
The experience of the masses outweighs the need to enact new rules to govern a few elite racers, organizers say.
Singletrack, gravel roads, an uphill gravel TT (oh yeah!), hot springs, and an inclusive atmosphere? I was all in on Rebecca's Private Idaho.
The Trek-Segafredo rider will retire from the WorldTour at the end of the season and then turn his focus to racing gravel.
The event is the brainchild of Red Bull athletes and Texas natives Colin Strickland and Payson McElveen.
Built to be ridden, this gravel race bike is one-of-a-kind.
The race features multiple distance options, including a three-day stage race.
On this week's episode we discuss the latest controversy in U.S. gravel racing, and we analyze the Vuelta's final week.
Same progressive steering geometry but now in alloy.
There is a gap between gravel's written and unwritten rules, and women's racing is caught in the crossfire.
There is no clear consensus yet, other than the fact that pro women want the stage to be set for fair and honest racing.
They're full of trickle-down tech from the Addict and Addict Gravel.
A small but secure frame bag built to fit performance road and gravel bikes.
On Saturday August 21, the Belgian Waffle Ride debuted a new event in the rolling hills outside of Asheville, North Carolina.
Made for racing Cross or gravel. It's like a SuperSix Evo and SuperX in one.
New carbon chassis pulls from Cannondale's SuperSix road design.
Lauren Stephens beats all the men (and the women) in 75-mile race, while Zeno Molteni and Paige Redman win inaugural 300-mile 'Long Voyage.'
The 90 mile race featured technical and steep climbing on a variety of terrain.
The Clif Pro Team rider outwits Flavia Oliveira and Tiffany Cromwell in a commanding victory.
Adam Roberge and Brennan Wertz round out the podium.
I’m not sure if inaugural LeadBoat title is the badass or dumbass award, but I am very proud of the title and of each one of the 100 or so other racers who did it with me.
Sofia Gomez Villafañe, Ian Boswell, Adam Roberge and others will line up on Saturday to race the BWR's inaugural event in North Carolina.
Race designer and retired pro John Murphy takes us inside the brand-new BWR Asheville course he has created.
The F1 driver stayed with the lead group in the 64-mile Red event, was one water bottle short, and placed fifth.
The North American gravel racing scene rolls into late August with four marquee events on the calendar.
SBT GRVL was the second act of the LeadBoat double-feature for some, while for others it was their main event.
A gravel-friendly single-ring shift set that offers 10 gears and a wide 11-48T range.
A great gravel tire for going fast on smooth surfaces
The key climbs, the technical sections, the prize money, and the pros' choices on gear.
The Canyon-SRAM rider is diversifying her calendar in the latter part of 2021, and perhaps beyond.
The new 10-44T cassettes fill a big hole between the current 10-36T and 10-52T options.
Comfort is said to equate to speed with Zipp's intentionally flexy single-wall carbon rims.
1x derailleurs and cassettes, RockShox suspension fork and dropper post with suspension, and Zipp wheels all purpose built for gravel.
Colorado's two biggest bike races - the Leadville Trail 100 MTB and SBT GRVL - are happening back-to-back. For about 120 riders, that means an epic weekend of racing is on tap.
The film documents the vision and mission of the Migration Gravel Race. Wahoo has selected four Kenyan riders from the race to compete in SBT GRVL, BWR Asheville, and Vermont Overland.
How to race two big events back-to-back, and what I plan to do for Leadville and SBT GRVL.