Horse for the Course: Three days of gravel riding in Utah Eddy Merckx Strasbourg71 Carbon with tubeless, wide-rim Clément Ushuaias Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest Share on Whatsapp Share on Reddit Email to a friend By Ben Delaney Published: September 27, 2016 at 10:00 am Call it gravel or call it adventure — getting off pavement on your 700c bike can be refreshing Ben Delaney / Immediate Media Clément hosted me and a small group of journalists for three days of gravel riding in Utah Neil Shirley Our group rode the new Eddy Merckx Strasbourg71 carbon gravel bike with Clément’s new Ushuaia wheels Ben Delaney / Immediate Media We rode through three US national parks in three days, on a mix of paved road, dirt roads and singletrack Ben Delaney / Immediate Media The Burr Trail climb at the eastern entrace to Capitol Reef National Park felt like Italy’s Stelvio climb on a desert moonscape Meg McMahon The Strasbourg71’s compact crank and the 11-32t cassettes we used kept us smiling Meg McMahon Clément built the Ushuaia wheels just for gravel with a wide, 23mm internal width and relative light weight Ben Delaney / Immediate Media The tires all mounted tubeless with the use of a floor pump Ben Delaney / Immediate Media
