Five years ago, we ran a piece on Cyclingnews entitled 'Future Gravel'. It was an interview with Ted King, who discussed the explosive growth of the discipline over the previous five years and looked into his crystal ball to ponder how it might look in another five years.
Well, that point in the future is now the present, and King's comments are particularly fascinating in hindsight. Some of his predictions have proven to be bang on the money. Others have turned out to be somewhat wide of the mark.
