{"id":63837,"date":"2024-05-27T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-27T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4386f65f-e7b6-4c08-914b-bbe4d249ae21"},"modified":"2024-05-27T10:59:37","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T08:59:37","slug":"welcome-to-gravel-racing-week-on-bikeradar","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/cyclingplus\/rss_feed\/welcome-to-gravel-racing-week-on-bikeradar\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Gravel Racing Week on BikeRadar!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\">Seven days of buyer&#8217;s guides, racing advice and much more <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Jack Luke\n      <\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Monday, 27 May 2024 at 08:00 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><p>Gravel racing has enjoyed a stratospheric rise in popularity, with events such as Unbound garnering as much media and public attention as top WorldTour road races.<\/p><p>Increasing popularity has seen growing participation numbers, increasingly competitive fields and the proliferation of specialist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/features\/routes-and-rides\/gravel-racing\">gravel racing<\/a> tech \u2013 as of 2022, gravel racing even has its own World Championships. <\/p><p>With all that in mind, we&#8217;re pleased to bring you Gravel Racing Week on BikeRadar.<\/p><p>Over the next seven days, we&#8217;ll be sharing buying advice for budding gravel racers, reviews from our expert testers and opinions from key voices <\/p><p>We&#8217;ll also hear where key figures think gravel racing is going next and outline how to prepare for your next event.<\/p><p>Fresh from his first ultra endurance gravel event, our own Oscar Huckle will put you off ever riding your own ultra, with tales of sleeping next to rubbish-filled huts, hallucinations and inflamed knees. <\/p><p>And who better to outline the history of Unbound \u2013 by far gravel racing&#8217;s most important event \u2013 than former BikeRadar senior technical editor, Josh Patterson, who lined up to some of the very earliest editions of the race.<\/p><p>Check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/tags\/gravelraceweek\">Gravel Racing Week hub page<\/a> or subscribe to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BikeRadar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bikeradar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Twitter<\/a> pages to follow all things gravel racing on BikeRadar!<\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seven days of buyer&#8217;s guides, racing advice and much more 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