Rethinking winter cycling boots
This weekend, I’m traveling to Island Park, Idaho to participate in the Backyard Fat Pursuit 200K. The race takes cyclists through 125 miles of winter trails in the greater Yellowstone area. Among the gear I’m…
Category Archives: Bikepacking
World’s Toughest
Earlier this week, Outside Magazine published yet another list of “The Toughest Races in the World.” These lists have been circulating far and wide in outdoor and adventure-focused media recently, with Competitor Magazine, Adventure Journal, Men’s…
Dirt Search: Help fund mountain bike trails
When it comes to mountain bike destinations in North America, many think of Moab, Fruita, Sedona, and other desert meccas. But head north, far north, and there’s a hidden gem in the big, wild mountains…
South Pole cyclist reflects on experience
This year brought a new landmark in both fat biking and Antarctic exploration with not just one, but three successful cycling expeditions from the Antarctic coast to the South Pole. Each one was achieved in…
Petervarys win brutally cold Arrowhead 135
Amid a polar vortex that held temperatures into the deep minus teens and twenties, Idaho endurance cyclist Jay Petervary and his wife, Tracy Petervary, won the Arrowhead 135, a 135-mile race across northern Minnesota on…
Cyclists close in on South Pole
After nearly seven weeks out on the frozen plains of Antarctica, cyclists Juan Menendez Granados and Daniel Burton are both fewer than a hundred miles from the South Pole. As an enthusiastic observer, it’s been…
A world first cycling achievement
On the day after Christmas, 35-year-old British endurance cyclist Maria Leijerstam became the first person to cycle from the Antarctic Coast to the South Pole. Using a specially designed recumbent tricycle and starting at a…
Lesser-known performances of the year
With trail-running fans vigorously discussing candidates for the “Ultrarunner Of the Year,” and the prior post on this blog about Bikepacking Performances of the Year, I thought I’d list a few other stellar performances in…
Bikepacking performance of the year
Earlier this month, Scott Morris of Topofusion and Bikepacking.net brought up several outstanding individual performances in the world of bikepacking. Although this is still a small and broadly dispersed sport, 2013 did see a large…
Riding fat bikes across the Outback
Adventure cyclists Scott Felter — the creator of Porcelain Rocket custom bicycle bags in Alberta — and Tom Walwyn — a pediatric oncologist raising money to help find a cure for medulloblastoma — have spent the past…