Gravel Union Talks is a podcast series full of inspiring stories, news and events from the world of gravel biking. Each month hosts Carlo and Olly will be chatting with guests who are passionate about riding off the beaten track… adventure riding, bike packing and gravel racing.
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Travel Gravel - Bamboo Bikepacking
As Gravel Alliance rider Saoirse Pottie writes this article, she’s staring at a beautiful view of Table Mountain overlooking Cape Town from the window of her B&B. In a couple of days, Saoirse and her friend, Abby Popplestone, will cycle out of the city and begin a 10,000km cycle that winds its way across the African continent, eventually finishing in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Gravel Inspiration - Five things I learned as a guide at a women’s-only gravel camp
It’s no secret that there’s a profound impact that comes through doing any sort of outdoor sport – especially when you do it as part of a community. Fresh from guiding a women’s gravel camp in central Italy, Shimano Gravel Alliance rider Claudia Gerosa looks back on how riding in an all-women’s environment can be so inspiring.
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#filmfriday - Seven Serpents 2023 recap
Back in June, we ran a fantastic story from Claire Frecknall about the trials and tribulations of taking part in the 2023 Seven Serpents bikepacking event. Beset by horrendous weather conditions, the already demanding event turned into something even more challenging. The event organisers have now published the official event recap film and it's brilliant.
Andrea Lodder - Finding the balance when gravel riding is both your hobby and your profession...
Gravel parents Carly and Erwin on balancing being a mum & dad and gravel riding
Grinduro - putting the purple into gravel events
Iris Slappendel on the women's peloton, gravel riding, activism, clothing design, reporting and more
John Timmermans on Land van Grind en Zand (Northern Limburg), Scotland and gravelling social media
Shimano's Rob Busser on GRX 12 speed - Unbeatable, Undroppable, Unstoppable
Adventurer Lee Craigie on doing things differently.
Racing, recons and results - how pro athlete Heather Jackson made the switch from Ironman Triathlon to racing on gravel
Saoirse Pottie with advice and tips on how to try out bikepacking for the first time.
Gravel Earth Series with Carla Playà
Gravel Racing with Erwin Vervecken: UCI Gravel World Series, qualifiers for UCI World Championship
Inspiring Gravel Adventures across the globe by FatPigeon (Video Professionals)
Gravelly "Fastest Known Times" (FKT) with Reese Ruland
Ultra Distance Scholarship with Alison & Taylor and Wild Wales
Ultra-distance gravel adventures with Sofiane Sehili and Annelore on the legendary Flanders Gravel Series
Route planning with Katherine Moore from komoot and Scandinavia's Nordic Gravel
Inside GRX development with Shimano's Sander Kuik and Rwanda Beyond
Henna's Winter Gravel Top Tips and Scotland's Pride Dukes Weekender
Gravel racing - UCI World Gravel Series, LtD, gravel rainbow jersey and the North London Dirt
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