Winter indoor training is in high gear, events are a great way to keep it fresh. If you’re looking for something fun to do in the pain cave, you’re in luck as Zwift just announced it’s third annual Tour of London. This 5-stage event covers all that
Silca’s new Avventura Americana Limited Edition seat roll adds to their roll-up saddle bag family with more storage for adventure riding. Built with the same Boa dial attachment and classic tool roll layout, the new Avventura features easy organization for all-weather, off-road riding. More info at Silca –> What
The fifth edition of the Rando Imperator, a European Randonnée from Germany to Italy, will take place May 9th and 10th of 2020. The event is part of the Italian Audax calendar and offers three courses: Munich-Ferrara (600km), Munich-Bozen (300km), Bozen-Ferrara (300km) and Bozen-Mantua (200km). More information and registration at
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Grinduro is becoming a force to reckon with, for a race that started as a gravel grinding gran fondo with enduro-style racing thrown in for kicks in Quincy, California in 2015. For 2020, Grinduro is continuing its global expansion with events in California, Wales, Switzerland, Japan, Quebec and Australia. Highlights
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What an awesome ride! The Hunt 1000 is an over-the-top difficult bikepacking route through the Australian Alps. This video from Hunt Bikes gives a great look into the event.
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The Veneto Trail covers 450 kilometers with over 10,000 meters of elevation. Not only does it look like a hell of a ride, the views of the Dolomites look incredible as well. Try your hand June 27th, 2020. A trip of your lifetime – experience Europe’s most spectacular mountain
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Ultra-endurance cyclist, Lael Wilcox, takes questions from GearJunkie. Bug spray as a weapon, awesome.
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Great Thanksgiving Viewing: This video profile of Alexandera Houchin from the University of Minnesota, Duluth, gives us some great insight into what Alexandera is up to when she’s not out setting the women’s single speed record on the Tour Divide.
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The Postman is a new short film from Sam Needham. The short looks at the trail Kenny Mackay, the last postman to walk the rugged singletrack route, took each day to reach the isolated village of Rhenigidale before a road was constructed in 1990. Clinging to the frayed edges of
The latest Virginia Tech helmet safety rankings are out and MIPS equipped helmets have taken the top four rankings. Bontrager’s MIPS equipped Rally helmet came out on top followed by the Troy Lee A2 MIPS , the Lazer Century MIPS and the Lazer Cyclone MIPS. Following the MIPS helmets comes
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Rugile Kaladyte put together this amazing short film, “I Just Want to Ride”, documents Lael Wilcox’s passion for the Tour Divide. Lael Wilcox loves the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route. She loves the climbing. It’s pass after pass. She loves the roads. They’re not too technical. She
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In August 2019 Markus Stitz set off on a ten day bikepacking trip through Kyrgyzstan as preparation for the Silk Road Mountain Race. ‘No Stone Unturned’ is the story of his journey, not only through the mountains of the Tian Shan, one of the most remote bikepacking destinations in the