Whether you raced the event or just love a good riding edit, grab a coffee, sit back and enjoy the round up video of the 2019 Lauf Gritfest. Perhaps it'll even convince you to sign up next year!

Down at The Bike Place Show 2019 there were plenty of bits of new kit and gear that grabbed our attention. There were a number of surprises that really impressed us from the likes of Smith, Burgtec, ION, Dakine and Cyclorise to name a few - dig in!

Ribble launches an all-new aggressive hardtail, the HT Ti. It's got a150mm travel fork, progressive, slack and low geometry, a sleek titanium frame and promises to be a super compliant and capable hardtail mountain bike.

Snēk Cycling launches a useful new multifunctional tyre lever, the Lifeboat after a successful Kickstarter campaign. Combining regular tyre levers, plus a valve core and a bottle opener so you can fix any tubeless setup problems on the fly, plus crack open a celebratory beer.

EVOC has launched its brand new range of on-bike packs for 2020. The brand has teamed up with Boa to develop new and innovative ways of fitting the bags to mountain and gravel bike frames.

This week the interesting kit come from ODI in the form of Aaron Gwin's new signature grips. We have Crank Brothers' impressively compact Sterling SG mini pump. 661 bring in their lightweight Recon knee pads and we have Pirellis new line of Scorpion tyres in for testing.

After five years of tireless planning and digging, Dan Atherton's Dyfi bike park has opened, offering up four black grade trails with an uplift.

Just in at the office is Cervelo's brand new carbon gravel bike, the Aspero, a performance focussed off-road bike aimed at speed seekers and KOM hunters. If you are after a committed gravel racer or a speedy mile muncher, this bike is worth a look.

The new Epic HT is Specialized's answer to the progressively more technical XC courses. The range gets all-new geometry inspired by the brand's trail bikes, better tyre clearance and a fine-tuned composite layup to offer compliance to offer what's claimed is the worlds lightest production frame.

Trek's decade-old Fuel EX line has has been beefed up for 2020, with more reach, a longer travel fork and an internal downtube storage system. The brand has dropped women's specific models in favour of lower standover heights and a broader range of sizes.