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Bikepacking Story

The special edition 10th issue of The Bikepacking Journal is one you won’t want to miss! It features 25% more pages with extra stories, bonus art and maps, and much more...

Bikepacking Story

Issue 09 takes readers on trips through time—one to the early days of bicycles—and offers several reminders to be grateful for supportive friends and family, and strangers we meet along the way...

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2021 Colorado Trail Race

The 2021 Colorado Trail Race (CTR) kicked off on July 25th running from Durango to Denver with nearly 90 participants tackling the route this year. Follow along on the Trackleaders map here and scroll down for our coverage…

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Results

Winner (Men’s/Overall): Neil Beltchenko (4d:3h:7m)
1st place (Women’s/W’s Singlespeed): Alexandera Houchin (6d:9h:5m)
2nd Place (Men’s): Will Bodewes (4d:11h:30m)
3rd place (Men’s/1st Singlespeed): Jefe Branham (4d:16h:8m)
2nd place (Women’s): Leigh Bowe (7d:1h:3m)
3rd place (Women’s): Karin Pocock (7d:5h:35m)
Yo-Yo course record: Andrew Strempke (13d:10h:50m)
Tandem Course Record: Chris & Marni Plesko (10d:13h:13m)

664 days ago
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The Rig That Won the 2021 Colorado Trail Race (Video)
by Logan Watts
666 days ago
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Chris and Marni Plesko Complete the First Tandem Finish on the Colorado Trail
by Logan Watts
669 days ago
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Alexandera Houchin and her Custom Chumba Sendero
by Logan Watts
672 days ago
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Neil Beltchenko Interviewed on The Adventure Stache Podcast
by Logan Watts
673 days ago
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The First Person to Ride the Colorado Trail fully Self-sufficient
by Logan Watts
673 days ago
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Andrew Strempke Yo-Yo’d the Colorado Trail… Again!
by Miles Arbour
674 days ago
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Congrats to 2nd and 3rd Place Women in the 2021 Colorado Trail Race
by Logan Watts
675 days ago
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Alexandera Houchin Finishes the 2021 Colorado Trail Race (on a Singlespeed!)
by Logan Watts
676 days ago
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Congrats to the 2nd and 3rd Place Colorado Trail Race Finishers
by Logan Watts
677 days ago
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Neil Beltchenko Wins the 2021 Colorado Trail Race
by Logan Watts
678 days ago
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Rocks and Rain: 36 Hours of the 2021 Colorado Trail Race
by Eszter Horanyi
679 days ago
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Despite the Weather, “Ned Bachanko” is Rolling Fast in the Colorado Trail Race…
by Logan Watts
683 days ago
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Rigs of the 2021 Colorado Trail Race (CTR)
by Miles Arbour

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