Blogs/Writings

Does anyone know of any good writeups, blogs, website with gravel related pics that you'd like to share? Let's hear them.

Feel free to share your own blogs/writeups, friends' blogs/writeups, or any other worthy links that have some good non-pavement content. Post away!

I always enjoy Guitar Ted
http://g-tedproductions.blogspot.com/

Adventure Monkey takes the best pics
http://adventuremonkey.com/

I like that Gravel Bike guy too

http://www.gravelbike.com/

Put this elsewhere on here as well.

http://therewillbedirt.blogspot.com.au/ 

if you are looking for something out of your neighbourhood (or continent).

Here is my write up from this years Gravel Worlds -->  http://2013gw.blogspot.com/

Me, currently: http://grindingroundgreeley.wordpress.com/ (Northern Colorado)

Previously: http://grindingroundgering.wordpress.com/ (Nebraska Panhandle)

Here are some ride/race reports from DK, The OGRE, Cedar Cross, etc. \nhttp://www.teamtog.com \n

Good stuff, this:

http://www.rsf.org.uk/

Here's a little site I found that seems to have started doing some discussion and reviews:
Graveler.org

My blog, MN Bike Trail Navigator. It's winter fatbike season now, but Spring brings gravel content that's Minnesota specific. Visit here: \n \nhttp://mnbiketrailnavigator.blogspot.com \n

Spesh AWOL bike tumblr: http://wearegoingawol.tumblr.com/

I will talk about gravel, building, racing and riding from time to time in Life in the Swamp

Meriwether Cycles shares his thoughts on his "road" bike. He's not a fan of "gravel grinder" or "monstercross"

http://meriwethercycles.wordpress.com/2014/02/22/my-road-bike/

a refreshing point of view. all these guys trying to create niches. big frogs in little puddles.

I don't think anyone is trying to create niches - as Whit says these bikes have always been around. I think what we're seeing is people being exposed to so much on such a micro level that we're just trying to come up with terminology to cover subtle, vague, and subjective boundaries. It's like the hairsplitting you get it certain musical genres - electronic stuff being the worst. Is this record minimal techno or microhouse? Who knows, ask the guy that recorded it!

In the case of my most recent bike, I think gravel grinder is a great way to describe it. It has a really low bottom bracket which would distinguish it from other cyclocross frame, and the bottom bracket is low since it gets ridden on gravel roads, which we mostly have around here. And it's built more for comfort than speed - for grinding out the miles. So the name makes sense to me! But I know the subtle differences - if you ask me the difference between freeride, enduro, and all-mountain bikes all I can do is shrug - it all sounds like marketing to me, but that's because I don't experience that kind of riding on a subtle level.

I do! These bikes have been around for years. These guys are merely repackaging them.

And just like with music, sometimes it's the classic rendition, and sometimes a cover becomes the definitive take.  

Yeah, I just don't get the angst. Was Jack Taylor making a niche with the rough stuff bikes? Was Bianchi making a niche with Volpe (and Axis, and Project 7)? Was Bruce Gordon making a niche with the Rock n' Road?

We have the luxury these days of being able to pick from all sorts of bikes these days, and a lot of its being driven from the bottom up.

Hello all,
Here is a link to my personal blog that I write about gravel riding in Northeast Oklahoma:

http://www.okieoutdoors.blogspot.com

I have a lot of fun riding mostly gravel and some pavement in-between.