Gravel: The Ultimate Guide to the Gear, Training, and Grit You Need to Crush It

Gravel is an amazingly great book packed with information that has been exceedingly helpful to me. The author has provided just about everything you could want to know about racing in a gravel grinder. The book includes information about what type of things to look out for when purchasing a bike, gear, etc. There is Information on nutrition and hydration. She includes tips to aid and gotchas to watch out for. The book includes a training plan to help the reader to prepare for a race. Though loaded with valuable information, the book is easy to read with a pleasant tone. Now, I just wish she had training plans on TrainingPeaks to cover different scenarios.

Being a newbie to the gravel bike scene, I found this book informative. Selene Yeager’s stories of her races and experiences had me smiling the whole time!

I bought the book because I have a gravel bike on order. I was a road biker/bikepacker in my younger days. I have reconnected with the bicycle again at 76 years of age and have done so for pleasure and fitness. I live in a rural area and most of the roads are gravel and my road bike does not love them. I am anxious for my gravel bike to arrive and look forward to a many year love affair with it.Chuck BaileyUSA

This book has a lot of good information for anyone who wants to ride gravel. There are pointers about most of what you need to know to have a good and safe ride, from tire pressure range recommendations to what to take on a ride to exercises to be a better gravel rider and how to approach gravel riding, especially if you're coming off road cycling. Yeager includes basic training plans for those who want to do a gravel event, as well.

I'm a long time road rider who go into gravel a few years ago. I had been reading magazines on gravel riding for years but felt I still had much to learn. After struggling with a few smaller gravel events, I found the idea of doing something like Dirty Kanza terrifying.This book really lays everything out about gravel riding. The chapters on gravel riding technique and nutrition were particularly informative. I realized that my past struggles in gravel events had more to do with gear issues, single track technique and problems with nutrition than my physical fitness. I highly recommend this book to anyone looking to ride gravel in any form.

This book is a fantastic resource to get you up-to-speed in your quest to learn as much as possible about the gravel cycling sport. It plays well to all levels of the sport, whether you are heading out to hit the most grueling and competitive trails, or you just want to get out on that new gem-of-a-bike. Be sure to have Google and Wikipedia handy as the author presents many terms that may not be familiar to you. There is a wealth of information in this book, and you will finish it with an excitement about the sport and about the adventures that await you! Highly, highly recommended!

I enjoyed reading this book. I experienced many of her emotions during my first 50 DK which helped me confirm that it was normal. I'm hoping to tackle my first century ride next year and this book gave me the confidence to keep going. Its nice to know even the skilled pros have the same thoughts on every race. Preparation is key but mental toughness will get you through anything.

Selene is an experienced and accomplished racer, but she is also an excellent communicator, and has gained a LOT of expertise by talking with the top experts in the field for years. It all comes together in this guide to gravel riding, training, racing, nutrition, and more. This book has all you need to get ready and to enjoy gravel events this coming season. Selene is also an expert on sports psychology, and you'll find lots of tips and encouragement regarding the mental game of training for and riding these tough gravel events.