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New Santa Cruz Chameleon: Bikepacking-ready trail stud?
23 Mar 17 Logan Watts / newsThe all new Santa Cruz Chameleon is capable of shifting from a trail rig to a bikepacking mule using an elegant swappable dropout system — and 29er or 27.5+ hoops. It’s not too shabby to look at either. What do you think?
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Salsa Warbird Review: An Underbiking truce.
26 Mar 16 Logan Watts / bikesBack in the fall Logan and Joe borrowed a pair of Salsa Warbirds to ride the Green Mountain Gravel Growler. Here are their thoughts on the bike after a week of riding gravel, dirt tracks, plenty of singletrack… and Vermont’s infamous Class 4 roads.
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Revelate Mag-Tank: Fit for Vikings
13 Mar 15 Logan Watts / bikepacking-bagsInspired by Vikings — one source says — the new Revelate Mag-Tank forgoes a zipper and provides bag access via a smartly contoured top flap held in place by a brilliant magnetic buckle. See how it performed over 1000+ miles of rough and tumble terrain. Also, find a comparison with the venerable Gas Tank.
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860 mi. / 1,384 km20 days
Trans-Cuba: La Ruta Mala
96 Mar 13 Logan Watts Latin AmericaA mentally perplexing and physically demanding 860 mile bikepacking route crossing Cuba via rugged dirt tracks, horse paths, sugarcane farm roads, steep rocky mountain roads, and a culture that’s beautifully unique. -
Alchemy Kratos Ti Gravel Bike Launched at NAHBS
0 Mar 11 Logan Watts / newsDenver, CO based Alchemy Bicycle Co just launched several new bikes at NAHBS including the Kratos, dubbed by Alchemy as their ‘titanium gravel/adventure bike’.
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330 mi. / 531 km3.5 days
The Palmetto Trail: Southern Ditch Divide!
81 Mar 8 Logan Watts USAThe bikepacking edition of the Palmetto Trail is a 330 mile traverse of South Carolina through long-leaf pine forests, sand hills, wetlands and wooly swamps. The route follows established passages from Spartanburg in the upstate all the way to the Intercoastal Waterway just north of Charleston, SC. -
Across Cuba… the bad way.
37 Mar 6 Logan Watts / storiesAfter just a single day into our Cuba traverse, we unanimously agreed that the route should be named ‘La Ruta Mala’, or ‘the bad way’. That’s quite a contradiction considering that our bikepacking trip across The Pearl of The Antilles would turn out to be a beautiful and fantastic adventure. But, then again, it took less than 24 hours to realize that Cuba is brimming with anomaly.
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Rider & Rig: Joe Cruz’s Seven Treeline SL
29 Mar 1 Logan Watts / bikesIn the first of a new series, Rider & Rig, we take a look at Joe Cruz’s Seven Treeline SL titanium fat bike. Find out more about the bike, the journeys he takes it on, and how he packs it…
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Announcing the Pipedream A.L.I.C.E. Adventure Bike
16 Feb 24 Logan Watts / newsAnnouncing the release of the new Pipedream A.L.I.C.E., the latest dropbar adventure/gravel-grinder rig from Scotland…
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Crankbrothers Stamp Pedals Review: Long-term Platform
12 Feb 13 Logan Watts / gearThere are three reasons we chose the new Crankbrothers Stamp pedals for our ~900 mile trip across Cuba: 1. Dave said he put 3,000 miles on his and they are still going strong; 2. They have a 5-year warranty; 3. They are thin, light, and come in two sizes — small and humongous.
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Torino-Nice Rally: The Film
2 Feb 7 Logan Watts / videoThe newly released Torino-Nice Rally film follows rider Joachim Rosenlund over 700km of old military Cols and scenic historical trade routes leading from the western Italian Alps to the coast of southern France.
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MSR Trailshot Review: Hell or No Water
17 Feb 2 Logan Watts / gearMSR recently released the Trailshot, a new type of water filter that employs a one-handed squeeze operation in a pocket-size and lightweight package. We took it on a month long tropical adventure through Cuba to see if it would meet the needs of two thirsty cyclists…