ROCK SOLID SHOWCASES DUTCH GRAVEL AND CULTURE

Photos by Michiel Maas When people think of The Netherlands, it usually drums up visions of water-filled canals, windswept sand dunes, and a flat landscape dotted with cute little towns and windmills. With a closer look, you will find tucked in this landscape a vast network of farm and forest roads with endless bike paths […]

A World Beyond the Roads of the Pyrenees

Words: Jamie Wilkins Photos: Kitt Blackman One click made all the difference. One step more zoom into the online map, and the madness of the trail revealed itself. Endowed of extra resolution, what was a dull straight line became a frantic series of switchbacks, the trail pinballing its way up through densely stacked contour lines at an improbable […]

Team ENVE Journeys North to Rebecca’s Private Idaho

After a full season of enjoying our new G Series wheels at such events as Dirty Kanza and Crusher in the Tushar – we ventured north to Rebecca Rusch’s backyard. Rebecca hosts this multi-day gravel event in Ketchum, Idaho known as, Rebecca’s Private Idaho. The event features a 3 day stage race with mixed surface riding that is sure to provide challenges […]

What We’re Riding – Jamie’s Scappa

Frameset – Scappa PurosangueWheels – ENVE SES 3.4Tires – Schwalbe Pro One 25mm, tubelessHubs – Chris King R45Handlebar – ENVE Compact Road, 42cmStem – ENVE Road Stem, 130mm, with Computer MountSeatpost – ENVE Seatpost, 400mmSaddle – “ssshhh”Bartape – Arundel Synth GeckoGroupset – Shimano Dura-Ace 9000Crankset – Rotor 3D+ INpower, 52/36Pedals – Boardman ProBottle Cages – ENVE […]

Team ENVE Tackles DK

Some companies have picnics or weekend getaways in order to bring employees together and build team unity within the ranks. For ENVE, racing across the unforgiving gravel roads in the Flint Hills of Kansas during the Unbound Gravel (Formerly DK) is much more our style for building stronger ties between company team members. It all […]

ENVE Rides – Ken

Location: Italian Dolomites Start point: Fontanazzo Distance: 50 miles Elevation: 8,026ft Est. time: 3.5-4.5 hours One of Ken’s most memorable road rides is the Selle Ronde. Often featured in the Giro di Italia, it’s cradled in the Italian region of South Tirol, right in the middle of the Dolomites. As you might expect, it’s incredibly […]

Business by Bike

A windowless conference center is the enemy of creativity, a firewall to innovation. Events conceived to get industry colleagues talking only undermine themselves with such stale environments. You can’t factory farm business relationships. The crux is this – if you’re not happy to be there, you won’t network as effectively. And no one is happy […]

ENVE Rides – Alison

My favorite ride, to date, is the Laurel Mountain/Pilot Rock loop nestled in the Pisgah National Forest. This trail has tidbits of everything I love about mountain biking; beautiful scenery, a steady climb punctuated with techy sections, and a rowdy, rocky descent. I’m constantly balancing the urge to sightsee with keeping my bike on the […]