Gravel Riding. Do it.
The Gravel Riders Mission: To provide encouragement, apparel, swag, tools and inspiration to get all cyclists to discover the many advantages of gravel riding, to explore their backcountry neighborhoods, to get away from traffic and to maybe help save a few lives along the way.

Gravel Cycling: Why is it such a thing?
Welcome to gravel riding welcome to the good stuff Where asphault is a four-letter word and adventure is the name of the game. First off, let's not complicate this too much, gravel riding has been around since caveman times, but has become a "thing" in the last few years. Just ignore the trendiness and take advantage of the advances in technology...

Gravel riding hacks – stuff that works
Gravel riding shorts for wearing over your padded shorts Traditional bike shorts with a padded chamois are pretty excellent, but now that you're a gravel rider, you can relax a bunch and not have to look like a roadie, but look more like a mountain biker. Unless you're in a gravel race, aero and weight just aren't as big of considerations. I have...

Tools of the gravel riding trade
I don't like to ride with a backpack so I usually have some sort of frame bag, a seat pack and/or handlebar bag. I recently got a Planet Bike Versa Rack so that means I can use that for rain gear and pretty much everything else. I still need a bag up front for my external GoPro battery, my phone and maybe some gels and whatnot. I usually ride...

National Gravel Events: 2022 signup dates & info
Major national gravel events to put on your calendarBarry Roubaix Hastings, MI May 100 miles / 6,800 ' upsBelgian Waffle Ride San Marcos, CA 140 / 12,000'Unbound Gravel Emporia, KS May 200 9,000'Lost and Found Portola, CA June 106 / 8,100'Crusher in the Tushar Beaver, UT July 70 / 10,400SBT GRVL Steamboat, CO Aug 145 / 9,400Vermont Overland...

How I turned lemons into a badass magnesium gravel bike
How to build a badass gravel bike in a gravel bike-part apocalypseI had been curious about building up a gravel bike for a long time, but since I didn't know how to do most of the key mechanical things on a bike like the stopping part and the going part, it remained a pipedream. Then one day a few months ago I thought I'd add a little color to...

Ride to fish | Ride your gravel bike to catch remote trout. Because you should.
Ride your gravel bike to catch remote trout on a fly Getting a little bored of the same old awesome gravel rides? Try stringing together multiple adventures - gravel riding, flyfishing and possibly some hiking if you do it right.Living close to the goods I can jump on my bike and find a fishing hole pretty easily, Whether it's a fork of the...