Choosing a gravel bike as a winter road bike can be a sensible solution to an annual probelm for keen cyclists. Winter cycling brings on a whole spectrum of challenges and problems to overcome – especially for road cyclists. Wherever you ride, at some time in the year the weather will change and become either colder, wet or icy… or all three in one day!
When you’re looking to choose a gravel bike, what do you look for? Indeed, what does a gravel bike look like, and how do you choose between the growing range of gravel bike options. Here’s a brief buying guide for gravel bikes, to help you to set out on your own gravel bike adventures…
The explosion of gravel bikes globally brings us to the question: ‘what is the best gravel bike in the world?’ Yes, we know about Kasia and Matthieu and Nico and all those top riders. However, in terms of the mass participation gravel bike races, which bike beats all the rest in performance, durability and the all-important style.
Since its inception in 1961, over 60 years ago, when Mario Dedioniggi founded 3T in Torino, this eclectic brand of artisan cycle makers have produced exceptional bikes for riders all over the world.
Carbon Wasp – artisans for the modern era
If you look hard enough across the internet, you’ll find a wealth of small and specialist engineers making bikes and bespoke bike parts in small workshops up and down the U.K…
Why have I so far avoided an E-Bike – I can’t answer that, because there’s no good reason, save for the simple fact that as I head into my late 50s, I want to keep as physically fit as possible. I kind of just thought that, maybe if I had an EBike I’d pedal less! How wrong I was…
Yes, trails and hills are beginning to look like a retro wonderland as the good old hardtail is back in fashion. You can now drink alongside Homer Simpson with pride as you discuss the merits of a loose and bouncy backend
Time to finish off the perfect bike build and get ready to ride the Bianchi. Setting up the bike and taping the bars
Let’s take a look at wheel sizes and try to convince you to let common sense and your riding style take over, by simply choosing the wheel that suits you and not the one that marketing wants you to ride.
