A short film about a quick escape from daily life, exploring hidden places by bike in search of that sense of freedom felt only if we are completely deep in nature.
The three themes of gravel, gaming, and e-bikes dominated the Eurobike show in Friedrichshafen, Germany this year, with muscle-powered mountain bikes mostly left on the sidelines.
Niner is updating their popular RLT line of gravel bikes, adding features like wider tire clearance and routing for dropper posts, and narrowing the gap with full-on mountain bikes.
On this reader bike check, we look at Patrick Goral's Salsa Fargo. He's created a bike that will devour anything from long, gravel roads to technical singletrack, all while hauling bikepacking gear for days.
Bikepacking Roots debuts a way to bikepack from Canada to Mexico, with 80% of the route on natural surface. The Wild West Route is 2,700 miles and goes through Arizona, Utah, Idaho, and Montana.
Riding gravel roads promises less traffic and you get to geek on different bike gear. Plus, all of the usual benefits of cycling are sprinkled on top of a lovely gravel cupcake.