{"id":36121,"date":"2022-04-22T17:00:58","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T15:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/?p=671887"},"modified":"2022-04-22T17:16:09","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T15:16:09","slug":"bikeradar-podcast-why-is-gravel-riding-so-popular","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/cyclingplus\/rss_feed\/bikeradar-podcast-why-is-gravel-riding-so-popular\/","title":{"rendered":"BikeRadar Podcast | Why is gravel riding so popular?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By George Scott\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Friday, 22 April 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><iframe title=\"&quot;Why\" is=\"\" gravel=\"\" riding=\"\" so=\"\" popular=\"\" and=\"\" what=\"\" do=\"\" you=\"\" need=\"\" to=\"\" get=\"\" started=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/embed.acast.com\/bikeradarpodcast\/why-is-gravel-riding-so-popular-and-what-do-you-need-to-get-&quot;\" width=\"&quot;100%&quot;\" height=\"&quot;180px&quot;\" scrolling=\"&quot;no&quot;\" frameborder=\"&quot;0&quot;\" style=\"&quot;border:none;overflow:hidden;&quot;\"\/>\n<p>Gravel riding has exploded in popularity in recent years, with more cyclists than ever turning drop-bar bikes away from the open road.<\/p>\n<p>Over the course of a new seven-part series of the <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/bikeradar-podcast\/&quot;\">BikeRadar Podcast<\/a>, we\u2019ll be sharing everything there is to know about gravel.<\/p>\n<p>For episode one, we\u2019re starting at the beginning: why is <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/features\/routes-and-rides\/what-is-gravel-riding\/&quot;\">gravel riding<\/a> so great, and how did we get into it?<\/p>\n<p>With gravel expert <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/author\/katherinemoore\/&quot;\">Katherine Moore<\/a> as your host, she\u2019s joined by two of BikeRadar\u2019s keenest multi-terrain riders, <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/author\/jackluke\/&quot;\">Jack Luke<\/a> and <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/author\/tommarvin\/&quot;\">Tom Marvin<\/a>, along with cycling photographer, bikepacker and ultra-racer <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/accounts\/login\/?next=\/bicycle_factory\/&quot;\">Tom Gibbs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>They discuss their journey into gravel riding, why it\u2019s proved to be so popular and what you\u2019ll need to get you started on your trail to gravel enlightenment.<\/p>\n<p>What else have we got in store over the next seven weeks? We\u2019ll be covering everything from how to choose a gravel bike and planning the perfect ride, to the gravel racing scene and whether this is all actually just a reinvention of 90s mountain biking.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll be releasing episodes every Friday \u2013 make sure you subscribe to the BikeRadar Podcast via <a href=\"\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/gb\/podcast\/the-bikeradar-podcast\/id1461106709&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>, <a href=\"\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/6aLvE13Bge7WC7AWbiR3LS&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Spotify<\/a> or your podcast provider of choice, so you don\u2019t miss a beat.<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"&quot;border-radius:\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/bikeradar.podlink.to\/Podcast?embed=true&quot;\" width=\"&quot;480&quot;\" height=\"&quot;900&quot;\" frameborder=\"&quot;0&quot;\"\/><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By George Scott Published: Friday, 22 April 2022 at 12:00 am Gravel riding has exploded in popularity in recent years, with more cyclists than ever turning drop-bar bikes away from the open road. 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