Gravel & Dirt

Thank you for all who voted in our poll for the next tires you want to see tested on Gravel&Dirt. Sorry the image doesn't display in the overview. Please click on this post to see it correctly. The results are in – the Rene Herse Juniper Ridge knobbies got by far the most votes. I've got a set of Extralights coming my way, and you'll read the full report once we've put some miles on them. As to the other candidates, we'll see if we can test them as well in the future. Stay tuned!  

Our first two tire reviews have had a great response (and sparked quite some discussion online!) We appreciate all the constructive criticism and input. As we move forward, we've decided that we'll ask our readers which tires you want to be the next that we test here.  After the last tires didn't quite live up to my expectations, I'm back on my Gravelkings that are nearing the end of their life. So what's next? I've identified a few tires that claim to roll fast and handle a variety of conditions: The online discussions of the previous reviews almost immediately compared the tires we tested to the offerings from Rene Herse. So their Juniper Ridge is an obvious choice. Schwalbe's G-Ones have a good reputation, too. Their G-One Speed looks a lot like the Ultradynamico Cava except that the knobs are a little bigger, so they should squirm less. The G-One Allround seems to differ mostly with taller knobs which may be good for the occasional mud we encounter on ou

With the events of the last few weeks it's impossible not to think about issues of race and bias. Without wanting to take a position we decided to look at bike companies Instagram feeds: How inclusive are they? How much diversity do they show? We checked out the last 100 Instagram posts by these companies prior to last weekend. We looked at what percentage of the images show people of color, women, only white men and only whites. If an image shows at least one person of color or woman, it's counted in each applicable category. Here's our ranking of ten companies we've been following: 10. Schwalbe: Total images with humans: 69 People of color: 0 (0%) Women: 17 (25%) Only white men: 52 (75%) Only whites: 69 (100%) Schwalbe's Instagram account is 100% white and 75% of the posts show only white men. Nuff said. 9. WTB: Total images with humans: 59 People of color: 1 (1.7%) Women: 14 (24%) Only white men: 39 (66%) Only whites: 58 (98.3%) For WTB people of color don't