Dirt Connections. People Connections.  Chances are if you’ve called Spinergy for customer service then you may have spoken to Jeff Paulson. And that phone call may have started on a Spinergy bike wheel inquiry then likely gravitated to a chat about a new trail or a super-secret gravel connection found in the byways and backyards of North or East County San Diego. Gravel cycling for Jeff is the consequence of a natural evolution of his passion for riding ever since the training wheels came off. When we asked him what sparked his interest to start riding way back when, Jeff...

  Casey Cohenmeyer describes her brutal experience at The Rift in Iceland. The Rift is a 200 km (125 miles) off-road bike race through the dark lava fields in the Highlands of Iceland. It traverses the continental rift between North America and Eurasia - a rift that grows one inch every year. The growth is evident with vast lava fields all around creating a surreal landscape. A landscape that is remote, rugged and unpredictable!    The following account was originally published on Casey's blog, NoFcks Given Gravel. Dire. Not the first word that one would typically hope to describe a “vacation,”...