Tech gallery: Aero tricks and puncture-repair hacks aplenty at Unbound Gravel 2023

Unbound Gravel is a gruelling event and so the distance, topography and terrain requires significant attention to detail when it comes to gravel equipment choices.

Given the sharp rocks that pepper the course, an easy mistake such as choosing the wrong tyres or even inflating them to the wrong pressure can make or break a rider's race.

What's more, over such long distances, aerodynamics will play a significant part too, especially with the likelihood of long-range attacks, as was the case in last year's women's race, which was won with a long solo effort by Sofía Gómez Villafañe.

Unbound's status as the biggest gravel race in the calendar, even outweighing the UCI Gravel World Championships for a lot of riders, means that competition is fierce.

With every second, watt, and gram mattering more than ever before, riders have taken their marginal gains to the extreme. From optimising drivetrains to aero tricks, or saving precious seconds skipping feed stops with oversized bottles or finding ways to speed up puncture repairs, there are tech hacks galore on the ground in Emporia, and here are the best of what we've found.