Cycling
One unforeseen reality of gravel cycling is that rural roads are often home to unconstrained and aggressive dogs. Enter the PepperBlaster II. Whether we choose to consciously acknowledge it or not, as cyclists we’re vulnerable. Cars (or, should we say, texting and/or pharma-addled drivers) are the most obvious
2600 kilometers, 420 dollars, 30 days, 5 bikes, 3 cameras, 2 guitars, 1 voice, and one of the most influential novels of the 20th century – The Bikes of Wrath is a story of adventure, physical struggle, human connection, cultural commentary and the American Dream.
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Matty has bike-packed plenty of times in Europe and Australia and has passionately shared his infatuation for riding with me. I was fairly new to this way of life and adventure but excited to share this experience on my first bike-packing trip overseas. More than a year of travel ahead
Spurcycle is checking a lot of boxes here: made in the USA, proceeds go to a great cause, functional and it looks great. We’ve made some limited edition versions of our Original Bell a few times over the years. They’re always popular and fun. This year we decided
Cycling
This is an absolutely incredible short film. Eight weeks, two bikes and one amazing trip across some of the highest roads in the world. Follow us on a journey across the roof of the world – the Pamir and Karakoram Highways. Eight weeks, two bicycles and four largely unexplored countries. An
Follow along with Sony Artisan Chris Burkard as he documents his incredible trip across Iceland, biking a route said once to be impassable.
Brooks saddles are the standard for bikepacking bikes, and starting today, Brooks has expanded its offering with its the SCAPE lineup of bike bags. And it’s a very complete roundup with panniers, saddle packs, handlebar packs, frame bags, and more.
With winter approaching, Robin is slowly making the transition from high alpine riding to gravel shredding. Of course his idea of a gravel ride is a little different than most. You can’t take the enduro out of an enduro racer!
Cycling
There wasn’t much racing here in 2020, but one of the highlights of my cycling year was racing alongside Peter Stetina at the Lake City Alpine 50. By aside, I mean immediately sucking his dust and finishing hours behind him, but I digress. In lieu of physical bicycle races,
Western North Carolina is known for many things – flowing singletrack followed by rugged descents, miles of beautiful and serene country roads, seemingly endless gravel tracks… and really good beer. A staple of that regional beer culture is the “small batch” brew. These are unique and interesting beers that are produced
One of the trickiest variables when heading out on a ride is weather. How many bottles do you need? Should you pack a jacket? Will you enjoy a tailwind on the way home? Local forecasts don’t solve that variable. Weather in Denver might be drastically different than weather in