Logan Watts

The new Wolf Tooth Morse Cargo Cage offers a fresh take on the decade-old oversized overflow cage concept. It borrows a couple of ideas from the brand’s other house-made products and introduces some novel features. We had the chance to slap a pair on the bike and put them to use prior to launch day. Find the review here…

Over the weekend, Neil Beltchenko caught up for a live chat with ultra-endurance bikepacking legends Alexandra Houchin, Brett Stepanik, and Katya Rakhmatulina at Totem Cyclery in Denver, Colorado. Watch the full discussion to hear their perspectives on the recent Colorado Trail Race, gear choices, and more here…

Colombian framebuilder Scarab Cycles just launched a beautiful new hardtail at the MADE Bike Show in Portland. The Scarab Cycles Darien is a cross-country, do-it-all hardtail inspired by the rugged stretch of jungle separating Central and South America. Find details here…

Our latest Collective Reward giveaway comes from Wahoo Fitness. We’ll be hooking up one of our Bikepacking Collective members with a GPS-enabled Wahoo ELEMNT Rival watch and a TickrX heart monitor. Learn more and get signed up for a chance to win here…

The new Sage Titanium Storm King V2 was just announced with added tire clearance, a new 3D-printed yoke and dropouts, modernized geometry, and a few other tweaks to “foreverize” the frame. Find all the details here…

For Collective Reward #157, we’re giving one lucky Bikepacking Collective member a grab bag filled with a colorful collection of gear that includes a frame bag from Mission Workshop, a PrestaCycle torque bit-driver kit, PNW Coast Bar Tape, Dyneema bags from Mountain Laurel Designs, socks, bottle cages, a bandana, and more…

Respect and congratulations go out to Sofiane Sehili, who rolled across the finish line in Kyrgyzstan last night and became the overall winner of the 2023 Silk Road Mountain Race. Learn more about Sofiane’s third win in this challenging race and find a gallery of photos here…

A big congratulations to Katya Rakhmatulina, who just became the first woman to cross the finish line in the 2023 Colorado Trail Race, setting an impressive new course record. Learn more about Katya’s ride and find a few photos from the finish here…

Designed by Wolf Tooth Components, the new Lithic Carbon Mountain Fork has swappable machined aluminum dropouts that work with multiple hub sizes and brake types. Wolf Tooth also announced a range of forks under the Lithic brand, including options for fat and gravel bikes. Learn more here…

Jorn Tuijnman and several riding buddies set out on our Slovenia West Loop earlier this summer. Along the way, Jorn captured the country’s spectacular beauty and documented the good times they had out on the route. Watch the video, find a few photos from their ride, and learn more about the West Loop here…

Tailfin recently caught up with Josh Ibbett to check out his updated bike setup and see how he prepared for the Silk Road Mountain Race, an unsupported bikepacking race through the mountains of Kyrgyzstan that’s happening now. Watch it and find Josh’s full built kit list here…

In a recent video, Portugal-based fabricator Ivo Azenha makes a custom stainless steel front rack for a gravel bike. Watch it to get a sense of what goes into this carefully executed process here…