If you're installing a new driveway surface, you may be considering two affordable options: gravel and asphalt millings. Find ...

Scotland is famous for its weather, and not in a good way. Unpredictability is about the only thing you can rely on, but this ...

If you pave it, they will come These days, you don't see many gravel traps at the FIA Grade 1 circuits where Formula 1 races take place. Instead, there are large expanses of tarmac runoff ...

Other popular types of driveways include asphalt or blacktop, gravel, pavers and rubber. Concrete can be more affordable than other materials and requires little maintenance. It can be decorated ...

Gravel bikes are meant for all sorts of on-road and off-road riding. They are designed to be quick on the tarmac, but also capable of handling technical off-road descents and narrow singletrack.

As you can probably work out from the name, road bikes are designed to be ridden on routes with a tarmac bias, while gravel bikes can be taken off-road, on gravel paths, dirt roads, fire trails ...

This brand new blacktop driveway is two weeks old and already eroding because the contractor used the wrong gravel at the edge. (Courtesy of Tim Carter) Analysis by Tim Carter Dear Tim ...

Here Strickland suggests two aspects of gravel riding you’ll want to master before competing. “A tarmac road is a constant surface with the same resistance and traction,” he says.

Asphalt is a popular pavement choice for homeowners because it’s more economical than cement and works well with sloping driveways, unlike gravel. Asphalt driveways can last up to 30 years when ...