Horse for the Course

Horse for the Course

Group cycling in Sri Lanka through palm trees with overlay that reads 'BikeRadar Adventure Week'.

I spent five days cycling on Sri Lanka’s red gravel tracks and unfinished roads – it was an adventure like no other

Katherine Moore rode through the island's mountains and forests, eating fresh coconut, spotting elephants and battling the heat and humidity on her Ribble CGR Ti
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George Scott of BikeRadar riding Gran Fondo Strade Bianche 2023

Chasing the pros and riding the white roads of the Gran Fondo Strade Bianche

George heads to Italy for a double-header of WorldTour racing and gran fondo riding on Tuscany's white gravel roads
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One of the plains on the race.

Horse for the Course: What bike do you ride for the 1,900km Silk Road Mountain Race?

Josh Murphy takes on Kyrgyzstan's toughest trails
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Allied ECHO gravel bike for the FoCo Fondo

Horse for the Course: Road meets gravel for the 145-mile FoCo Fondo

Is this convertible all-road/gravel bike, with 12-speed Shimano Ultegra and 40mm tyres, up for 145 miles of Colorado gravel?
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Pack shot of the Niner RLT 9 RDO gravel bike

Can suspension tame a wet and wild edition of the Unbound gravel race?

Can suspension tame a wet and wild edition of the Unbound gravel race?
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Specialized S-Works Venge for the Sagan Fondo in California

The hottest bikes of the year ridden at the best events

We round up our best Horse for the Course events in 2018
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Being able to ride alongside Peter Sagan is very cool

Specialized S-Works Venge for the Sagan Fondo in California

WorldTour-specced superbike for 110km Northern California vineyard ride
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As the sun rises, there are still 10 hours of time trialing to go for our author

Canyon Speedmax CF 8.0 Di2 for this year's 12hr World TT Champs

Nick Legan races 12 hours on board his upgraded Canyon Speedmax
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I've modified my State Bicycle Co Undefeated to be more hill climb friendly

Fixies are dumb, but I love them — Jack's hill climb fixie

Modifying a State Bicycle Co Undefeated for hill climbing
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My bike of choice for the event, a Curve Belgie Disc with Campagnolo wheels and groupset

Horse for the Course: Curve Belgie Disc for the Garmin Ride Out

Rolling roads, sunshine, WorldTour riders and a perfectly executed sportive
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'The Weigh Machine' in all its glory

Respect your elders: turning back the clock at Eroica Britannia

Oli rides a classic road bike that's older than he is
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Mavic Haute Route Rockies is a seven-day Colorado adventure. I jumped in for stage 2

Testing prototype tires over 12,000 vertical feet on asphalt and dirt

Big cotton casings for Haute Route Rockies stage
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Mostly all the gear held up well for the Dirty Kanza 200... save the cramping old legs

Delaney's rookie Dirty Kanza 200 bike

Racing gravel? Here's what worked for me, and what didn't
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Salsa's chaise lounge gave riders a chance to take a load off, if only for a few seconds

Running down a dream at the Land Run 100

Two Vittoria-shod Opus horses for the Oklahoma gravel course
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Just the narrow cobbled course, the bike... and 16,000 of your friends

Horse for the Course: Trek Madone for Flanders sportive

Joining 16,000 riders on the old stones with an aero bike and new XXX wheels
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Racing my first season of cyclocross in the Western Cyclocross league

Baptism of mud: a first attempt at a cyclocross season

Racing and crashing on a Specialized CruX Sport
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Niner's RLT 9 Steel was my bike of choice for the Steamboat Ramble

Riding the Ramble on a Niner RLT 9 Steel

Three days, 200 miles and many mountains
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The wide open fire roads of Singen

Merida Big Nine Team for the MTB Marathon World Championships

How does an amateur fare against the best riders on the planet?
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The latest Specialized Diverge was my weapon of choice for the 2017 Dirty Kanza 200

Racing 200 miles of gravel on the new Specialized Diverge

Suspension up front and plenty of bottles for the Dirty Kanza
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Easton EC90 shifting performance has lept in to the big boy category — crisp and effortless

Niner RLT 9 RDO with Fox AX gravel fork for The Hairy 100

Dented a rim at mile 35 and kept on rolling
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