Gravel Racing the HUP evo on the UCI World Series

Good luck to all our riders racing on the UCI Gravel World Series this year! We do love a gravel race bike...

As with all competition, it’s driven by performance, so weight, handling and grip are prioritised. Often you will see lightweight carbon wheels (even deep-dish aero) and lightweight race tyres (not too wide, to minimise rolling resistance) and high-spec group sets on gravel race bikes. The HUP evo is the perfect gravel racing weapon.

What is Gravel Racing?

Why limit yourself to tarmac, when you can race the fireroads, trails and single-track too? A change of tyres is all you need for your first gravel race on the HUP evo. We have the kit to either build a dedicated gravel race bike or convert your existing CX bike. We also have athletes racing the UCI Gravel World Series this season, the top-tier UCI gravel series globally, on our HUP evo gravel race bikes, like Tasha Reddy racing for Team Empella below...

When we designed the HUP evo, dual-purpose was the brief. Once the CX season was over (with a change of tyres) it could be converted to a gravel racer easily. But like CX racing, weight matters on gravel races too and the HUP evo leads the weight race, no sweat.

Complete bikes or framesets...

Frames for riders 125cm+ (37cm to 58cm) with progressive geometry, triple-butted tubing and full carbon forks for lightweight race bike builds. Bikes festured on this page weight between 7.7kg and 8.4kg. No raceday panics over damaged cables/headset either, just traditional internal cabling, serviced in seconds - no cables through headsets! Paul Newnham below at 5' 8" on the 52cm HUP evo...

700c race wheels and tyres

Aluminium or carbon 700c wheels with up to 40c gravel tyres fitting the HUP evo frame for perfect balance of weight, grip and handling. Lightweight, robust gravel race tyres, protection inserts and sealant from Challenge and Vittoria, designed to win in any raceday conditions. We have a huge range of both wheel and tyre options.

Gravel groupsets

Wide range 1x gearing or 2x closer gearing - you decide! Gravel options include Shimano GRX, SRAM Apex or Microshift Advent X. Gearing options include CNC cassettes from 11-32t up to eagle 10-52t transmission. Plus chainrings from 26T up or even 2x cranksets with 46/30T or 48/32T rings.

Components for the best fit

Alongside our HUP cranks, stems and saddles we also have high-spec Croder CNC cranksets, gravel specific drop bars from Pro, Redshift suspension stems or even 3.5mm thick comfort bar tape.

For all the best gravel cycling kit, clothes & bikes for those big gravel race weekends: CLICK HERE...