Gravel cycling
Gravel cycling, gravel biking or gravel grinding is a sport, or a leisure activity, in which participants ride bicycles mostly on gravel roads. Sometimes, specially designed gravel bikes are used; in other cases, any bicycle capable of covering the terrain can be used.
Waiting for Dirty Kanza (now Unbound Gravel) bike race to start at sunrise | |
| First played | since beginning of cycling; modern era began around 2006. |
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| Presence | |
| Olympic | no |
Gravel cycling bridges the gap between road and mountain biking, combining the higher speed and efficiency of road cycling with the capability and freedom to ride on rough and loose terrain. While a small number of road races embrace long stretches of unpaved and gravel roads, notable the prestigious Italian classic Strade Bianche, gravel racing as a discipline has its own global series and world championship thanks to Ms Lazzaro as main promoter.
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