Singletrack/MTB
Gravel/All-road
Dirt-road Touring
Fat-bike
Logan Watts
Founding Editor
-
Nostalgia, a Post-ride Belt, and a Tallboy
5 Oct 13 Logan Watts / InspirationA belt made from the tread of a Surly Knard that rolled over 7,500 kilometers of African dirt…
-
The Surly Krampus: Bikepacking Build Details
16 Oct 10 Logan Watts / Bikepacking Bikes“… it’s like being a big kid on a grown up BMX bike… that can plow over anything.” – D-Molasses
-
Clipless Bikepacking Shoes: Five Ten Maltese Falcon Race
6 Oct 2 Logan Watts / ApparelThe Five Ten Maltese Falcon LT all-mountain shoe is a great SPD bikepacking option with a lightweight design, water resistance, rugged construction, and the near perfect blend of stiffness and comfort.
-
473 mi. / 761 km 10 daysVirginia Mountain Bike Trail (VMBT)
92 Sep 30 Logan Watts USAAn epic, diverse, and wits-crushing bikepacking route that follows the endless ridges of the Allegheny and Blue Ridge mountains along a continuous, 473 mile off-road route from Front Royal to Damascus. The VMBT writhes its way through isolated farming communities, remote wilderness, panoramic crags, and historic rail grade trails... -
Surly Krampus vs ECR: Bikepacking or Dirt-road Touring (part 2)
47 Sep 16 Logan Watts / Bikepacking BikesWhy the quiver is not dead: one for dirt-road touring and one for bikepacking.
-
Bikepacking or Dirt-road Touring (part 1 of 2) and The State of 29+
12 Sep 15 Logan Watts / Bikepacking GearPart 1 of 2 of a ramble pondering nomenclature (dirt touring vs bikepacking), the state of the 29+ platform, and the Surly Krampus vs the ECR…
-
Post-ride Beer: Burial-Pisgah Cemetery Gates
4 Sep 12 Logan Watts / InspirationNamed after a Pantera song, Cemetery Gates was a complex concoction that made a perfect post-ride beer after a rock-strewn widow-maker downhill in Pisgah.
-
Sidetracked Volume 02 Has Landed!
0 Sep 9 Logan Watts / CultureSidetracked Volume 02 follows on the heels of the critically acclaimed debut issue and continues its quest to inspire readers with an incredible collection of photography and stories of expeditions from all corners of the world.
-
FilmFestFriday: Distance
1 Sep 5 Logan Watts / Bikepacking VideosBy definition, distance is a numerical description of how far apart things are; but it may also represent a span of time, a departure from normality, or the idea of pushing what is possible…
-
Vargo Bot Review: Bikepacking Cook kit for the Framebag
32 Sep 4 Logan Watts / Bikepacking FoodThe Vargo BOT is an elegantly designed 1 liter titanium water bottle with a titanium screw lid that triples in versatility as a cooking pot and an excellent storage container.
-
132 mi. / 212 km 4 daysBikepacking Pisgah: The Appalachian (beer) Trail
62 Aug 28 Logan Watts USAA four day bikepacking route that traverses each of the four major trail networks in Buncome and Transylvania counties — the Pisgah Ranger District, Dupont State Forest, and Black Mountain area — the heart of western North Carolina mountain biking within the mecca of craft beer. -
353 mi. / 568 km 7 daysThe GR 48: Off-road Bike Touring Spain
9 Aug 28 Logan Watts EuropeThe GR 48 (Sendero de Sierra Morena) is the longest path in southern Spain and the majority of it lies within the Sierra de Aracena and the Sierra Norte de Sevilla Natural Parks, some of the country’s most uninhabited areas.
