Gear Reviews
Swift Industries has put up a whole set of videos covering the features of its bags and how to use and install them. The Catalyst Pack is our answer to all the requests we’ve received for a more svelte version of our best-selling Zeitgeist Pack. Riders with narrower bar
Culture & Opinion
Having traveled 6 continents on bike, bikepacker and philosophy professor Joe Cruz reflects on what it means to exist in a place and to be open to its story. #RideforMore #Karoo2
Bikes & Frames
Salsa’s flagship gravel bikes are getting some fresh paint and new build specs for 2021. The all-carbon, race bred Warbird now comes specced with AXS wide ($6,999) at the top end or Apex 1 ($2,799). The aluminum Stormchaser will accept up to 700c x 50 mm or
Gear Reviews
Rapha has a new shoe aimed at gravel and adventure riders called the Explore Powerweave. The shoe uses a TPU-reinforced-yarn upper, BOA dials, and a sole that will put up with some walking. Rapha Cycling Club members can buy the shoe starting today, asking price is $355. The public can
Components
The new eeSilk and eeSilk Carbon are suspension seatposts designed to add comfort and reduce fatigue on road and gravel rides without adding too much weight. Specifications Weight: * eeSilk – 27.2mm – 345g; 31.6mm- 350g * eeSilk Carbon – 27.2mm – 295g; 31.6mm – 305g Dimensions: * eeSilk – 27.2mm and 31.6mm
Culture & Opinion
Great viewing from Rapha here. “It’s a grand way to spend a life.” Indeed. “I’ve ridden many thousands of miles on my bike all these years and I can’t say I regret anything… There were rough times but also good times. You just know it’s a
Bikes & Frames
The State Bicycle Co. team saddles up and pushes the new 6061 All-Road bikes to the limit, riding trails and dirt roads from Flagstaff to the Grand Canyon via the Arizona Trail.
Culture & Opinion
A weekend of racing fixed gears and single speeds, getting sunburned and blown away in the Verneuk Pan…. deep in South Africa
Bikes & Frames
The ARGON GX, latest addition to NICOLAI’s ARGON family, is an attempt to build the perfect bike for on- as well as off-road riding. Nicolai have designed a frame that will adapt to just about any build configuration without sacrificing weight or robustness. To build a lightweight frame that
Components
A new gravel tire from Maxxis, the semi-slick Receptor is a 650 x 47mm, 120 TPI, 484g tire for ripping pavement and hardpack which is still capable of handling a turn in the softer stuff. More info at Maxxis.
Culture & Opinion
A bikepacking adventure that explores the mountainous heart of the Sultanate of Oman. Leaving Muscat, the capital city, Alba and Ricard embark on a 1000 km journey that will take them through deep gorges and unusual mountains that rise between the sea and the desert. As they progress, they realize
Culture & Opinion
I’m sitting at home, missing out on the first race of the year, nursing my back post herniated disc surgery. But, the Old Man Winter Rally has provided plenty of entertainment nonetheless. Lachlan Morton and Alex Howes crushed the 100 km course and currently sit atop the leaderboard in