This morning, the Tour Divide, the world’s most prestigious bikepacking race, is taking off from Banff in Canada. It’s a monumental race, traversing the entire United States along the crest of the Rocky Montains, before finishing at the Mexican border. The fastest riders will take about two weeks to ride the 2,700 miles… read more

When I saw the course of the Seattle International Randonneurs 600 km brevet, I immediately made plans to ride it. The route circles the Olympic Mountains, a remote and wild area that separates Seattle from the Pacific Ocean. Course of the 600 km Brevet Seattle prides itself as the ‘Portal to the Pacific.’ And it’s… read more

Charlie Cunningham, the prolific inventor and early mountain bike pioneer, has left us. He was 77 years old. A brilliant engineer and master fabricator, Charlie is best known for his innovative mountain bikes. Welded from oversized aluminum, they were years ahead of their time. Never content to follow convention, Charlie’s bikes used sloping… read more