Tag: gravel
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More Than You Can Chew, or Knowing When To Say When
Click or not: More Than You Can Chew, or Knowing When To Say WhenThere always comes a time when you know you need to pull up stumps, cut your losses, get out while the going’s good. It’s those times when your words don’t quite form coherent sentences and the barman looks at you like he’s about to call security, even though he’s only served you one drink and… …
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The Rift Is Proper Gnar
Click or not: The Rift Is Proper GnarTed King seems to be a proper dude. Escaping the circus that is Pro road racing and doing it for the love, rather than the likes, hitting some of the hardest gravel races in the world and usually mixing it up at the pointy end, even if that’s not the motivation for pinning on a number.… …
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Bombtrack At The Dirty Reiver
Click or not: Bombtrack At The Dirty ReiverI hate the term “bucket list“. When did saying “that looks cool, I’d like to try that one day if the chance arises” become compressed into a buzzword that infers that you’re going to die so you’d better do all this shit you may not do otherwise, like if you were immortal so you didn’t… …
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Laconic LA
Click or not: Laconic LATaylor Phinney is so laid back it’s a wonder he doesn’t fall asleep as he takes a two-wheeled tour of Los Angeles’ gritty city streets and dirty (nicer) hills. …
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Insider Rides: Backy’s Ritchey Outback
Click or not: Insider Rides: Backy’s Ritchey OutbackLast week we shared some photos of a bright yellow Ritchey Outback on Instagram and our newsletter and I’ve had a lot of questions and comments on the bike so I thought I’d go into more detail about it. The bike belongs to Brent Backhouse, a graphic designer who does work for RocketEspresso and Eleven, and also… …
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Bombtrack At The Navad 1000
Click or not: Bombtrack At The Navad 1000 The crew at Bombtrack are always on the move. Whether on multi-day or year bikepacking trips or gravel or cross races across Europe, if there’s epic routes and good times to be had they’ll be there. In this latest opus, Fish follows Jona as he picks up his usually leisurely pace to take on… …
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Yorkshire Grit
Click or not: Yorkshire Grit Sam Needham is best known for his mountain biking photography and video, but here takes to the rolling hills of Yorkshire with three riders traversing the narrow lanes and open plains armed with drop bars and a wanderlust that will have you seeking out your own countryside adventure. …
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Go The Distance
Click or not: Go The DistanceQuite a simple plan really, ride to the ferry, do a loop around Northern France of about 250 kilometres, ish, get the ferry back, ride home. Borrow the route from a long distance cycling partner, he knows a good route, thanks Gav. It doesn’t have to be Epic, just a big day out, and just… …