Crashing. It is going to happen to you sooner or later. Whether you ride off road or on the black stuff, crashing is a fact of life. We all do it. Hitting the deck hurts, believe me. After...
First Timers? In my experience, newcomers to the gravel scene are a dynamic bunch. They tend to be transitioning from road to off road (mountain bikes) or vice versa. Gravel might be seen...
It’s been a long while since I’ve blogged, but having recently finished The London-Edinburgh-London Audax I thought it was time to recount on what I’ve been up to and how...
Genesis – the evolution of a gravel bike Ok, so the title is a little disingenuous. It should read: “Genesis – my evolution into a gravel biker”. Or something like that. It was only...
Roadies and their money form an almost ionic bond. It is next to impossible to persuade the two to part, at least not without significant force. Well, that is how the joke goes. It is all...
It’s not you, it’s me. I still love you, Mountain Bike. Rocky descents that get the adrenaline flowing, a technical climb, a flowy singletrack section… But, I’ve changed…...
Dismissed by many as a passing fad, the nascent ‘gravel’ scene in the UK definitely looks like it is here for the long term. Unlike other industry led fads and niches (the...
I’ll be the first to admit I love a good niche. Fatbikes, yep had a few. Plus bikes, yep, had one. Alt-bars, yeah, use those, and so on. Gravel bikes (All-road, Adventure-road, etc)...