Now in its ninth year running, the FoCo Fondo is a homegrown gravel event of the best variety. We take a look back at how it all started, and what to expect at the 2024 ride (and race) in Fort Collins, CO with co-founder Zack Allison.
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On October 11, 2020, in the rolling country farmlands and hilly forests of central Pennsylvania, unPAved of the Susquehanna River Valley, one of America's most influential gravel races, had a successful third edition despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The 2020 Arkansaw High Country Race set new race records and pulled ultra-endurance cyclists from 10 states to Fayetteville, Arkansas, to compete in the self-supported 1,000 mile bikepacking race.
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It had been 217 days since the last premium gravel race as riders of all disciplines gathered in Cedar City, Utah for a trepidatious test of their singular and collective mettle.
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We finally have a view on what a professional gravel race during COVID looks like. Today, BWR Cedar City revealed its courses for both a Waffle and Wafer ride, along with guidelines for participants in the middle of a pandemic. The new course offers similar distances, with roughly half the climbing of its San Diego sister race.
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On June 9, 2019 the second annual Hunt of the North tested more than a rider’s speed. Not a race in the traditional sense, this gravel event pushed participants onto terrain that had no boundaries or course markings to rely on. Left only with their orienteering skills and proficiency on dirt, riders became Hunteurs as they searched for five pieces of uniquely colored gravel throughout the North. This is their story.
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A trailer for our short video project, Hunt of the North. Full video will be published on June 9, 2020, 8AM PST.
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SBT GRVL has canceled the 2020 event due to COVID-19 concerns. Based on guidelines from the CDC, the federal, state, and county governments, and after discussions with local authorities in Steamboat Springs, the SBT GRVL team determined the safest scenario for the community will be to cancel the event this year.
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On the beautiful Saturday morning of February 8, 2020 in Bakersfield, California, riders pushed east through bare hills, grassy slopes and sandy slots to the entrance of Kern Canyon.
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Sunday September 15 marked the start of #DirtChurch Season 2, with a kick-off ride and celebration. Here is our photo gallery from the day.
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The inaugural SBT GRVL race took place on August 18, 2019. Just a day later the organizers released this thank you video, giving us a preview of some of the content captured at the event. Stay tuned for more of our coverage and a full race report from SBT GRVL.
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I got pretty excited when I first heard about the inaugural Oregon Trail Gravel Grinder, an epic gravel adventure set in the Cascade Mountains of the Pacific Northwest. Traversing through Central Oregon’s high desert, the course included places like Sisters, McKenzie, Oakridge, Gilchrist and Bend. The race would merge two of my favorite disciplines - gravel racing and stage racing. Even better, the event registration included camping and food, making the 400 mile point-to-point gravel race arguably more of a bike-vacation.
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Gravel races and events have their unique characteristics. Nearly all test riders in distance and climbing. Some events merge elements of bike packing, cyclocross, and even straight up road racing. Most gravel events grow out of the local riding culture and are often dictated by terrain. By any measure, this year’s running of the Hunt of the North in Carlsbad, California was unlike any other gravel grinder you will find.
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Our entire photo gallery from the 2019 BWR plus bonus content from our friends at Veloworthy.
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We covered the Rock Cobbler on a previous post here, with a full write up and (almost) all of our photos from the event. With this post we bring you some bonus coverage with 15 gravel bikes from Rock Cobbler 2019. Sam Ames crafted a challenging course with a bit of everything, even some mud!
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From its humble beginnings in 2014 with 50 riders, to the 6.0 installment on February 9, 2019, the Rock Cobbler has become one of the must-do gravel events of the year. Originally inspired by some of the first great ‘gravel grinders’ like Dirty Kanza and the Crusher, the Cobbler is certainly a great one with its own unique style.
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Our very first Lost Abbey X Gravelstoke ride rolled from Bump Coffee at 8AM on Sept 2. Roughly 35 miles of mixed terrain was enjoyed by everyone who turned out for our first #dirtchurch ride. We ended at The Confessional in Cardiff by the Sea, a Lost Abbey tasting room that features delicious beers and good vibes.
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Gravelstoke is a proud sponsor of the Inaugural Canyon Nate Harrison Gravel Challenge, a dirt time trial event that ascends the famous Nate Harrison Grade on Palomar Mountain.
It was back in January we began the process of creating our very first kit design with our friends at Eliel Cycling, something that was far more difficult than we anticipated. We wanted a clean look, something with a modern flavor but classic appeal. Originally we wanted to have it ready for our friends by early April for a local mixed-surface event, but the delays in design keep us from that target. The kits wouldn't be ready until late May, and with no event on the calendar to show them at we decided to create our own.
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Beaver, Utah- The Crusher in the Tushar once again proved anything but predictable in both the weather and riders that would be standing on the podium. By Saturday afternoon, two first-time winners proved to be up to whatever challenge the Tushar Mountains could dish out.
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