'There's nothing new under the sun' is a phrase that could have been applied to riding a bike for much of the past 100 years. Double diamond frame, pneumatic tyres, cycling clubs, close-fit clothing and you're well away.
The advent of the gravel niche in the last 10 years feels like a rare shake-up, though perhaps not quite as significant as the arrival of mountain biking before it in the mid-late 1980s. Not so remarkable in itself but, if you look into gravel's mud-flecked recesses, you will find a myth cracked open: cycling costs a fortune.
