The Mindset
Video: The Hunt 1000: Bikepacking the Australian Alps
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.
Culture & Opinion
Video: Josh Berry's Road to the Alternative Racing
Josh Berry won the epic Ruta del Jefe race this year. In this video from Giant Bicycles, he explains his move to alternative racing. Initially finding cycling as an escape from everyday life, after a 10-year professional road racing career, Josh Berry found himself again in search of something new
Bikes & Frames
The 2020 Norco Search XR Carbon Revealed: New Builds and Fresh Paint
The new 2020 Norco Search XR lineup has been revealed with new build kits and fresh paint. Although largely unchanged for 2020, Norco has updated build kits and slapped some pretty new paint on its Norco Search XR line. The biggest news, an X-Fusion Manic Gravel 50mm Dropper post is
Bikes & Frames
Lynskey Launches GR300 Adventure Edition
A true quiver killer: Road, Gravel, Commuter, Bike Packing Lynksey have launched the GR300 Adventure Edition bicycle, a ride that truly does it all. Press release: Adventure-focused riders who demand a bike that ticks all the boxes: road, gravel, rugged commuter, and bike packing. Those who long to ride on
Culture & Opinion
Video: Easton Rollout: Headstrong – Amity Rockwell
Heading into the last event of Easton Overland’s 2019 season, Peloton Gravel Mob, we are excited to release Easton Rollout: Headstrong. We sat down with Amity Rockwell during her trip to Vancouver, BC to talk about what it means to call yourself a professional athlete, how pursuing her true
Bikes & Frames
New Sage Storm King “Monster Gravel Bike”
Sage Bicycles is a semi-custom, titanium bike builder based in Beaverton, Oregon. The company just revealed a new made-in-the-USA gravel bike, the Storm King, and it’s a stunner. The bike is named after a singletrack trail near Bend, Oregon. The Storm King features clearance for 700c x 50mm or
Bikes & Frames
The 2020 Motobecane Mulekick 853 Steel Gravel Bike is a Steal
Motobecane just announced the Mulekick 853, a steel gravel bike rounded out with Shimano GRX components. Motobecane is known for its crazy low pricing, the Mulekick is no exception, the complete bike is available through BikesDirect.com for just $1,799. Motobecance Mulekick Specifications Frame Gravel Bike Disc Brake 700C
Culture & Opinion
Video: Gravel Bikes Exist Because Mountain Biking Is Now Boring
Global Cycling Network with an interesting take here. I don’t have stats to back the assertion, but I’m going to guess that road bike to gravel converts far outweighs to mountain bike to gravel converts. Road cycling has become more and more dangerous for a plethora of reasons.
Culture & Opinion
Video: Backroads & Byways: Kailua Kona Hawaii
Alright, I need a gravel bike a plane ticket to Kona. Now. Once a year, the big island of Hawaii becomes the epicenter of the triathlon universe. The Queen Ka’ahumanu Highway consistently proves to be a challenging cycling course for Ironman athletes due to hot temperatures, strong trade winds,
Culture & Opinion
Video: Bombtrack Bikes Takes On the Tuscany Trail
This is a great video from Bombtrack on the Tuscany Trail. The Tuscany Trail, an event that has grown to be one of the biggest bikepacking events certainly in Europe if not internationally, was to be the destination for the Bombtrack team trip in June, 2019. The promise of sunshine,
Bikes & Frames
Keep Yourself Wild - Salsa's New Cutthroat on Video
We’ve already taken a look at the new Cutthroat from Salsa Cycles, but here’s a great look at the bike in action on video. Sarah Hornby shares her experiences bikepacking throughout the Canadian Rockies on the all-new Cutthroat v2.
Culture & Opinion
Trans-Cascadia, More Than a Race
The 2019 Trans Cascadia just wrapped up and Freehub Magazine put together a fantastic look at all the action.