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The rise of the gravel bike has had a number of consequences, including coaxing road riders off-road and expanding personal bike collections around the world. But there’s been another consequence that the industry maybe didn’t foresee – it’s led plenty of riders to wonder whether a gravel bike, maybe with a spare set of wheels, …

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There were mountain bikes, road bikes, old bikes and new bikes and everything in between. The only common denominator were the smiles of each pilot.

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An embarrassingly outdated cyclocross bike from eight years ago “works just fine”, despite its lack of electronics and hydraulics, primitive braking, tubed tyres and paucity of gear options, CyclingTips can exclusively report.

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First announced for the 2018 season, the Merida Silex is the Taiwanese mega-manufacturer’s take on the do-it-all gravel segment. It’s a bike that’s available in both alloy and carbon variants, and new for 2020, a 650B-wheeled version of the latter. While it’s not a new bike, we hadn’t ridden one, until now. While attending the …

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It wasn’t long ago that we thought of gravel as a fringe discipline of road cycling, a discipline where niche brands like Salsa Cycles had a near monopoly. Now you’ll be hard pressed to find a single global bike brand that doesn’t have a bike dedicated to gravel. BMC only recently dipped its toes into …

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