Nicely would you take a look at that, it’s Friday! Do you suppose it’s too late for me to get myself and my state-of-the-art gravel bike over to UNBOUND Gravel?
Sure, UNBOUND Gravel–or UNBND GRVL in Gravelese–is nigh, which I wouldn’t have realized if all of the bikey web sites weren’t slavering over the most recent technological developments:
I’m not exaggerating within the least once I say this can be a huge step ahead for not solely Campagnolo however biking on the whole. In actual fact I really feel modified simply taking a look at it. Be careful, SRAMano! Who says Campagnolo is not related once they can produce a functioning electrical equipment like this? It’s not a stretch to say that whoever is utilizing the brand new Campagnolo gravel gear is certainly going to win the bicycle race.
I used to be equally blown away by the brand new Pinarello gravel bike:
I guess this can be a MAJOR UPGRADE over no matter their final silly gravel bike was. How do you even put into phrases not solely how thrilling this new bicycle is, but additionally how dynamic the entire world of gravel bike design is, and the way vital it’s to expire and purchase certainly one of these items instantly?
Oh wait, right here’s how:
The playbook for gravel bike launches in 2025 is seemingly a mixture of elevated tyre clearance, extra consideration to aerodynamics, and a consideration towards boosted compliance.
Unbelievable.
Wait, did anyone say “unbelievable?” Get a load of this bike, which goes to vary gravel biking, biking, and biking on gravel much more profoundly than the brand new Campagnolo gravel bike group and the brand new Pinarello gravel bike for biking on gravel put collectively:
Wow, these bikes simply wish to be Y-Foils so dangerous, don’t they?
It actually was weirdly forward of it’s time…aside from barely having the ability to clear a 25mm tire, in fact. Aside from that although they principally nailed it.
And no one embodies the spirit of gravel greater than Lachlan Morton, who’s going to do certainly one of his huge freak rides:
I’ve an incredible quantity of respect for Lachlan Morton and I want him nothing however success, however I additionally should say I discover your entire world of maximum endurance biking deeply unsettling and fully unrelatable, probably as a result of the contributors appear to be one thing you may need to shoo away out of your rubbish cans in the course of the night time. Sorry, if I seemed outdoors in the course of the night time and noticed Lachlan Morton on my entrance garden fixing a flat 268 miles into an unsupported race my first response could be to show the backyard hose on him:
Fortuitously I don’t have a entrance garden, although I do have restricted entry to a backyard hose:
If Lachlan Morton ever comes by way of the Bronx on an unsupported bicycle journey he’s greater than welcome to assist himself to it.
