Top 7 gravel tech trends for 2022

Diverging framesets and groupset innovation – here's what we're expecting in 2022

Gravel bike tech trends
(Image credit: Canyon (left); Cervélo (right))

There is no question that 2021 has been a big year for gravel. We’ve seen the launch of SRAM’s XPLR component family, the UCI’s announcement of an inaugural Gravel World Champs and new bikes from the likes of Orbea, Canyon, Scott, Bianchi, Wilier, BMC and many more besides. 

So we’ve certainly got a lot of data points to be working from in our tech trend predictions for 2022 – let’s get stuck in.

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Stefan Abram
Tech features editor

After winning the 2019 National Single-Speed Cross-Country Mountain Biking Championships and claiming the plushie unicorn (true story), Stefan swapped the flat-bars for drop-bars and has never looked back. 


Since then, he’s earnt his 2ⁿᵈ cat racing licence in his first season racing as a third, completed the South Downs Double in under 20 hours and Everested in under 12.


But his favourite rides are multiday bikepacking trips, with all the huge amount of cycling tech and long days spent exploring new roads and trails - as well as histories and cultures. Most recently, he’s spent two weeks riding from Budapest into the mountains of Slovakia


Height: 177cm

Weight: 67–69kg