The Silk Road Mountain Race is a fixed route, unsupported, single-stage bikepacking race through the mountains of Kyrgyzstan.
The Silk Road Mountain Race is a fixed route, unsupported, single-stage cycling race through the mountains of Kyrgyzstan. The clock does not stop and there are no prizes. It follows gravel, single and double track and old soviet roads that have long been forgotten and fallen into disrepair. There is very little tarmac. There is some walking, and at times there is great distances between resupply points.
How tough it will be cannot be understated, but as Mike Hall once said, “Nothing that’s worth anything is ever easy.” This race will be a true demonstration of this sentiment.
For more articles on the Silk Road Mountain Bike Race, follow this link. Here you’ll find Rugile Kaladyte’s 2019 Race Reports, an interview with Lael Wilcox, as well as the rigs of the 2019 Silk Road Mountain Bike Race.