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You might be wondering whether a gravel trip, built for “every type of rider,” really lives up to that promise when you mix a family, hiking friends turned cyclists, and regulars who brought their own bike.\",\"marks\":[],\"data\":{}}]},{\"nodeType\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{},\"content\":[{\"nodeType\":\"text\",\"value\":\"Spoiler: yes, and here’s how.\",\"marks\":[],\"data\":{}}]},{\"nodeType\":\"heading-2\",\"data\":{},\"content\":[{\"nodeType\":\"text\",\"value\":\"9 profiles, one group\",\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"bold\"}],\"data\":{}}]},{\"nodeType\":\"embedded-asset-block\",\"data\":{\"target\":{\"sys\":{\"id\":\"2fk2E4GFx1W7hegvP96CAp\",\"type\":\"Link\",\"linkType\":\"Asset\"}}},\"content\":[]},{\"nodeType\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{},\"content\":[{\"nodeType\":\"text\",\"value\":\"That weekend, nine people set off together without necessarily knowing each other, and not all of them “proven cyclists”:\",\"marks\":[],\"data\":{}}]},{\"nodeType\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{},\"content\":[{\"nodeType\":\"text\",\"value\":\"A whole family\",\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"bold\"}],\"data\":{}},{\"nodeType\":\"text\",\"value\":\": Cédric and Camille, with their two teens, Côme (18) and Albane (13). The kind of weekend where you hope everyone keeps the pace — and it’s often the teens who surprise you most.\",\"marks\":[],\"data\":{}}]},{\"nodeType\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{},\"content\":[{\"nodeType\":\"text\",\"value\":\"A trio of women in their fifties\",\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"bold\"}],\"data\":{}},{\"nodeType\":\"text\",\"value\":\": between the hiker turned cyclist, the one looking to fully disconnect, and the one who already knows the ropes, three different ways of arriving at a gravel trip. And yet each of them carried a small flicker of apprehension.\",\"marks\":[],\"data\":{}}]},{\"nodeType\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{},\"content\":[{\"nodeType\":\"text\",\"value\":\"Two regulars\",\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"bold\"}],\"data\":{}},{\"nodeType\":\"text\",\"value\":\": who came with their own Origine bikes. Not quite beginners, but not competitors either — just two men riding to discover new territory.\",\"marks\":[],\"data\":{}}]},{\"nodeType\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{},\"content\":[{\"nodeType\":\"text\",\"value\":\"Among them, three familiar faces who had already taken part in an earlier GravelUp trip.\",\"marks\":[],\"data\":{}}]},{\"nodeType\":\"heading-2\",\"data\":{},\"content\":[{\"nodeType\":\"text\",\"value\":\"First-day nerves\",\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"bold\"}],\"data\":{}}]},{\"nodeType\":\"embedded-asset-block\",\"data\":{\"target\":{\"sys\":{\"id\":\"3AoflHzibYPl13uQRaabjQ\",\"type\":\"Link\",\"linkType\":\"Asset\"}}},\"content\":[]},{\"nodeType\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{},\"content\":[{\"nodeType\":\"text\",\"value\":\"We probably don’t say it enough, but our trips are adventures open to everyone, backed by a guide and real logistical support. 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Then her brother, 18 years old, turned out to be technical, strong and a real unifier for the group, to the point of becoming the weekend’s unofficial Strava stats keeper. 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