A new tradition for the Gravelstoke Dev Team starts in 2021 with the Member Raffle. We pulled together some fantastic prizes from team partners and other brands for our first annual membership reward giveaway.
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The Los Padres Traverse route is not only an incredible ride, but it highlights the intersection of recreation, conservation, and climate. Watch The Long Traverse Film that highlights the route and story of these lands.
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We don’t often feature sunglasses on the site but some recent products from ROKA Sports out of Austin Texas have seriously impressed. Our new favorite is the Lockhart that is a great daily sunglass that works just as well on the bike as it does off.
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This just in, State Bicycle revealed the latest gravel bike in their lineup, the 4130 Flat Bar. A slight variation on the State 4130 All Road, now with a Black Label Riser Bar for extra fun when the drops aren’t needed.
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We check in with 10 Barrel Brewing and their recent efforts towards protecting the outdoor spaces we love. A portion of every purchase of Nature Calls IPA and Hazy Trail IPA goes toward supporting the Conservation Alliance and The Outdoor Alliance respectively.
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Today Specialized introduces the 2022 Crux, which looks a lot like the Aethos but with extra tire clearance. We take a look at the history of the CruX and how the brand shifted the product for how most customers now ride.
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After a long wait for parts, our friends at Thesis Bike finally have a few bikes available for preorder with a quick turnaround.
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We have a first look at the latest gravel-specific carbon component from Whisky Parts Co., the Spano Drop Handlebar.
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Under new ownership, the American Classic cycling brand returns making rubber, not components. Founded the same year that E.T. hit the big screen (1982), AmClassic is back with an on-trend gravel and road tire lineup.
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Ride with GPS today officially unveiled their all-new Surface Types feature, allowing route planners to finally visualize road surface types as they plan, view, and navigate routes.
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Join us for Southern California’s most anticipated adventure series on Sunday’s this fall. In collaboration with Velotown and Queenstage Coffee, the 3rd season of DirtChurch will bring more dirt, the best gravel routes, friendly vibes and a new host venue.
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Once again our friend Brian Co of Veloworthy did an excellent job giving us an inside look at one of the biggest gravel races on the calendar, SBT GRVL. In this video Veloworthy goes behind the scenes, and in some cases, inside the minds of the some of the top gravel athletes at this Steamboat, CO event on Aug 15, 2021.
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In this new short film presented by Smartwool, Alex and Ella McAndrew take on a whole new kind of adventure. The video, called Riding the Rails by Evan Kay, follows Alex and his curious endeavor to make a bike-powered railroad machine that takes two riders and their dog to places not possible with an ordinary vehicle, or bike.
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No stranger to making great backpacks for off-road riding, Ergon has just announced the launch of a new hip pack with some cool features.
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Last chance to order pieces from our 2021 Eliel Custom collection including 4 jerseys, cargo bibs, vests, base layers and more.
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The 2021 Belgian Waffle Ride California took place on Sunday, July 18 in unprecedented conditions for this “Hell of the West Coast” thriller. Held in North City, San Marcos, California, the BWR hosted its biggest race yet with a stacked field of pro gravel cyclists. In this story we share a great race recap that followed along the top men and women throughout the day as they took on the 132 mile, 11,000 ft course in San Diego county. We also share the 2021 Waffle San Diego route and 2021 BWR men’s and women’s results.
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Of all industries, apparel is among the most wasteful. 80% of all clothing ends up in a landfill or is incinerated within 3 years. 551,155 tons of plastic microfibers are estimated to pollute the ocean each year from washing clothes -- equivalent to the plastic pollution of more than 50 billion bottles.
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Santa Cruz just revealed the new color options for the 2022 Stigmata gravel bike. Seen below, options include a Gloss Brut/Grey and Gloss Lavender/Gloss Carbon. Several build options are available including both SRAM AXS and Shimano GRX builds in 1x and 2x kits. Shoppers can also upgrade to Santa Cruz Reserve 22 (700c) or Reserve 25 (650b) carbon rims. We think the purple one looks pretty sweet, which one is your favorite?
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Just ahead of the 2021 BWR, we've created the first shakeout ride of the weekend on our backyard trails in San Elijo Hills. On Thursday evening we invite our local friends, pro riders, industry brands and participants from around the country to join us for the SHAKEOUT IN THE HILLS.
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Specialized introduced a new gravel shoe called the S-Works Recon Lace. The Recon is a proven gravel adventure shoe that we’ve tested in the past, and it now comes in a fully lace-up version.
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