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Heading East (Transost Adventure) Movie Released for Streaming
5 Mar 30 Logan Watts / newsOriginally planned for Biking Movie Night, the full-length “Heading East” was released for streaming due to current COVID-19 restrictions. The movie follows three riders as they tackle the 2,900km TransOst Challenge, from Germany to the Black Sea. Watch the trailer here and find a link to stream the full film…
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Collective Reward #054: Grab Bag!
7 Mar 30 Logan Watts / newsFor Collective Reward #054, we’re giving away a grab bag of products including lights and tools from Blackburn, a BIKEPACKING.com T-shirt and Voile straps, and other goodies from Silca, Miss Grape, Sticky Pods, and more. Find the details here…
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The Big Lockdown Traverse (video)
92 Mar 30 Logan Watts / videoDuring the COVID-19 lockdown, filmmaker Jeremy Janin took on an arduous bikepacking trip he called “The Big Lockdown Traverse.” Along the way he made this delightful film documenting his harrowing journey. Watch it here and find his complete gear breakdown from the “the best bikepacking trip I’ve NEVER had…”
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2014 Arizona Trail Race (Video)
4 Mar 28 Logan Watts / videoIn April of 2014, 17 racers lined up at the southernmost point in Arizona to ride north across its deserts, mountains, forests, and canyons, from Mexico to Utah. This is Aaron Johnson’s story of how the 2014 Arizona Trail Race unfolded…
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Bikepacking To a Hippie Jungle Festival On An $80 Bike
7 Mar 25 Logan Watts / videoMahalo My Dude’s Andrew Santos bought a $80 used mountain bike and set out on a 160km bikepacking trip in Costa Rica to get to a jungle hippie festival. Watch the wildly entertaining video about his trip here…
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Bikepacking the GTMC (video)
1 Mar 25 Logan Watts / videoLast April, Martin and César set out to bikepack the Grande Traversée du Massif Central (GTMC) in France. Along the way they made this video to capture the beauty of the route and the good times they shared…
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SRAM’s AXS Web Tracks Shifting and Gear Usage
0 Mar 24 Logan Watts / newsSRAM’s new AXS Web allows riders to track and view shifting profiles, gear use graphs, and other data from their ride, which could offer a couple interesting ways to analyze bikepacking routes…
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Cane Creek eeSilk Seatpost Long-Term Review
22 Mar 23 Logan Watts / gearThe high-end Cane Creek eeSilk suspension seatpost offers 20mm of vertical compliance in an unobtrusive, sub-300-gram package. We’ve been testing one for well over 2,000 miles for this long-term review.
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Industry Nine Offers its Machines for the War on COVID-19
12 Mar 23 Logan Watts / newsOver the weekend, Industry Nine volunteered their machining operations to help manufacture healthcare equipment that’s in short supply during the COVID-19 crisis…
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Surly Says Support Your Local Bike Shop, if You Can
6 Mar 23 Logan Watts / newsSurly Bikes reminds us not to forget our local bike shop during these trying times…
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2020 REEB Sam’s Pants and Lickskillet
8 Mar 19 Logan Watts / newsREEB Cycles just announced the revamped 2020 Sam’s Pants with geometry updates, more mounts, and room for 29 x 2.2″ tires. In addition, they released the all-new REEB Lickskillet, a 700C all-road bike built around a snappy gravel geometry. Find all the details here…
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Collective Reward #051: Grab Bag!
18 Mar 18 Logan Watts / newsFor Collective Reward #051, we’re giving a grab bag of goods including a Big Agnes MtnGlo kit, an Anything Cage and Bag from Salsa Cycles, and other goodies from Surly Bikes, Wahoo, Campfire Cycling, and more. Find the details here…