NEW JOURNAL // Warbird – The Flight of the OG Original Gravel Bike . pannier.cc/journal . What makes a bike a gravel bike? Tom Hill heads back to 2008, and delves into the development of The Salsa Warbird – widely considered the original ‘og’ gravel bike – a genre-defining machine that has changed the perception of what is possible on drop-barred bicycles… . “It’s really interesting to see how symbiotic the growth of gravel has been: the Warbird is successful because it was a bike that riders wanted, but so many riders didn’t realise that until such a bike existed…” . Comments welcome below, or on the Journal Disqus 🍉 . #bikepacking #panniercc #15KPHClub #adventurecycling #cycling #graveltravel #touringroadslikethese #roughstuff #illustration // Illustration – @the.scorps Words – @24tom Photos – @duncanphilpott . @salsacycles @lyoncycle