I turn 50 this year, here’s why I’m gifting myself a new wheelset, not a new bike

Looking for more comfort on the road, I decided to explore the inherent versatility of my gravel bike

A Sonder Camino AL gravel bike
(Image credit: Future)

While I’ve never been one for owning lots of bikes, there was a time when I at least had a few to ‘cover all the bases’. But over the years I stopped commuting. I moved countries and had to downsize. I also became older. 

Luke Friend

Luke Friend has worked as a writer, editor and copywriter for twenty five years and is a qualified bicycle mechanic. He has been a cycling enthusiast from an early age and is a keen follower of bike racing to this day as well as a regular road and gravel rider. He rides a Sonder Camino, and is 49-years-old, until April.

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