The Grit SL leaf-spring fork gives 30 mm of front travel with no maintenance, and the Seigla clears huge 50 mm tyres. SRAM Rival XPLR AXS keeps the price sensible.

Ridley's aero gravel racer with a fully integrated one-piece cockpit, DT Swiss GRC 1400 carbon wheels and Shimano GRX Di2 1x11. Fast, low and built for dry, flowing gravel.

An 845 g frameset built up with SRAM RED XPLR AXS 1x13 and Zipp 303 XPLR wheels. OPEN sells the U.P.P.E.R. as a frameset, so this is a representative flagship build.

The URS is BMC's rowdy gravel bike, with MTT rear compliance, a Redshift suspension stem and a RED eTap AXS / XX1 Eagle mullet for 10-52 gearing on steep off-road climbs.

A 910 g frame, integrated ICS aero cockpit and SRAM RED eTap AXS make the Kaius 01 ONE one of the lightest gravel race bikes available. Zipp 303 Firecrest wheels on 40 mm Pirellis.

3T's aero gravel original with a 990 g frame, Discus C45 carbon wheels and a Shimano GRX 1x mechanical drivetrain. Sharp on fast, dry gravel and equally happy on tarmac.

The fourth-generation Stigmata borrows trail-bike handling cues for gravel, running 45 mm Maxxis Rambler tyres on Reserve carbon wheels with SRAM Force XPLR AXS 1x13.

Kingpin rear compliance gives the Topstone Carbon 30 mm of travel without a shock. This SmartSense-equipped Rival eTap AXS build is a comfortable long-haul gravel bike.

Giant's do-it-all gravel bike with the D-Fuse cockpit and seatpost for compliance, SRAM Rival eTap AXS shifting and CXR carbon wheels. Clearance for tyres up to 53 mm.

Aero-shaped gravel racer built around a 1023 g frame and 393 g fork, with SRAM Force XPLR AXS and Reserve 40|44 carbon wheels. One of the quickest gravel bikes on open terrain.

The alloy-wheeled workhorse Aspero pairs Cervelo's 1141 g gravel race frame with Shimano's GRX RX820 2x12 groupset. A fast, no-nonsense mixed-surface machine.

Trek's flagship gravel racer with an OCLV 700 frame, IsoSpeed decoupler and SRAM RED eTap AXS 1x. Bontrager Aeolus RSL carbon wheels keep it sharp on race day.