Pedaling Nowhere

Located on the eastern edge of the Adirondacks in upstate New York, Solace Cycles designs bikes that are purpose built for the geography and terrain of the region. We stopped by their testing grounds at Otis Mountain for a quick look at their entire lineup, including the OM-1, OM-2P, and their most recent OM-3 prototype…

Micro-adventurer Alastair Humphreys escapes downtown London via train on a folding-bike-rafting expedition to Suilven, a remote mountain in Scotland. Along the way he and Temujin Doran made this lovely film about the trip, the mountain, and the visual and written poetry that surrounds it…

We (finally) just finished the most requested feature on the website—search. Here are the details…

Just announced, the Surly Truck Stop Bar features 12 degrees of flare, three width options, and a back-pleasing 30mm of rise for a more upright riding position. Full details here along with Surly’s launch video…

The 5th annual Adirondack Trail Ride (TATR) took off this morning from Northville, New York, following a challenging mix of trail and service road through the 6-million acre Adirondack Park. We stopped by the grand depart, and with the help from the riders, we’ve put together rider portraits and details on their rigs. Check them all out here…

This week’s Reader’s Rig belongs to Andrey Serdyuk and comes all the way from Moscow, Russia. His fully rigid custom titanium Triton 27.5+ was built to take on the roughest and most remote of roads. Find photos, build details, and more about Andrey and his travels here…

Some of our favorite shorts, Search and State’s Field shorts just got updated and are available now. Check out the new locally sourced pocketing. All Made in New York City…

After having great success with their Aero Bolt-On extension, RideFarr has created a one-piece handlebar that incorporates more hand positions for long distance gravel riding. Learn more here…

PEdALED just released its first merino wool garment line solely dedicated to off-road cycling. We had a chance to give the Jary Collection a look before the launch. Here are details, photos, and impressions…

Kona sponsored rider Gretchen Leggitt created this incredible animation to tell the story of her bikepacking trip along Canada’s Great Trail to climb in the Bugaboo Mountains…

Conan Thai finished this year’s grueling Silk Road Mountain Race in about 14 and a half days… on one of the most unsuspecting bikes in the field. Find details about his 1989 Bridgestone MB-1 in this special edition, mid-week Reader’s Rig, in Conan’s own words…

The Tarptent Aeon Li (“lithium”) is a single-pound, single-pole, single-person, single-wall, half-pyramid shelter that’s extraordinarily ultralight yet still quite spacious. We’ve been testing one for nearly a year to see how it holds up after a lot of rigorous use. Here’s the full review.