{"id":2309,"date":"2019-11-04T03:31:48","date_gmt":"2019-11-03T16:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cyclingclassics.com.au\/clare\/2019\/11\/04\/gravel-101-part-i-a-lesson-in-life\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T21:15:25","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T10:15:25","slug":"gravel-101-part-i-a-lesson-in-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cyclingclassics.com.au\/clare\/2019\/11\/04\/gravel-101-part-i-a-lesson-in-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Gravel 101 &#8211; Part I: A lesson in life"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pw-hidden-cp\">\n<p>Dirty Clare is coming to South Australia! Showcasing the best of the Clare Valley including awe-inspiring views, world-class wine and endless horizons. Dirty Clare is the ideal way to get to know this fantastic part of the world. Today we are showcasing Part I of &#8216;Gravel 101&#8217;, an article by Bicycling Australia journalist and gravel enthusiast Alison McGregor.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>By Alison McGregor<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h4><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5355 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clareclassic.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/20190505_154741_preview-146x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"190\" height=\"390\" \/><\/h4>\n<p>It began with my father enthusiastically pushing me towards a steep and dirty precipice. My lanky legs were spinning. My bottom lip was wobbling. And everything inside me believed I was heading for disaster.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve all a story to tell about learning to pedal. It usually involves a parent and an off-road place you\u2019ll never forget.<br \/>\nHaving learnt to ride over 30 years ago local cyclist Bev Shroot now teaches new roadies how to handle the bike in bunches. During her own formative weeks, Bev recalls \u201cOur local park had red gravel. My Dad would run behind me\u2026shouting words of encouragement.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"pw-hidden-cp\">\n<p>Affectionate stories of off-road expeditions are aplenty. Taking to cycling again as an adult, her\u00a0vivid memory involves her Mum supporting her two wheeled escapades. \u201cRiding down a dirt road, my mum had a fixed broomstick behind the saddle helping with the balancing act.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was 6. Along the grass footpath my Mum ran alongside me.\u201d says Ange, who\u2019s by now travelled multiple continents and routinely explores cities by bike. Many of us, like Ange, continue to benefit from exploring foreign countries from the saddle of a bike.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pw-hidden-cp\">\n<h4>Learning To Trust A Bicycle<\/h4>\n<p>Being forced to learn the art of trusting a bicycle is high on the list of things my father taught me. Staying on the bike and overcoming the distress of a rocky decline allowed me to experience the first realms of freedom.<br \/>\nIn hindsight recognising the physical challenges of learning to ride, and then excelling on the bike, provide plenty of metaphors to face life. The rocky path is hard, but with the right support you can overcome the dramas and just enjoy the ride.<\/p>\n<p>I use the term rocky because every rider I speak with learnt to ride off-road. There\u2019s something psychologically comforting about landing on grass compared to hard tarmac. Recalling his first major stack in dirt Ben the ultra-marathon runner of the bunch had his parents at the sidelines as he and his brother \u201crode full tilt at a jump we\u2019d built out of an old card table and bricks. Being a fixed gear kiddie I needed to keep pedalling in the air (I figured this after the fact). I landed on the top tube and bucked over the bars and copped a face full of kikuyu.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nowadays there are instructions for everything and when it comes to off-road riding every reference advises grass and smooth gravel doesn\u2019t hurt as bad if you fall. Likely our parents inherited this reasoning. Bitumen in comparison may be easier to navigate but requires thicker skin.<\/p>\n<h4><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5356 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clareclassic.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/20190526_110355_preview-300x146.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"405\" height=\"197\" \/><\/h4>\n<p>While the general consensus suggests dirt is softer and therefore safer, riding on sand, dirt, rocks and mud requires a keen set of skills. The act of balancing is more precarious and pedalling is more strenuous yet, like many things in life, the best things come from challenging yourself. You can\u2019t learn these skills on YouTube, you need to get out, dig deep, and do it.<br \/>\nAdd 40 years or so and today my wheels are back on the dirt. As a proud owner of a cyclocross bike, the perfect gravel frame is now on my agenda. And I\u2019m not alone.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s exactly that heart pumping adrenalin and call for adventure we felt when learning to ride that now prompts a new breed of rider. Some may call them &#8216;Graveleurs&#8217;. They\u2019re the guys and girls chasing dirt drops and searching for deep sandy trails. They look for rides that hark back to childhood times where dusty banks were for jumping, and riding through fields of paspalum after school was typical.<\/p>\n<p>As kids we zoomed our wheels over everything, we\u2019d adjust ourselves to the terrain and push ourselves to the limits. Gripping the bars, pushing on the pedals and moving with the bike was natural. On such days I\u2019d ride my little red bike so hard, and habitually chuck it in a creek to rush and catch yabbies with Mum\u2019s stockings. As adults, we tend to be a bit rusty off-road, and nervousness has us feel like we\u2019ve reverted and are learning to ride a bike again.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This article was orginally published on the Bicycling Australia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bicyclingaustralia.com.au\/news\/gravel-cycling-101-plus-10-essential-gravel-tips\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5357 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clareclassic.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_5993_preview-300x146.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"466\" height=\"227\" \/><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dirty Clare is coming to South Australia! Showcasing the best of the Clare Valley including awe-inspiring views, world-class wine and endless horizons. 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