Gravel Grinder News: Cannondale Topstone Debuts- by Guitar Ted Editor’s Note- This post was updated Friday, August 24th with information and images provided by Cannondale. Cannondale is a well known brand in terms of performance bicycles going back to the 1990’s, most notably with mountain bikes. Recently they have made a splash in the Pro […]
Gravel Grinder News: WTB Introduces Wider Silverado, SL8 Saddles- by Guitar Ted The bicycle saddle is an important contact point and as such, it gets a LOT of attention from riders, manufacturers, designers, and even doctors. It is pretty obvious that with all the variants of humans that there are, that fitting a saddle can […]
Gravel Grinder News: Shimano PRO Introduces Flared Drop Bars, Bags- by Guitar Ted The world of cycling information is full of press releases, and here at RidingGravel.com, we are not interested in becoming a mouthpiece for marketing firms. So a lot of what receive as press releases does not see the light of day here. […]
Gravel Grinder News: The All Things Gravel Expo- by Guitar Ted This past weekend in Emporia, Kansas, the Dirty Kanza Promotions Team hosted the first “All Things Gravel” expo in downtown, Emporia. While there had been something of an expo going on for several years on the street adjacent to the DK Promotions headquarters, this […]
Gravel Grinder News: Sea Otter ’18- by Grannygear The annual Sea Otter bicycle festival occurred over the weekend and our own Ben and Grannygear were in attendance. Ben will have a couple podcast interviews which should get posted on the Riding Gravel Radio Ranch here. Meanwhile Grannygear was roaming the scene with his camera in […]
Gravel Grinder News: Shimano Clutch Derailleur, Wheels, & Locks- by Guitar Ted As we approach Sea Otter later this month, the press releases start flowing with news of new products coming down the pike. Some things we cannot talk about just yet, but here are a few things we can show you now. Shimano Introduces […]
Gravel Grinder News: Salsa Cycles Debuts Journeyman Bikes- by Guitar Ted Salsa Cycles has been developing their gravel bike designs for a long time now, arguably longer than any company has. The La Cruz steel bikes, La Cruz Titanium, and the venerable Vaya all had at least a part of their DNA derived from their […]
Gravel Grinder News: Rocky Mountain Debuts Gravel Bike, Donnelly 650B MSO’s And More!- by Guitar Ted Gravel Grinder News has a few tidbits for you today including a new gravel “adventure” bike from Rocky Mountain and some tire news from Donnelly. Let’s dive right in….. Today Rocky Mountain Bikes introduces its take on a gravel/adventure/all […]
Gravel Grinder News: Trek Introduces The Checkpoint Gravel Bike- by Guitar Ted Trek has had what could have been the best gravel bike technology for several years wrapped up in a road racing bike called the Domane. The main feature of that bike being the decoupled seat tube, allowing that frame member to react under […]
Gravel Grinder News: Surly, All City, & Gore- by Guitar Ted Today we have news from the frozen North and a bit of news from GORE regarding their new, “Shake Dry” technology which has been very impressive. First up let’s take a look at what is new for the gravel-back road rider coming out of […]
