If you love gravel and dreaming about adventures and gear or following along with national and international gravel races, these are some great websites to follow. Listed in a loose order of some of our favorites, these sites will cover a very wide spectrum of everything in the gravel world.
In compiling these gravel websites, I thought pretty hard about what attracts me to these sites and what makes the best sites stand out. Here's what I love about any online publication and what makes many of these websites shine.
Beautiful designs: An attractive design and an intuitively organized interface make these sites come alive in a really interactive way.
Seasonally relevant, and timely news: Seasonal adventures change fast and race season unfolds rapidly. So we love sites that deliver high quality stories and gear updates right in the middle of all the excitement of the season.
No affiliate links: Honestly, I don't know that there is a single website on this list that doesn't use affiliate links (besides The Nxrth 😉. We don't publish affiliate links so our recommendations are what we love, not what we get paid for you to click on). It's hard to find genuinely helpful recommendations from websites that use affiliate links but some sites use them less than others.
Gorgeous original photography: Beautiful shots from places I want to visit and gear I'm interested in are what inspire a lot of my adventures.
Regular, high-frequency content, with an in-depth, and thoughtful POV. Yeah, that's a no brainer. There is a lot of junk on the internet, and these are the websites that stand out.
Here are some of our favorite gravel sites, loosely in order of the ones we visit the most often:
Bikepacking.com
The original bikepacking website and almost exclusively responsible for the original global growth of the activity. Bikepacking.com was founded in 2012 and since then has been a gold mine of global routes, gorgeous trip photography, captivating stories, and community of adventure seekers on winding unpaved paths. Bikepacking.com.
Bike Gear Database
Boutique design with hyper in-depth reviews and resources. Bike Gear Database is a site to be bookmarked and explored. It covers gravel, bikepacking, and mountain biking with an emphasis on gear reviews. It also has occasional stories and planning resources. Bike Gear Database.
Velo News - Gravel Collection
Probably the most mainstream outdoor news outlet on the ole web. Velo News covers the biggest and most popular gravel races. It closely follows the Life Time Grand Prix and Belgian Waffle series and has regular coverage and speculation of the highest profile athletes. Velo News is 100% paywalled behind an Outside+ membership but easily bypassed by accessing your browser's "Reader" version of any page. Velo News.
The Radavist
What can be said about The Radavist? Full of beautiful bicycles, alternative bike culture, fixies, gnarly gravel creations, and a diverse community, The Radavist news cycle is a pretty fun place to cruise around. If you're looking for a unique take on the people, places, and gear that make up the gravel community, head on over to The Radavist and look around. The Radavist.
The Nxrth
We can't leave The Nxrth off this list ;-). If you live in the Northwoods of Wisconsin, Minnesota, or the Upper Peninsula, this is the go-to spot for gravel news, events, stories, community, and resources. Rolling around since 2022, our goal is to connect gravel bikers with incredible experiences and deeper community. The Nxrth.
GRVL Magazine
Originally a Substack called GRVL Troopers, it became GRVL MGZN in 2024 and has regular information, tips, advice, tech updates, and more from the realm of gravel racing. Expect interviews and news from high profile gravel athletes on an independent site. GRVL MGZIN.
Gravel Union
Want to follow the European gravel scene? This is a good place to start. It has a lot of stories and event recaps from the European gravel community. They don't chase the big stories and celebrity gravel racers but focus on covering small events and everyday storytellers. Gravel Union.
Gravelstoke
This one is really a grab bag. I've been following it for some time and enjoy the variety. It focuses especially around California gravel but also covers gear reviews and occasional industry news, updates, and culture. Gravelstoke.
Cycling News - Gravel Collection
A pretty even mix of gear roundups and pro cycling news and event updates. The gravel section is a sub-section of the main site with good dives into the world of pro gravel behind the scenes. You can get free access to 5 articles per month or open any article on your browser's "Reader" to bypass the pay wall. Cycling News.
Gravel Cyclist
If you're doing a Google search of reviews for a specific gravel bike that you're considering, the chances are good that you'll end up on Gravel Cyclist. Lots of reviews and product announcements on a basic blog format website. Gravel Cyclist.
Bike Radar & Bike Rumor
Competitor websites, these two operate in nearly identical ways providing early gear announcement and in depth reviews. Both websites are almost exclusively filled with paid affiliate links in all of their 'Best Of' gear roundups which gives low credibility in favor of them being compensated if you buy a product they recommend. Affiliate links aside, these are the places to go for gear lovers and early industry announcements. Bike Radar & Bike Rumor.
Off-Road.cc
A partner website to Road.cc, Off-Road.cc is a gear focused site that covers mountain biking, bikepacking, and gravel. It is based in the UK and definitely has a focus on the European scene but covers news from all over. Expect a heavy emphasis on gear roundups and reviews. Off-Road.cc.
CX Magazine - Gravel Collection
As the name suggests, Gravel isn't the primary focus but it is the secondary focus of the site. Alongside a whole bunch of cyclocross content, they keep close coverage on gravel news and gear. Focused primarily on gear, you can also find coverage of events, adventures, and destinations here. CX Magazine.
