Top 5 ESSENTIAL Gravel Bike Upgrades That You Need!

As the discipline of gravel cycling has exploded, so has the range of bikes on offer and of course the amount of upgrades that you can buy for said gravel bikes. However, what are the best value gravel bike upgrades? We explain what our favourite best value gravel bike upgrades are and why you should pay attention to these things before anything else.

00:00 - Intro
00:35 - Tyres
02:03 - Cockpit
03:38 - Brakes
05:03 - Multi-tool
06:08 - Mapping
07:06 - Outro

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[chm]

UCI taught me that the move is to put wide grippy tires on the road bike you already spent thousands on.

[macscotsman]

One more item to add to the cockpit. A cheap, simple, thumb push bicycle bell. Coming up on walkers or other riders it’s a polite (& humorous) way to let them know you’re approaching. One other benefit, it makes women laugh and smile at you =:)

[jasonisaac]

Useful tips. Thanks for the video. One essential upgrade for me was a dropper post. Depending on where you live, makes sense. For me, usual gravel bike rides have 1, 500 - 3, 500 ft elevation gain, more for longer rides. Some of the forest road and singletrack descents that I ride are multiple miles long. Would be sketchy with no dropper post.

[colincampbell]

Mud guards.
Bell.
Lights.
Rear rack
Motor and battery.

[timflorance]

The redshift suspension stem has been the greatest investment ever. Really helps the hands and wrists on longer rides.

[samsonhx]

It's T25 Torx - torque is a completely different theme...

[mignas]

Recently bought grvl120. God what a rabbithole i threw myself into.

[donwinston]

What bike requires any kind of screwdriver? None of my bikes or my cycling cleats do.

[JamesSmith-sklt]

It’s just better for bad roads and winter. I didn’t see the point until I tried it.

[Thomas-fyyc]

In short, buy the best bike you can afford, make sure you have enough to pop for new wheels and tubeless tires.

[JogBird]

how about some trail etiquette like not riding when its muddy and leaving deep narrow ruts from your too narrow tyres

[iamtotie]

UCI taught us to put the maximum allowed tires with our road bikes. So, gravel bike is not needed. thanks

[therealSIRBOOM]

Someone needs to tell the presenter to tone down the body movements, goodness.

[matthewlangleyartblog]

best upgrade to gravel bikes? Probably a road bike if you talk to the UCI world champs

[workingguy-OU]

I trust British videos on gravel bikes like I trust British videos on modern firearms - neither is plentiful enough and varied enough in Britain to take anything stated seriously. That goes for cycling clothing as well - hell, the "heat" waves the brits complain about are regular temperatures in much of the USA, and the "cold"???? Their "cold" is a pleasant winter's day in the middle of the USA.

[inscribedpizza]

Best upgrade on a gravel bike: buy a crosscountry bike instead 🖐🎤

[GrotrianSeiler]

Sorry, not interested in gravel bikes. Please continue with road bike subject matter. Thanks!