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Gravel Racing Has a Safety Problem
The solution isn’t straightforward, but we need to start making things better.
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Spencer Powlison
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April 2023
Sorry For the Radio Silence
I’m launching a new website for e-MTB … Yup, that’s right!
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Spencer Powlison
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March 2023
Mid South, Done Five Different Ways
Whether they’re out on the red dirt roads or not, everyone goes home with a story to tell.
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Spencer Powlison
Wanna Ride Appenninica 2023? Here’s My Guide
If you love old-school XC, head to Italy and take on this epic stage race
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Spencer Powlison
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February 2023
The Many Rules of Gravel
They aren’t any more unwritten rules, because I just wrote them here.
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Spencer Powlison
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What My Dream Gravel Season Would Look Like
Five races on my to-do (or do again) list
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Spencer Powlison
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January 2023
A Day That Made Me: ECCC Mountain Bike Championships
Sports teach us lessons — it’s cliche. It’s also true.
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Spencer Powlison
The Three Stages of My Gravel Evolution
Fifteen years later, dirt roads are still my favorite, but nearly everything else has changed.
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Spencer Powlison
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The Four Kinds of Gravel Races That There Are
Gravel is just gravel, unless it’s — you know — GRAVEL.
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Spencer Powlison
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2022 Was the Least I’ve Ridden in Years, and That’s OK
My Strava Year in Sport isn’t all that impressive.
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Spencer Powlison
14
December 2022
This One Time I Was Stranded in the Shenandoah Mountains
Since this week is Christmas, I thought I’d spin a yarn about generosity and compassion.
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Spencer Powlison
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Does the Bike Industry Need Brand Ambassadors?
The recent Specialized kerfuffle got me thinking about how gravel sponsorship has evolved and where it’s going.
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Spencer Powlison
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