A multi-discipline squad covering road, gravel, time-trial and triathlon, the Ribble Collective is the British bike brand's answer to the modern-day race scene. In this article, Joe Laverick, one of the Collective riders, takes us behind-the-scenes at Unbound Gravel.
I really wanted to hate Unbound Gravel. A 200-mile (340km) race in the Flint Hills of Kansas, it's the jewel in the crown of the gravel racing calendar. Looking in from the outside, and even until race day, I deemed it to be over-hyped. I was wrong. Unbound Gravel represents everything that cycling should be.
