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Find recaps of bikepacking ultra races, meetings, summits and other related events. If you have a recap of your event you’d like to share, get in touch.
Yesterday morning, Andrew Strempke took third place at the 2022 edition of the 800-mile Arizona Trail Race, setting a new cumulative singlespeed Triple Crown Challenge record in the process by racing the Tour Divide, Colorado Trail, and Arizona Trail in one year. Find our interview with him here…
As the riders of the 2022 Arizona Trail Race (AZTR) hit the two-week mark, Jefe Branham has set a new singlespeed record on the 800-mile route, Andy Wentzel took second place, and over half of the riders have scratched from the race. After tracking down racers on the north half of the route, find Wyatt Spalding’s second report here…
Congratulations to Abdullah Zeinab of Melbourne, Australia, who became the first person ever to finish the 2,750-kilometer Rhino Run race across South Africa and Namibia early this morning. Read on to learn more about his record-setting ride and incredible showdown with Kevin Benkenstein, who finished just 17 minutes later…
L’Esperit de Girona is a challenging 800-kilometer self-supported event that starts and finishes in Girona, Spain. Earlier this month, 14 riders showed up for the inaugural event, and not a single person finished. Find a reflection from Quinda Verheul with photos from organizer James Hayden here…
The top three women in this year’s Arizona Trail Race have now passed the 300-mile mark and are continuing north. We reached out to our friend Eszter Horanyi for an update on how things are going. Find her report from the field here…
As the riders of this year’s Arizona Trail Race begin their fourth day, Wyatt Spalding shares a report and gallery of photos from the first three days, including an update from the first 300-mile route finisher, Alex Schultz…
From the organizers of the Trans Balkan Race, the inaugural Istra Land event challenged riders with a 500-kilometer route across the entire Istrian Peninsula. Find a recap and photos from the organizers here…
Earlier this month, 23 brave souls lined up in Cle Elum, Washington, for the grand depart of the inaugural Washington High-Lite. Find a recap from route creator Troy Hopwood here, alongside photos from their ride…
Eddie O’Dea just became the first person to finish the Eastern Divide Trail, the longest bikepacking route in the world, which runs some 6,000 miles from Newfoundland to Key West. Learn more about his ride and see photos from the finish here…
The Servatius Bikepacking Weekend is a three-day gravel cycling event in the beautiful hills around the Dutch-Belgian-German border. Find photos and a reflection on the 2022 event by some of the participants here…
Filmmaker Barry Godin set out from the Yorkshire Dales to the Lake District in Jennride 2022, a bikepacking event in memory of Jenn Hill. Along the way, he captured some great footage and later put together a video to document the ride. Watch it and learn more about this year’s route around the Lakes District here…
As part of Adams Avenue Bicycles’ quarterly campout series, a group of riders rode through Cleveland National Forest to Lake Cuyamaca State Park for this year’s fall equinox. Find a recap and a beautiful gallery of photos from the campout by Martin Rodriguez here…