10/15/2026
We recently posted about our customer Steve Bell, his customer S-Works Crux, and his journey to the UCI Gravel World Championships on October 10th in Nannup, Western Australia 🇦🇺 🦘, here’s an update from Steve!
“What a tough but beautiful course. It was super challenging with a total of 66 miles and 9,850 ft of climbing … and it rained for the first 3 hours of the race just to make it more fun.”
The 60-64 age group had almost 70 riders and 60 finishers with times ranging from 4:43 to 7:45. Steve smashed his goal of a top 25 finish coming in 16th with a time of 5:10, the top USA Cycling finisher in his age group.
“My Crux performed amazingly, it was really like it was not there - I didn’t have to worry about anything, steering was responsive and accurate, gear changes stayed great, brakes excellent, saddle was amazing, pedals worked fantastic and tire choice turned out to be spot on, Schwalbe RX pro front and rear - 50 and 45 respectively, 19 psi front, 20 rear. Good cushioning, no rim strikes or bottoming out. Bike climbed like a demon.”
Congratulations Steve!