Readers Rig is a series of articles that showcases bikepacking kits from riders around the world. Be it long rides or short, races or slogs, everyone has their own unique set […]
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Introducing Tour Divide Training Camp
Completing the Tour Divide has become a goal for well over a hundred ambitious souls each year as the event has become perhaps the best known self-supported ultra endurance bike […]
Black Canyon Trail
Arizona offers bikepackers many spectacular backcountry routes. A favorite track is the Black Canyon Trail in central Arizona. The Black Canyon Trail is approximately 78 miles long, stretching from the Carefree […]
Mother’s Spring Batch Farmhouse Ale: A Tasty Reminder Spring is Near
Spring. Gravel races. Trans Iowa. Fields. Storms. Abandoned farmhouse. Beer. Saison. Mother’s Spring Batch Farmhouse Ale. Let me explain. This being my second full year of riding the gravel scene, […]
Rochefort 10: The Real King of Beers
This isn’t a backpacking beer. This is a beer for sipping in a proper glass at the right temperature. This is a beer brewed in old-world tradition with pride and […]
Holy Land Challenge
A self-supported mountain bike route from Mt. Hermon in the north of Israel to to the Red Sea at southern part of the the country. The route will take you through […]