If you know Hardtail Party, you know Steve Hume. He embodies the unpretentious spirit of the YouTube channel he founded in early 2019. He’ll speak with the exact same enthusiasm about the titanium Binary Maniak 29+ frame he helped design, as he will about the updates on the Trek Roscoe or his daughter’s Woom balance bike. But he just posted a video on his channel that, despite somehow showcasing that same unflappable positivity, is very very different…
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Radar Roundup: Win the 2023 Pisgah Project REEB Raffle Bike, Litespeed Flint Affordable Titanium Gravel Bike, Vancouver Pot Luck + Bike Swap, Two Bikes Fundraiser, The Nomad, Magic Trail Dogs, and a Legit Ultradynamico Tire Review
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Radar Roundup: Revel Bikes New RW30 Wheels, Hyacinth Stainless Racks, Engin Subcompact Spider, Adventure Cycling Short Routes, Le Pilgrimage, Café Americano, and Grit Cycles
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Seeking Origins in Italy: Vaughn’s 1985 Airone x Cinelli Rampichino
In one of the most creative trip reports to grace this site, Vaughn Dice shares the story of acquiring a 1985 Airone x Cinelli Rampichino, the first Italian mountain bike, then taking the bike back to Italy for a tour on its original proving grounds. Read on for Vaughn’s lively retelling of his time retracing this bike’s origin story through the Piemonte Alps.
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IRIS x Komoot Women’s Weekender: Lowlands Radical Rally
Forty-five riders, 280 kilometers with 900 meters of climbing, and two countries. Sleeping out in two (nearly) wild campgrounds, stops at two awesome cycling cafes and one well-timed heat wave. All the fruit pies, ice-cream, coffee, shared snacks and supermarket sweeps. Brightly-colored kits, wild swims, hardpack, ankle-deep sand, cobbled streets and everything in between. This is the story of the Lowlands Rally, a bikepacking weekender hosted by the European clothing brand, IRIS, in collaboration with komoot, and documented by renowned photographer, Ashley Gruber. If you couldn’t tell already, it was a weekend we won’t soon forget!
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No Sleep ‘Til Ísafjörður: The 2023 Arna Westfjords Way Challenge
The Arna Westfjords Way Challenge is an ultra-endurance cycling race that traverses the seaside perimeter of Iceland’s Westfjords region in four stages over five days with 600 miles of mixed surface riding and 37,000+ feet of elevation gain. The route was originally established by accomplished endurance cyclists Lael Wilcox, Chris Burkard, Payson McElveen, Nichole Baker, and Rugile Kaladyte and formatted into a stage race by the team at Cycling Westfjords in 2021. Now in its second year, the event features a variety of innovative aspects that make it unique in the world of ultra cycling, which benefits the local communities and also the riders’ experiences. Josh Weinberg was on the ground covering this year’s event and, below, shares an insightful event recap and massive image gallery from this strikingly beautiful part of the world.
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Bicycle Crumbs Reviews: Cannondale Compact Neo 20″ Wheel e-Bike
Since the Cannondale Compact Neo e-bike launched last fall, I was certain I had to review it. I always wanted a Hooligan (how did they not call this the e-Hooligan and where’s the Lefty?!?), their previous compact 20”-wheeled model, and as more e-bikes become available I have grown increasingly curious about trying one out for commuting. The more I looked at Compact Neo, the more I thought that its folding design and utilitarian features might just make it the perfect bike for Portland: fenders, lights, and plenty of mounts for racks. And, it’s not too flashy. After a few months riding the Compact Neo for daily commutes and “car-free” family weekend adventures, this entry level e-bike has unexpectedly re-energized the way I view the commuting and the point-to-point side of cycling.
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Bike Rides and Block Parties at The Cub House: The 2023 LA Invitational
Wowzers… Okay! Sean Talkington of Team Dream coming in a bit late on this one but hopefully it is worth the wait?! It’s been two months since the second installment of the Los Angeles Invitational, a two-day event hosted at The Cub House that included a day of riding on Saturday, then a Bicycle/Car Show and parts swap turned block party extravaganza on Sunday. This started off eight years ago as a half-baked and half-assed excuse to BBQ with friends and sell some old bike stuff. It has somehow grown into a pretty sensational (though maybe still a bit half-assed), fully-loaded weekend for thousands of people to enjoy. I can’t believe we pulled it off again AND managed to do it even bigger this year. Read on for a recap of the festivities, check out the video, and be sure to peruse the stacked gallery of cars and bikes from Traece Craig and Thibault Linossier.
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Timeless Bikes and Travails at Eroica South Africa 2023
As an ode to the artistry of vintage bikes and simple adventure, Eroica events present riders the opportunity to embrace personal challenge on world class routes. Nick McIntyre traveled to Cape Town to ride the Eroica South Africa on a Hansom Track frame where is 25c rubber and single speed setup certainly made for a memorable day…
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Bike Hacks: Local Mountain Biker’s Hip-Bag Trick Has Handlebar-Bag Makers Furious
No, we haven’t devolved into publishing clickbait articles. And no, we’re not saying a hip pack can be made into a reasonable replacement for a handlebar bag. But Travis Engel has a very clever, very temporary way to get the weight off his back for long boring climbs, and then easily put it back on for quick fun descents. The trick is kinda just for the uphill, it’s a little ugly, and it won’t work on every pack or every bike. But what do you want from us? That’s why they call it a hack.
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Radar Roundup: Act Quick – Chris King Tampers are in Stock!, Fairlight Secan 2.5 Monochrome, Wolf Tooth T-Type, Peace Sports Cycling Caps, Aeropress XL, Common Ground with Ted and Henry, Whiskey Run Trails, and Talking Bikes and Skateboarding
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A 600-Mile First-Ride Review of Beast Components’ Carbon Hybrid Bar
Fresh off racing the North-South Colorado Bikepacking Race, where she finished 1st women’s and 7th overall, Hailey Moore is here to share her first-ride impressions of Germany-based Beast Components’ Carbon Hybrid Bar. The mtb-shift-and-lever compatible design allowed her to run her Bearclaw Ti Hardtail as a monster-tourer, drop bar 29er, but how did the modified design manifest in ride quality as she pedaled 600 miles down Colorado’s Front Range? Read on for her thoughts…
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Radar Roundup: MONoPOLE Toolbike, Tout Terrain Pamir e-Touring Bike, Cushcore Trail, Back to The Berkshires Ride, Sufur Prototype, Universally Pegoretti: Hecho a Mano in Mexico, and Return to Dillon Cone
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The Future of Mobility: Recapping Eurobike 2023 Part 2
Today, we continue Petor Georgallou‘s coverage of Eurobike 2023. In his second installment from this year’s convention, Petor looks at an ensemble of beautiful bikes, in addition to what Eurobike considers the future of mobility. While shocked at first, the more Petor peeled back the layers of what was on display, the more interested he became…
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Folding Bikes, Weird Sights, and Crashing Eurobike Part 1
Eurobike is a massive convention that takes place annually in Frankfurt, Germany, and is described as “the central platform for the bike and future mobility world.” Petor Georgallou was on the ground at this year’s event and, below, uncovers the latest and greatest from the longest-travel downhill bikes to the smallest-wheeled folding bikes. But, first, he had to get in…
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Developing Story: SRAM’s Book About Transmission Will Make You Fall in Love with the Bike Industry Again
When you review bike products, sometimes they arrive with some swag. T-shirt, stickers, sure. But sometimes there’s a cool memento, like an Abbey Tool laser-etched by whatever brand has partnered up with them for the launch. Or an artifact from the product’s manufacturing and development, like a piece of the innovative raw material that made it possible. But what came with my GX Transmission kit is by far the most moving party favor I’ve ever received.
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Radar Roundup: State Bicycle Co. Carbon All-Road, Gravel Adventure Field Guide Bellingham, Outer Shell Magic Musette, Go Bikepacking Giveaway, New MTB Trails in Page, AZ, and Will This Helmet Get $1M on Kickstarter
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The Dust-Up: Will Unchained Bring About a Road Cycling Revival? Is That a Good Thing?
Like its predecessor, Drive to Survive, the new Netflix Unchained series seeks to humanize the World Tour’s automaton-seeming athletes that make up professional road cycling’s peloton. But as the exploding gravel scene in the U.S. faces “growing pains,” Nic Morales wonders if the effects of Unchained’s inevitable popularity will remain culturally abstract, or if they will serve to usher in an era of Road 2.0 on America’s gravel roads. Read on for Nic’s reaction to the series in this latest installment of The Dust-Up, our ongoing opinion column.