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Trans Continental Race No. 5 … Scratched.
2 Aug 21 Logan Watts / videoJenny Tough tackled the 5th annual Transcontinental Race (TCRno5) — a self-supported, ultra-distance cycling race across Europe — and scratched after 8 days. Watch her nicely done, honest, short and sweet video memoir of the ride…
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Patagonia Runs first ever TV ad to drive action for Public Lands…
2 Aug 20 Logan Watts / newsPublic lands are the lifeblood of bikepacking. On August 24th America’s public lands face a decisive moment. To take action, Patagonia takes its voice to the airwaves in their first ever television advertisement…
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Greenbelly Meal Bars: Calories for minimalists…
9 Aug 15 Logan Watts / foodGetting hangry is no fun on the trail. But it’s often hard to avoid while bikepacking. In a quest to fend off hunger, and scurvy, we tried Greenbelly Meals 2Go which promise 1/3 your daily nutrition in a small package…
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Introducing the 2018 Trek 1120… a 29+ ‘Bikepacking Stache’.
48 Aug 14 Logan Watts / newsTrek has quietly unveiled the latest bike in their touring and travel lineup… the 2018 Trek 1120, a 29+ dirt-tourer complete with a proprietary and thoughtfully designed rack and harness system, and a full mountain bike spec…
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Introducing the Lauf True Grit Gravel Bike and Revamped Grit SL fork…
1 Aug 13 Logan Watts / newsThe all-new Lauf True Grit carbon gravel bike is built for speed and distance around Lauf’s revamped, straighter, and stiffer “Grit SL” carbon leaf spring fork…
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21 Japanese Odyssey Portraits, by Eigo Shimojo
2 Aug 10 Logan Watts / cultureThe 2017 Japanese Odyssey kicks off this weekend. To commemorate, our latest Rider’s Lens features Eigo Shimojo and his collection of 21 rider portraits from last years Japanese Odyssey. Enjoy…
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Rockgeist Releases Animalist Sleeping Pad and Gondola Seat Pack
0 Aug 7 Logan Watts / newsRockgeist just announced the Animalist, a featherlight sleeping pad with a bag that can be mounted to the handlebars. In addition, they re-released the Gondola dropper-post seat pack…
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All In Multitool Review: Crank tube stash…
0 Aug 7 Logan Watts / accessoriesThe ultra-handy All In Multitool fits neatly into the hollow tube on most modern mountain bike cranksets and secures via magnets. We took it out on some rough and tumble trail rides to make sure it stays there…
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The New Revelate Designs Harness: Trail Tested
25 Jul 31 Logan Watts / bikepacking-bagsRevelate Designs recently revamped their classic handlebar Harness — one of our all-time favorite and most used pieces of gear. For this review we put some miles on it during the ‘Trans WNC’ and beyond, and compared it to the old model…
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Ibis Releases the Pork Chop bag for Mojo and Ripley
3 Jul 21 Logan Watts / newsIbis Mojo and Ripley owners have a new place to put tools, tubes, CO2’s, Speedos, and whatever else they might deem necessary during a ride.
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Introducing The Southern Highlands Traverse
35 Jul 17 Logan Watts / plogJust announced, the Southern Highlands Traverse joins three existing routes and the new Trans WNC (Western North Carolina) to create the first long-distance bikepacking route (1,000+ miles) on the East Coast. The Southern Highlands Traverse will serve as a singletrack-heavy alternate to the forthcoming Eastern Divide Trail.
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Clément Ushuaia Wheels + X’Plor MSO 50mm Tires
19 Jul 12 Logan Watts / gearClément recently released their Ushuaia, a curiously named wheelset designed with gravel adventure in mind. We had a chance to spend a little time with the new wheels along with their new 50mm version of the X’plor MSO tires…