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Tom Wieckowski

Look after your gravel bike: Maintenance tips and tricks

Specialized Diverge gravel bike

It's gravel week here at Cyclingnews which means a focus on all things gravel. We've got eveything from Unbound tech galleries to the best gravel bike shoes and gravel e-bikes. 

In this spirit, I've pulled together a few tips you can use to help keep your gravel bike rolling that little bit smoother. It's probably fair to say that gravel riding does place some additional demands on our bikes, due to the rougher terrain we encounter, and the muddy, sandy, rocky conditions. At this point, I do have to include the by-now almost obligatory line that gravel riding means many different things to riders all over the world. 

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