GripGrab Field Notes

I live in California just outside of San Francisco. To put it bluntly, my approach to cycling is to have as much fun as possible while riding. Being from northern California, we tend to ride in the Marin Headlands the most. There is a great mixture of road, gravel, dirt, and t...

If you follow the Instagram account of @beukeb00m, also known to his friends and family as Sjors Beukeboom, you may well be envious over the travels of the self-acclaimed "Media Maniac". Especially, if you are a lover of Professional World Tour cycling. Sjors work as Press Off...

Gravel riding has grown fast. From humble origins as a niche part of the cycling community, it has now become a huge cultural phenomenon spawning a renewed love affair with cycling for many a rider suffering from road fatigue.Though originally founded in the US, gravel today i...

THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC has for everyone been a trying phase. For some, cycling has proven to be a solace. If not confined in isolation, you could at least isolate yourself on your bike for two hours and enjoy a sense of freedom. During this freedom many of us take pictures of the...

"In Flanders fields the poppies blow. Between the crosses, row on row…".There is nowhere to hide from the cold northerly winds that blow today. Trees are newly leafless, the bright oranges and vivid greens of autumn fading into a more muted winter palette. Fields stretch away ...

The City's cold and empty (oh)No one's around to judge me (oh)I can't see clearly when you're goneAnd I said, ooh, I'm blinded by the lights.....(The Weeknd)

"This torch that I foundMust be drownedOr it soon might explodeSo, make it one for my babyAnd one more for the roadThat long, long road"As a cyclist I never anticipated that I would become a photographer, but as the years have passed I've found my cycling journeys are as much ...

Our adventure begins with the fast-flowing Green route – a mix of whopping jumps and fast-flowing berms that takes us down through the trees and along the edge of picturesque pasture lands. The late afternoon sunshine brings warmth to the trail, and we seem to have the seclude...

Riding throughout winter isn't something for everybody. It can be a daunting experience when you leave your warm home, but once you embrace it you learn to enjoy to silence that is surrounding you while the snow gently falls.