Having recently unveiled our selection for Race Bike of the Year, the time has now come to take this show off the road - and onto the trails! Welcome to Cycling Weekly’s 2023 Gravel Bike of the Year awards.
The very first thing to note is that gravel is in the process of ascending from being a sub-category of drop-bar bikes – think endurance, aero, lightweight, etc – to sit atop of a genre of its own. Just as mountain bikes can be split into crosscountry, enduro, downhill et al – each getting progressively burlier and more capable – the same is true for gravel bikes.
