Kathy is a former downhill world champion and a mountain biker. She has recently taken up gravel riding and completed her first successful race this past weekend in Cody, Wyoming taking home 1st place in Women’s for “The Ugly”, a 100-mile course in the Fistful of Dirt gravel race. She talked to us about her trepidatious start with gravel to her recent success achieved on a set of Spinergy GXX wheels that we sent her.
How did you first get into gravel racing?
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News & Updates
Friday, May 15, 2020 - 11:24
I recently wrote a story about a couple bikepacking adventures I took in Southern California right before the coronavirus hit us. I wrote about circumnavigating Santa Catalina Island, riding the mountain bike trials of Cuyamaca Rancho Park, and took on the Stagecoach 400 mountain bike race. You can read about those routes here: https://www.gravelstoke.com/gravel-cycling-gear-blog/bikepacking-gems-of-southern-california. I was super stoked to have such reliable wheels for the varied terrain...
Thursday, April 9, 2020 - 16:32
Last post was about nutrition and what it takes for me to get through my training days as well as Belgian Waffle Ride. Now we are going to move on to the fun stuff which is the actual machine that will get me to the finish of every Power Gauntlet race I have planned for this year as well as the training rides leading up to each race. For me, hands down the items that have concerned me the most on the bike are the wheels and tires as these are the main components which have to work flawlessly to...
Wednesday, February 19, 2020 - 14:15
When looking to upgrade your mountain bike the first thing that you would usually go for is wheels. We all want the edge when it come to our XC bikes. We want them fast, light weight and most of all durable. My Intense Sniper has been one of my favorite bike in my quiver and after last year’s accident at Big bear I have been working hard to get my endurance and fitness back to a place that I can be satisfied with. I signed up for the first round of the Quick N’ Dirty summer...
Wednesday, November 20, 2019 - 13:40
Clint had the chance to demo some Spinergy GXC carbon gravel wheels this year. He decided to share his review on our blog and filled us in on some of his background as an athlete.
My name is Clint Williams.
I’m from Northeast Georgia about an hour north of Atlanta, very close to the beginning of the Appalachian Trail and not far from the Blue Ridge mountains. We are nestled in some very good riding areas for road, gravel, and mountain biking. I’ve been in the sport of cycling...