Why I Ride Gravel
THERE ARE TIMES WE FEEL A STRONG IMPULSE TO expose the skeleton in the cupboard. You’ve likely experienced the pressure between yearning to reveal a secret while holding back from speaking. Keeping secrets creates complicated human dilemmas. I have this relationship with gravel riding and after years spent on the trails, I’m at the precipice of spilling the beans.
I’ve one mind to hold on to the secret and selfishly retain my solitude on the trails. The other thought is fed by a more generous perspective. This involves sharing why some of your craziest most challenging experiences on two wheels could happen on gravel.
Many tribulations experienced on the trails rely on solidarity and serenity. Hence the hesitancy to invite the hordes. But, to steal a quote by Erin Morgenstern, “sharing secrets, real secrets, important ones, with even one other person, will change them.”
The power of riding into the unknown has such an effect that I figure withholding the experience in these times of anxiety and uncertainty is frankly unfair.
WHO BENEFITS FROM RIDING GRAVEL?
You don’t need to be an adventure junkie to understand how riding a dirt track along the ridge of a mountain offers a great way to
