Colin Strickland

American gravel rider Colin Strickland celebrated National Bike Month by tackling the fearsome Road To Nowhere in his home state of Texas. More Details: Gravel riding is lighting the sport of cycling on fire with endurance and brute toughness needed to ride hundreds of miles at a time, while facing some of the nastiest weather …

Bottecchia Gravel Monster Gravel Bike

With gravel biking on the rise over the past few years, Bottecchia has entered the gravel bike market with a couple of gravel bikes including a 6061 double-butted aluminum Gravel Monster and the Gravel Carbon. SoCalCycling.com was able to get our hands on a couple of Alloy Gravel Monsters from Italy. The Bottecchia Gravel Monster bike …

Gravel Tires

Hey man… what’s the best tire for this event? That’s something I’ve been hearing a lot over the last few months as more and more mixed surface and gravel events come on the calendar. I remember back to my full-time cyclo-cross (CX) days riding with the KCCX team and all the conversations we had about tire …

SPNDX Stampede Gravel Partners with Redlands Bicycle Classic

New for 2020 the SPNDX Stampede will enter their fourth year of producing gravel events by partnering with the Redlands Bicycle Classic by bringing their “Gravel Party” to Redlands on Sunday, April 26th. The new gravel event will take place Sunday morning in downtown Redlands where the start & finish will be held for the …

SLO Cross

Are you looking for a fun weekend of cycling? The central coast community of San Luis Obispo provides a beautiful location to an awesome weekend of cyclocross and gravel riding at the SoCalCross Prestige Series SLOCross on November 9 and 10, 2019 at El Chorro Regional Park. SCPS 9: SLO Cross-Gravel Weekend – 11/9-10 11/9 …

SoCal Cross Cyclocross

There are some great cyclocross, and gravel bike events that are coming up this Fall! Cyclocross The SoCal Cross Prestige Series offers some awesome events that take place nearly every weekend starting off with Krosstoberfest Season Kickoff on October 5th – 6th. Cyclocross is a fun way to stay in shape during the off-season and …