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Joe Grant and his Single Speed Myth Cycles Wyvern
32 Oct 12 Colt Fetters / bikesIn this Rider and Rig, we get to know Colorado-based ultra-endurance athlete Joe Grant and his single speed Myth Cycles Wyvern. Find a post-ride video interview, photos of his colorful rig, and a profile of Joe put together by Colt Fetters here…
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Credit Card Bikepacking in Tuscany
11 May 19 Colt Fetters / videoColt Fetters just sent over a series of five videos that he and Hannah captured during their tour along the Italy Divide and the Tuscany Trail last summer. Watch them here and find a few details about the trip…
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Sandbagged: Escalante Bikerafting
13 May 8 Colt Fetters / plogFollowing a loose description of a possible route, Colt Fetters and friends headed to Utah for a bikepacking and packrafting trip along the San Juan River and into Lake Powell. Find their story of navigating rapids, avoiding waterfalls, rolling through otherworldly landscapes, and carrying their bikes up cliffs here…
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34 mi. / 55 km2 days
The Aspen Loop Overnighter
15 Oct 11 Colt Fetters USAThe Aspen Loop is a beginner-friendly bikepacking loop touted for its fall foliage. Created from 4x4 doubletrack and gravel roads and lying just beneath the La Plata Mountains in southwest Colorado, it has an unmistakable alpine feel... -
Planning for Your First Bikepacking Ultra
9 Apr 30 Colt Fetters / tipsThinking about taking on your first ultra-endurance bikepacking event? This guide by Colt Fetters will walk you through how he approached ultra racing, including training, dialing in the kit, nutrition, strategy, and more. Read the full primer here…
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CHUMBA URSA Major Review: The Celestial Bear
8 May 29 Colt Fetters / bikesThe CHUMBA URSA Major Titanium Backcountry is a purpose-built expedition machine with attitude. Designed with relaxed angles, a high bottom bracket, and a relatively short chainstay, this bike was built for putting in long days in the saddle, and having a blast while doing so. Colt tested one this past winter and spring to see what it’s all about…
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98 mi. / 158 km3 days
Hey Joe Safari, Moab, Utah
67 Apr 9 Colt Fetters USAThe Hey Joe Safari offers a broad strokes tour of the ever popular desert landscape around western Moab. This weekend bikepacking route follows rugged jeep tracks, bounces along slickrock expanses, explores prehistoric dinosaur tracks, winds through Utah cattle country, dumps you into the Green River’s Hey Joe Canyon via a 3rd class hike-a-bike, and culminates with 20 miles of the area’s most popular singletrack, the Magnificent 7 Trails. -
Brett Davis’ Salsa Blackborow: Sand and Snow
2 Mar 28 Colt Fetters / bikesIn part two of our Rider and Rig Blackborow double feature, we take a look at Brett Davis’ rig. With a custom set of Bedrock bags, this Blackborow was built for exploring the sand and snow around his homebase in Durango, Colorado.
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To Tarp or Not to Tarp + Big Agnes Onyx UL Tarp Review
36 Aug 9 Colt Fetters / gearTarping, the mustache of the backcountry camping world. There’s no denying that at one time it was a popular style. And for years after it was looked upon with misunderstanding and distaste. But, it’s back. And I assure you, it’s here to stay. In this review of the Big Agnes Onyx UL we discuss the ins and outs of tarp camping as well as the specifics of the tarp in question.
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Wanderlust Monida Insulated Bag: Not just for winter…
7 Jun 7 Colt Fetters / bikepacking-bagsThe Wanderlust Monida is a new insulated water bottle/cargo bag designed specifically for cold weather cycling and winter ultras. And although this particular review was conducted on Cuba’s balmy dirt roads — a 10 day trip which was anything but a frigid affair — we found the Monida to be a versatile bag with plenty of hidden perks.
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Wanderlust Bikepacking Bags: The Cuba Shakedown
2 Mar 29 Colt Fetters / bikepacking-bagsWanderlust is an Austin, TX based company offering a complete range of bikepacking bags. Colt and Hannah tested full kits from Wanderlust for two weeks on Cuba’s rugged dirt roads… each packed to the brim with stale bread, sun tan lotion, and Cuban cigars. See how they fared in this kit overview/review…
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Do’s and Don’ts on the Appalachian Beer Trail
7 Feb 21 Colt Fetters / plogLessons from a first time bikepacker on the Appalachian Beer Trail, a craft beer themed bike packing route in western North Carolina…