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Great gravel variety: An SBT GRVL tech gallery

Great gravel variety: An SBT GRVL tech gallery

SBT GRVL is one of the biggest gravel races in the world, with its 3,000 slots selling out in under 10 minutes for the 2022 edition. Held in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, the race this year attracted the likes of notable pros like Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix winner Niki Terpstra, along with Leadville winner and Life Time Grand Prix leader Keegan Swenson, who – spoiler alert – also won SBT GRVL to do the LeadBoat double

As is often the case at gravel races, the variety of bikes, tyres and gear found on site marks a stark contrast from the team- and UCI-specified regimentation of professional road racing.

Cyclingnews visited a few riders before the race and caught up with many more afterwards to bring you this gallery. 

SBT GRVL tech highlights

Sarah Max placed fourth on her prototype Argonaut gravel bike (Image credit: Ben Delaney)

SBT GRVL tech highlights

Max lives in Bend, Oregon, home of Argonaut carbon bikes (Image credit: Ben Delaney)

SBT GRVL tech highlights

The yet-unreleased Argonaut gravel bike features a slack front end but tight (415mm) chainstays (Image credit: Ben Delaney)

SBT GRVL tech highlights

The flattened seatstay yoke serves to add comfort and accomodate wide tyres (Image credit: Ben Delaney)

SBT GRVL tech highlights

Like many custom brands, Argonaut often uses Enve products, including this cockpit (Image credit: Ben Delaney)

SBT GRVL tech highlights

Enve’s road stem and bar make for a tidy front end with integrated routing (Image credit: Ben Delaney)

SBT GRVL tech highlights

A dropped chainstay is a reliable way to get a big tyre in a frame without extending the wheelbase (Image credit: Ben Delaney)

SBT GRVL tech highlights

Max uses a Stages meter for power on her SRAM Red cranks (Image credit: Ben Delaney)

SBT GRVL tech highlights

With a 1x set-up, a 44 is a relatively aggressive chainring for the climb-heavy SBT GRVL course (Image credit: Ben Delaney)

SBT GRVL tech highlights

Max paired that 44t rings to this 10-44 cassette (Image credit: Ben Delaney)

SBT GRVL tech highlights

Brennan Wertz placed fourth, outsprinting Alex Hoehn and Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix winner Niki Terpstra. This is his Pinarello Grevil (Image credit: Ben Delaney)

SBT GRVL tech highlights

Wertz runs a 130mm stem (Image credit: Ben Delaney)

SBT GRVL tech highlights

Wertz after the finish in Steamboat Springs, Colorado (Image credit: Ben Delaney)

SBT GRVL tech highlights

Wertz has a 46t ring on his big bike (Image credit: Ben Delaney)

SBT GRVL tech highlights

A SRAM AXS 10-50t cassette gets the Ceramic Speed OSPS treatment (Image credit: Ben Delaney)

SBT GRVL tech highlights

Wertz races Enve wheels. These Rene Hertz tyres were still on his bike from BWR Asheville, but he changed before race day (Image credit: Ben Delaney)

SBT GRVL tech highlights

Although Pinarello has a new Grevil F, Wertz raced this older model (Image credit: Ben Delaney)

SBT GRVL tech highlights

Framebuilder Megan Dean with one of…

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