James Ion

James Ion is an Englishman in Germany who writes about pro gravel racing because, for him, gravel is the perfect balance of racing and storytelling. He has interviewed the best athletes in the sport, from Keegan Swenson and Sofia Gómez Villafañe to Karolina Migoń and Cameron Jones, digging beneath race results to uncover the stories behind the racers and the racing, in his quest to discover what makes them so good. When he’s not thinking about gravel cycling, he’s out on fun trips with his wife and daughters, and by their dog Mojo, turning family adventures into his own kind of off‑road story - but, admittedly not as fast as the pros.