{"id":763,"date":"2021-04-23T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/werocksport.com\/?p=763"},"modified":"2021-04-22T11:24:48","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T09:24:48","slug":"gravel-ce-quil-faut-savoir-avant-de-vous-lancer-sur-les-sentiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/werocksport.com\/en\/gravel-ce-quil-faut-savoir-avant-de-vous-lancer-sur-les-sentiers\/","title":{"rendered":"Gravel, what you need to know before hitting the trails"},"content":{"rendered":"

A discipline born in the United States and which has made a place for itself in recent years alongside racing bikes and mountain bikes, gravel riding is a mixture of genres. Before you set off on France's cycle routes and forest trails, here's what you need to know to set off well equipped.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Along with electric bikes, gravel bikes are the big trend in the cycling world in recent years. This discipline appeared in the United States on the long unsealed roads of the American Midwest, used for hundreds of kilometers by enthusiasts who were previously frustrated by having to put their road bike on the ground when the asphalt disappeared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Europe, the trend has been there for several years now and most manufacturers offer one or several gravels in their catalogue. If this bike is similar to a cyclo-cross bike, it is less competition-oriented and adopts an adventurous spirit to take you on many types of trails and over long distances. The key word for gravel: versatility. This bike must be capable of swallowing kilometers as much on the road as on the paths. If you have the technique, you can even take it into the forest on more challenging trails. But the gravel bike has its limits and will not be able to compete with an all-mountain bike on rocky and root-laden singles either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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