In this Dust-Up, Travis claims 27.2 mm seatposts are symptoms of the gravel industry’s refusal to evolve. Turns out there’s more to it, but he’s still upset.
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Ritchey Comp Buzzard Handlebar
As one of the innovators of mountain bike handlebars, Ritchey knows a thing or two about designing them for modern riders. Let’s take a look at the new Comp Buzzard ($49.95) below…
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Long Term Relationship: A True Love Cycles Heart Breaker Review
After spending nearly six months riding Polish builder True Love Cycle’s Heart Breaker, Hailey Moore pens a long-term review of this drop-bar 29er, and compares and contrasts two vastly different build specs.
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Stridsland Beachcomber Pre-Orders Open Thursday
Following up on the epic Stridsland Beachcomber Origin Story Matias penned for us earlier this month, pre-orders for Beachcomber framesets in both steel and titanium are going live on the Stridsland site Thursday, February 1, at 16:00 CET (07:00 PST).
Matias sent through some fresh photos of his Ti Beachcomber with the custom-sized partial Wit Slingers frame bags he’s offering with the framesets and DANG does it look good.
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A Bicycle Crumbs Review: Element + Pelago Silvo Commuter
The playful, go-anywhere-themed Element + Pelago Silvo collaboration hits Richard Pool hard with a heavy dose of teenage skateboarding nostalgia. Read on for his review (and accompanying playlist!) for this bullmoose-equipped and gravel-ready commuter, built around an eccentric bottom bracket for the singlespeed conversion this bike is asking for…
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In Stock Now: Radavist and Cedaero Portage Bag – Black and Burgundy
When Josh posted up his Alumalith, with a custom Portage bag he collaborated on with Cedaero, it caused a rukkus! Karl from Cedaero got flooded with requests for these throwback MTB bags from the 1980s and 90s, so we decided to make a run for our readership!
We made two colors; waxed canvas burgundy ($134.95) like Josh specced and all-black cordura ($124.95). These bags are bike geometry/size specific and Karl made them to fit the Alumalith but they will fit any bike but you’ve gotta be mindful with the sizing! Read on below for more information on how to size this for your bike…
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Hybrid Moments: A Hudski Doggler Review
As cyclists, we love bikes that can do more than one thing. A Swiss Army knife rather than a scalpel, if you will. So when a bike like the Hudski Doggler passes through my possession, I want to find its limits and then push through them. I’ve spent a few months riding the Doggler around Santa Fe, in and around our beloved Santa Fe National Forest, and I’m ready to spill the beans on what makes this bike so appropriate for gravel and mountain riding…
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The Search For ATB at The 2023 MADE Bike Show Video Recap
While our documentation of bikes, products, and people of MADE has wrapped for this year, we have special video recap from our friends at Mythical State Of. We set Daniel and Kyle loose in the show halls in a continuation of the perpetual Search for ATB… Check it out below!
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The Search for ATB Episode 2: Howes Divided on the 2023 Tour Divide
In Episode 2 of the Search for ATB: Howes Divided on the 2023 Tour Divide, a lot of questions are asked. Tune in to this episode to see if any of them are answered…
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The Search for ATB Episode 1: Howes Divided on the 2023 Tour Divide
What is the “Spirit of ATB?” And how/why should we catch it, assuming we want to? Those questions and more will be answered in a new series that we’ve partnered with our friends at Mythical State Of to create called The Search For ATB. A little bit Parts Unknown, a little bit Alone, a little bit Donut Media, and a little bit National Geographic, The Search For ATB will explore the people, places and things that make all-terrain culture so compelling and inspirational. And FUN. From underbiking and the art of pushing your bike, to interviews with legends and questionable infographics, The Search For ATB begins now!
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Apply Now for Mythical State Of’s All Terrain Bicycle Challenge: “I Wanna Solstance With Somebody”
Mythical State Of has opened entries for season three of the All Terrain Bicycle Challenge this time around the requirements include a course of at least 200 miles, with 50% gravel, and a time limit of between 24 and 36 hours. Build your team of three, build your course, and go! Continue reading below for all the details and application instructions…
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The Dirt is Your Oyster: A Longterm Review of the Otso Fenrir Ti
Over the past few months of riding Otso’s titanium version of their previously-released stainless steel Fenrir, I’ve strayed further into the morass of bike categorization than I ever thought I would, along the way asking myself such snake-eating-its-tail questions as: What is a gravel bike, what is a mountain bike, do modern ATBs even exist?
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ATB CHALLENGE – Flèche It Out – EP2: THE PANEL
It’s time to finally find out which team pushed their Physical, Spiritual, Mental and Emotional limits to the max in the ATB Challenge: Fleche It Out. The winner receives the ultimate ATB prize package.
- $3000.00USD 3 sets of ENVE Wheels
- 3 “One Year’s Supply” of Fat Tire Ale
- 3 Mission Workshop / Acre Supply ATB Kits
- 3 Mythical State Of ATB Kits
In an effort to be as fair and accurate as possible, we assembled a team of ATB experts from around the world to collectively observe, evaluate and intuit each team’s P*S”M*E score from their unique POV and wicked-valid area of expertise. We call them: The Panel. Watch now to find out who wins. Do you agree? Disagree? Let us know in the comments.
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Live TODAY: All Terrain Bicycle Challenge – Flèche It Out
Watch the ATB Challenge: Season 2 – Fleche It Out, a one episode, one hour look into six teams from around the world taking on the most extreme ATB route of their own design, and decide which team pushed their Physical, Spiritual, Mental and Emotional limitations the hardest.
The winning team receives:
$3000.00USD
3 sets of ENVE Wheels
3 “One Year’s Supply” of Fat Tire Ale.
3 Mission Workshop / Acre Supply ATB kits.
3 Mythical State Of ATB kits.
WE WANT YOU!
VOTE NOW IN THE COMMENTS BELOW, OR ON YOUTUBE, TO HAVE YOUR VOICE COUNTED BY OUR ATB EXPERT PANEL!
Tell us which team you think pushed their P*S*M*E the hardest and tell us why. The three best comments will win something truly transcendent from Mythical State Of’s Outdoor Culture Arcade.
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The Crust Bikes x Ron’s Bikes Alumalith Pre-Order Opens Today
Well, my friends, today is the day. The Frank the Welder-made Crust Bikes x Ron’s Bikes Alumalith pre-orders open on Ronsbikes.com. If you’ve been drooling over our in-depth look at this bike earlier this month, now’s the time to drop some coin. Roll on over to Ronsbikes.com to see more details. The pre-order opens at 10 am EST this morning!
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Introducing the Ron’s Bikes x Crust Bikes Alumalith 27.5 ATB
Good ol’ Ronnie. How many bikes have we shot together now? It all started with a chance encounter in Austin in 2014 when I documented his Trek 970. Back then, he was known as Benedict and dressed in his post-Wooly Mammoth roadie persona; lumberjack meets blast beats, sprinkled with some Tolkien lore and usually seen astride either a vintage MTB or a Rivendell, dribbling olive oil on his vintage Suntour components. This was early Ultraromance—the genesis of his persona—when he had just begun to crack open the internet with his wild style and über cøøl bikes. I love this man, no matter what name he festoons his internet crown with. Always have. Always will.
Fast forward to the 2022 Philly Bike Expo, where I recently met this gentle yet patinated gent once again to document a bike that picks up where our Duralcan post left off.
The Alumalith is the latest model to be released from the Ron’s Bikes x Crust Bikes cache and the first US-made aluminum bike he’s designed, with Frank the Welder at the helm, speccing tubing diameters and laying down iconic beads on brushed, raw aluminum. Let’s check it out below!
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ATB Challenge: Flèche it Out – Meet the Challengers & GEN POP CHALLENGE
Please join us in congratulating the six teams selected to participate in the ATB Challenge: Fleche It Out Reality TV Game Show. See who they are and their planned rides below!
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Apply Now: ATB Challenge Season 2 – Flèche it Out (Now Open For All Across the Globe)
Last year the All Terrain Bicycle Challenge selected five challengers and unleashed them on a brutal 71-mile course in Vermont. For season two, the project is shifting from old school “maybe it goes” style ATB routes to randonneuring inspired distance and time. Applicants are challenged with creating their own ultimate route, and five lucky teams of three will attempt to complete their ride, documenting it along the way, for a chance to win cash and prizes from ENVE, Fat Tire, The Radavist, Acre, and Mythical State Of. We at The Radavist are stoked to be the media partner for this event, so read below, plan a route, apply, and follow along for more!