Sharing the Love of Bikes with Isla Short
Dark clouds and heavy bursts of rain dominate the skyline. The Tweed Valley has a foreboding air as we arrive at the trailhead with Scottish XC racer Isla Short. The weekend just passed…
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The 190-Mile Aquarius Trail Hut System in Southern Utah Unveiled
The Aquarius Trail Hut System offers a backcountry mountain biking experience like no other in the region. A system of five huts furnished with beds, a bathroom, and a fully stocked kitchen has…
XPDTN3 Greece: a Ultra-Rainy Loop of the sland of Kos
“In Kos, it rains only 8 days per year!”, and apparently all concentrated at the beginning of March when this expedition took place. Three cyclists had to face an unexpected, yet fascinating…
Chill Time: Riding the Alps in the Alpine Winter
Dan Milner is no stranger to snow sports photography, having shot some of snowboarding’s most iconic and challenging expeditions over the last two decades. But no matter the weeks he’s camped out on…
Going The Eggstra Mile on Sweet Gravel Bikes
A last-minute bikepacking trip with friends turned into a weekend Eggstravaganza! A dog, a bunch of buddies, an unexpectedly perfect dozen eggs, sweet gravel bikes, excellent weather, and rad singletrack—what more can…
Riding the Cambrian Mountains of Wales
The Cambrian Mountains could be described as the last wilderness of Wales. Holly, Emma Jane, and India visited Dolgoch, a remote hostel in the middle of the Cambrian Mountains, to ride local…
Beautiful Builds: Moots Routt ESC
The Routt ESC is the latest bike to roll out of Moots’ Steamboat Springs facility where they’ve been making titanium frames for over 40 years. Watch this edition of our Beautiful Builds…
Payson McElveen Attempts to Cross Iceland by Bike
Professional cyclist Payson McElveen is no stranger to tough rides, but crossing Iceland by bike in under twenty hours? You’d have to see it to believe it. Watch Payson as he makes…
Tubular: Becoming High Alpine Extreme Tubers
What happens when everything in mountain biking has already been done? Rather than swapping their 29″ bikes for mullets or testing the limits of handlebar widths, sibling teammates Ryan and Becky Gardner…
The Masi Brunello GRX11Gravel Bike Delivers Stability and Confidence in the Dirt
There’s so much to admire about the Masi Brunello GX11 gravel bike, from its sleek appearance to its inoffensive price tag. After spending three weeks riding my local fire roads and xc…
New Zealand’s Latest Mixed-Use Backcountry Ride
The 56.2km (32.5 miles) Paparoa Track is New Zealand’s latest mixed-use backcountry ride. It joins the already extremely popular Heaphy Track and Old Ghost Road as prime bikepacking trip destinations. Its point-to-point…
The Modern Gravel Bike: Introducing The State Bicycle 4130 Flat Bar
Is the running joke true? Are flat-bar gravel bikes really just 90’s mountain bikes? State leaned into this with the release of the 4130 All-Road, now equipped with flat bars. Similar to…