THE WASHINGTON POST – Krystal Salvent was an avid road cyclist – until she found herself lying in a ditch after a driver ran her off the road. That experience prompted the Boulder, Colorado, co-leader of Black Girls Do Bike Denver to buy her first gravel bike. “If I can remove that obstacle for myself and focus more on my bike handling, rocks and maybe rattlesnakes, I think I’m a little better off,” she said.

Salvent represents the growing community of gravel cyclists, who prefer pedalling alongside fields and forests rather than cars and trucks due to safety concerns. The past 10 years saw a 37 per cent increase in accidental bike-related injuries.

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