Gravel YouTube Channels Worth Your Time
Skip the algorithm. Here are the gravel YouTube channels worth your time — organized by how you'll actually use them, from quick pre-ride watches to long-form trainer content.
The channels competitive amateur gravel riders actually watch — organized by how you'll use them.
You can let YouTube's algorithm serve up whatever's trending in gravel. Or you can start with channels that are actually worth your time. These are my picks — not a subscriber count ranking, not a sponsored list. Channels I keep coming back to, organized by what they're good for.
Quick Watch
Short form. Good for a few minutes before a ride or when you need a hit of motivation without a time commitment.
The Ride with Ben Delaney
youtube.com/@TheRidewithBenDelaney
Ben spent years as a senior editor at VeloNews before going independent, and that background shows. Gear, tech, and gravel culture delivered in digestible format — not padded out, not clickbait. One of the more credible voices in the space covering the stuff that actually matters to riders who take the sport seriously.
Everything's Been Done
youtube.com/@EverythingsBeenDone
Dustin Klein's channel is an acquired taste in the best way — quirky, opinionated, and genuinely informed. Strong gear reviews with a creative perspective you won't find on the more polished production channels. If you want a real rider's take rather than a press release with footage, this is worth bookmarking.
Troy on Trails
Similar energy to Everything's Been Done but a bit more straightforward. Good general gravel coverage — riding, gear, and the kind of content you actually want to watch before heading out the door.
Pro Perspectives
Racing and training through the eyes of people doing it at the highest level.
Dylan Johnson
youtube.com/@DylanJohnsonCycling
Dylan is a competitive cyclist and coach who does something rare: he actually digs into the research behind training methods and explains what works and what doesn't — including when the conventional wisdom is wrong. If you want to understand polarized training, zone 2, or how to structure a season around racing, start here. One of the most useful channels on the platform for riders who want to train smarter.
Payson McElveen
Pro mountain biker turned gravel racer, and one of the better storytellers in the sport. His Crossings series — riding remote routes across entire states — is the kind of content worth saving for a long trainer session. Race coverage and behind-the-scenes competition content round out a channel that's consistently worth watching beyond just the highlight clips.
Race & Events
Mid-length race coverage, event recaps, and documentary content. The in-between format — more than a quick hit, less than a full trainer block.
Life Time Grand Prix
youtube.com/@LifeTimeGrandPrix
Official coverage of the Life Time series — Unbound, Leadville, Crusher in the Tushar, and the rest. If you follow the LTGP at all, this is the source. Race recaps, athlete features, and event coverage that goes deeper than the highlight reel.
Ozark Gravel Cyclists
youtube.com/@ozarkgravelcyclists
Worth following for the Doom documentary alone — a proper look at one of the most brutal gravel events in the country. More content is coming from this channel and it's earned a spot on the list based on what they've already produced.
Trainer Content
Long form. Built for suffering indoors. Put these on when you have 90 minutes to fill and need something worth watching.
The Impossible Route / VC Adventures
youtube.com/@theimpossibleroute | youtube.com/@TheVCAdventures
Tyler from the Vegan Cyclist has evolved from cycling tips content into one of the better documentary storytellers in the sport. The Impossible Route series — ambitious point-to-point routes ridden fast and mostly unsupported — is exactly what the trainer was made for. Long, compelling, and well produced. The VC Adventures channel is the companion, worth following alongside it.
Josh Reid
Good general gravel content with a longer form sensibility. When Josh puts out a film it's worth the time — thoughtful production and a rider's perspective that doesn't feel manufactured. One to bookmark for big trainer blocks.
Worth Sifting Through
GCN
Primarily road, but there's enough gravel crossover content to make it worth bookmarking and filtering. The road training content translates more than you'd expect — threshold work is threshold work regardless of what surface you're on. Just don't let the algorithm drag you too far into the Tour de France recap rabbit hole.
Know a channel that should be on this list? Always looking for good finds — especially anything covering competitive amateur gravel racing or events. Drop it in the comments or reach out at hello@dialedfordirt.com.
