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2020 Canyon Grail AL 7.0 gravel bike review: Big fun, small price

While some gravel bikes are trying to be more like mountain bikes with drop bars, the geometry and look of the Canyon Grail AL 7.0 suggests that it is more of a road bike with extra tire clearance. Canyon doesn’t take many risks with this aluminum gravel bike, but is it actually any good? As …

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Photo gallery: A muddy mess at Mid South gravel

Some say it’s a race that never should have happened. Others are glad it did. Whether they still feel that way in a few days remains to be seen. Against a backdrop of worsening coronavirus fears, one of the first – and perhaps last – major gravel races of 2020 rolled on last weekend. Mid South, …

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Salsa’s new Stormchaser is the gravel bike for horrid conditions

Debating over whether 1x or 2x gearing is best for gravel? How about just one gear? Salsa Cycles’ latest gravel bike, the Stormchaser, is a singlespeed gravel bike designed for those who like a challenge, but also the absolute simplicity, low-running-cost and direct-feeling efficiency that only a bike with a single gear can provide. One …

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Santa Cruz Stigmata gravel bike review: A solid choice for everyday groading

Santa Cruz apparently had a crystal ball when it introduced the original Stigmata in 2007. Although billed as a cyclocross bike at the time, its more generous tire clearance and longer-and-lower geometry basically made it a gravel bike — just more than 10 years or so before we were actually using that label. The third-generation …

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2020 BMC URS Three gravel bike review: Ground broken

BMC URS Three gravel bike

It’s been nine months since BMC unveiled its somewhat radical take on what a gravel bike should be. The Unrestricted, or URS for short, was unlike any other gravel bike released at the time and I came away from the Swiss-based launch equally impressed and confused. Was this the future of gravel, or just a …

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