Zach Schuster, renown gravel racing journalist and Cyclocross Magazine editor, and Bill Schieken take a deep dive into the world of gravel racing. For this pilot episode we talk about the roots of the discipline before going in deep on the upcoming Dirty Kanza: The World's Premiere Gravel Grinder.

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