The three themes of gravel, gaming, and e-bikes dominated the Eurobike show in Friedrichshafen, Germany this year, with muscle-powered mountain bikes mostly left on the sidelines.
Niner is updating their popular RLT line of gravel bikes, adding features like wider tire clearance and routing for dropper posts, and narrowing the gap with full-on mountain bikes.
On this reader bike check, we look at Patrick Goral's Salsa Fargo. He's created a bike that will devour anything from long, gravel roads to technical singletrack, all while hauling bikepacking gear for days.