If I was going to do just gravel and trail exploration, I think I’d run a single ring. I ran Specialized Trigger 700×38 tires set up tubeless and these did well on the road and equally well on dry ...

Amanda Nauman’s 2019 DK200 Niner RLT 9 RDO. Amanda Nauman came to gravel racing from cyclocross, and like many others, initially found her Niner BSB 9 RDO bike a good fit for the rigors of gravel.

Despite the growth in popularity of gravel bikes, the two 2018 Dirty Kanza 200 winners both rode cyclocross bikes to win their respective races.When Amanda Nauman first won the race in 2015, she too ...