tag
Yesterday we looked Inside and Out of Meriwether Cycles via an in-depth Shop Visit. In that post, we offered a sneak peek at Whit’s production adventure gravel bike, the Ponderosa. John has been riding a prototype all year, providing Whit feedback for the final production model, which we’ll look at it in detail today. Read on for a full review of this tall and sturdy dream bike platform…
The Pivot Cycles Vault just got a refresh, shaving weight from its predecessor but that’s not all. It now has added more bottle mounts, fender compatibility, increased tire clearance to 700 x 50 mm, a higher stack (rejoice!), and some geometry tweaks to make it better suited for whatever your definition of gravel may be. Let’s check it out.
The Cotic Escapade, the all-road gravel bike John reviewed last year, now comes in a UK853 model and is made in the UK.
This is the best Escapade Cotic has ever made. The bike is supple, tough, and light Reynolds 853 tubing carefully crafted into the perfect ‘life-bike.” The UK853 is handmade in the UK with a choice of a la carte’ colors, for rough roads, gravel smiles, and everything from the daily commute to your big adventures.
See more at Cotic.
Our own Miguel stars in the newest project from the Gravel Adventure Field Guide, profiling some adventurous rides in Santa Fe! John and Cari even make a cameo appearance amongst the cholla and Chamisa.
Get your copy of a 64 page art forward gravel cycling guidebook that includes art, maps, digital route links, and stories highlighting the adventure riding in Santa Fe County,-Central New Mexico at Gravel Adventure Field Guide. Whether it’s the Town to Towers ride, or double track in the Caja del Rio, this guide has a lot of terrain covered.
We helped guide the GAFG team to some of our favorite rides, so check it out!
To compliment Hailey Moore’s Shop Visit with Rodeo Adventure Labs, we’re sharing the people—and bikes!—behind the Denver-based company. Rodeo is known for going all-out on custom builds and paint schemes for its customers, but the staff bikes pictured here might be some of the most expressive we’ve seen from the brand yet.
Campagnolo just announced its all-new Super Record S Wireless groupset, which offers a more competitive price point compared to Super Record Wireless, a wider gear range, and a solid carbon crankset with only a 150-gram penalty. Let’s check out the Super Record S Wireless group in detail below…
What makes you smile while riding a bike? This question, and many more, brought our European correspondent – and big-time Star Wars aficionado – Petor Georgallou to purchase a Sturdy Cycles Cilla gravel bike (£8000) last year that he’s now dubbed an X-Wing. Did this futuristic titanium rebel alliance fighter-of-choice live up to his expectations? Read on to find out…
Daniel Yang from Neuhaus goes over what makes the EPYON gravel bike so unique and how this titanium bike meets his highest standards. Check out the EPYON in our 2024 MADE Bike Show coverage.
Baum Cycles has unveiled its latest model offering, the DBM – a gravel bike with MTB DNA. Baum’s new gravel bike embraces all that MTB has to offer, including 29 x 2.20–2.40″ tires, lower gear ratios, and a dropper post to extend its off-road capabilities.
Rivendell’s Appaloosa is a true all-rounder. It’s 100 percent perfect for 90 percent of the riding you’re likely to do, and 90 percent perfect for the other ten percent. Make sense? It’s ideal for tires between the 1.5 – 2.2″ range. Build them as a hilly bike or a ’round town cruiser.
Today, Trek introduced two new gravel bikes; The all-new Checkmate SLR is the brand’s first-ever gravel racing bike and the Checkpoint SL Gen 3 is for improves on the previous model with increased comfort and storage capacity, an improved fit, and all-around carbon performance for long gravel rides and overnighters.
While you’ve no doubt seen this information elsewhere on the web by now, the thing that caught our collective eyes, however, is the Raw Lithos Project One paint design, which is specific to the Checkmate SLR…
Project VA is an annual project from Guy Stone of Relstone Cycles. Each year, Guy builds and donates a custom bike to a veteran, and this year, he fabricated a custom steel gravel bike for Matt. Check out the latest Project VA bike and all the amazing details below with photography from Scott Payne…
Announced today, SRAM’s RED XPLR AXS groupset combines elements of its UDH-compatible mountain bike components with its high-end road group for an all-new gravel-specific product lineup. SRAM designed it to be light, fast, and durable for the needs of today’s gravel racers and riders wanting the highest performing upper echelon groupset.
To discover how RED XPLR AXS stacks up and who it’s best suited for, check out Josh’s review below.
Fizik has launched limited-edition versions of its popular Ferox Carbon and Atlas gravel shoes in bold, new Team Amani and Black Mamba colorways. To celebrate the achievements of Team Amani, fizik has unveiled two new designs, both inspired by the wildlife of Kenya…
Since posting our first look back in April, John’s been putting in miles on the Kona Ouroboros Supreme and finally wrapped his head around not only how to classify this bike but also what its best use case is. Is this the next stage in the evolution of gravel bikes?
If you want a sneak peek at Ronnie’s ALUMAX gravel bike he brought to MADE last year, check out this build video!
Otso’s Warakin has been a popular choice for those wanting a stainless or titanium chassis all-road bike and today, the brand announced the steel version. Let’s take a closer look…
John and Cari were in Australia earlier this month, and since they were on the same continent as Matt and Cheech from Crust Bikes, they had to visit them at their home in New South Wales. While there, John documented a selection of bikes from their shed, including some prototypes and soon-to-be-released future cult classics. Let’s check it all out!
