The 2026/7 edition of Gravel Bike magazine hits the shelves today!

Africa’s biggest gravel cycling mag is available nationwide at Woolworths, Exclusive Books, Spar, Checkers and leading bike stores.

For South Africans by South Africans, this 156-page, large-format, coffee-table mag is packed with filthy content! Here’s a taste of what you can expect…

You’ll discover epic new gravel routes to ride in South Africa, through the mountains and valleys of the Klein Karoo, across the rugged Cederberg wilderness over savage gravel passes, along roads less travelled through Battlefield country between Joburg and Zululand, where fast gravel and steep passes roll into beautiful, history-steeped landscapes.

You'll get to learn more about the fastest gravel grinders, including Brazilian mountain bike legend Henrique Avancini and French WorldTour pro Axelle Dubau-Prévôt, who are both back on our radar as 2026 Gravel Burn contenders. We shoot the breeze with SA gravel champion and MTB star Marco Joubert,who shares the endless possibilities a gravel bike brings, while rising road and gravel star Lisa Bone talks us through the unique demands of gravel racing.

We venture beyond South Africa with stories of bucketlist adventures, like riding 600 kilometres along the Zambezi River, exploring the magical Davos Klosters region in the Swiss Alps, and bikepacking into the vast unknown along the western fringe of the Sahara Desert.

The spring racing season is here so check out our selection of 30 gravel grinder dices, stretching from summer right through to next spring. You can buy speed so take a good gander at the sick new gravel bikes and a host of accessories that will inspire you to ride further, faster and more comfortably along South Africa’s glorious network of gravel roads.

On the subject of hot races, we’ve also got an exclusive deep-dive preview of the Nedbank Gravel Burn, which kicks off in less than 10 days!

With so many races, many sharing roads with cars, safety needs priority. CSA’s Greg Stedman advises us on the new rules governing our sport in his last word on the back page.

So, wrap up your ride, kick up your feet and dive deep into this latest edition of Gravel Bike mag. It costs less than 75c a high-gloss page of stoke – you'll thank us for the tip off.

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If you prefer the convenience – and even lower price per page – of digital reading, you can download the digimag right here, right now.