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Are Gravel Bikes Just 80’s Mountain Bikes?

Opinion

ARE GRAVEL BIKES JUST 80’S MOUNTAIN BIKES?

Featured, Journal, Opinion

Are Gravel Bikes Just 80’s Mountain Bikes?

No, mostly. But also yes, sometimes. Although the gravel bike has graduated from evolutionary obscurity to, in a lot of cases, the flagship bike for a lot of brands (Specialized now expect...

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Featured, Journal, News, Opinion

Reasons to be optimistic in 2021

The New Year is usually a time for reflection, celebration and goal-setting for the coming seasons, but hampered by you-know-what, this January feels a little different. Rather than get...

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AUTMNL ADVNTRs Photography Challenge

Featured, Interviews, Opinion

Slow movement ARAF.cc’s Chris Hunter on AUTMNL ADVNTR

If you haven’t checked out ARAF.cc  (slow in Welsh) and the slow movement that it’s enabling in cycling and the greater outdoors, you really should. We chatted with ARAF.cc...

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The Dirt Map

Opinion

The Dirt Map: Navigating the off-road cycling industry

Measuring the Gravel Spectrum The emerging sub-genres of the ‘gravel’ category are nothing new. Like road cycling and mountain biking that have come before, increasing popularity and...

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Hike a bike

Featured, Opinion

Reframing hike-a-bike; from shamer to enabler

Starting out very much as a road cyclist before my glorious off-road conversion three years ago, I can regrettably still remember those first few months. The rapid progress curve, trying...

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Not epic Not a micro adventure

Featured, Guides, Opinion

It doesn’t have to be epic

How do you measure an adventure? What is epic to some, might be a walk cycle in the park for others. However long or short your next adventure, Emma Osenton wants us to have a great time,...

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All City Zig Zag

Featured, Opinion

All City Zig Zag: The future is pink

How do you improve the perfect recipe? It is hard to believe that the All City Mr Pink is now over 10 years old. Although we look at its skinny profile, slender headtube and cantilever...

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dirty reiver kit list

Featured, Opinion

Dirty Reiver – The ADVNTR Kit List

Dirty Reiver – the basics Can you see it? Just over the horizon? Yes, it is Dirty Reiver again…how did that happen so fast? As an event with a reputation for for delivering all...

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Do you need a gravel bike or will MTB work?

Opinion

Do you need a Gravel Bike?

ADVNTR follower Gary Walls ponders the whole ‘gravel thing’, and instead of concluding that the answer is “buy a new bike”, decides that the ghetto conversion of an...

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Winter riding

Opinion

Winter Riding

Winter riding A lighthearted look at what the next few months have in store for us. Darkness, weather and for many people, motivation disappearing over the horizon quicker than you can say...

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