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Radar Roundup: Chris King Matte Mango is Back!, Canyon Lux Trail, Brooks Team Special, North St. EPX Bags, Cedaero Trek 1120 Bags, Kuwahara Diavolo V3 Boost Hubs, Bikes or Death 166, Cinelli Made in Milano, James Bleakley of Black Sheep Bicycles, and Lobo Solitaire Urbano
Our Radar Roundup compiles products and videos from the ‘net in an easy-to-digest format. Read on below for today’s findings…
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Radar Roundup: Cotic Jeht Gen2, Chris King and Robert Axle Project, Ratio 2×12 SH Kit, Rodeo Labs Traildonkey 4.0, Brompton C Line Hot Pink Returns, MW Radius Winter Tights, Bikes or Death 165
Our Radar Roundup compiles products and videos from the ‘net in an easy-to-digest format. Read on below for today’s findings…
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The Bikepacking Super Bowl: 2023 East Texas Showdown
Dennis Lastochkin walks, or rather rides, us through his win at the East Texas Showdown. Brainchild of Patrick Farnsworth from the Bikes or Death podcast, the early March event feels like a season opener of sorts for the multi-day endurance crowd and traverses 400 miles through southeastern Texas. Check out this from-the-saddle tale of bikepacking’s “Super Bowl.”
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2022 East Texas Showdown Video
The East Texas Showdown is a bikepacking event founded last year by Patrick Farnsworth, notoriously known as the host of the Bikes or Death podcast. The event includes two distance options: the 380-mile SHOWdown or the 280-mile SLOWdown. As a follow-up to our East Texas Showdown event coverage from April, filmmaker Seth Dubois just released a wonderful film showcasing the event. Check it out here!
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Radar Roundup: Bikepacking Roots BIPOC Scholarship, Lael on Bikes or Death: Asterisk, and Where Roads End – A Slow Journey on the North Coast 500
Our Radar Roundup compiles products and videos from the ‘net in an easy-to-digest format. Read on below for today’s findings…
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Bluebird Skies and Blazing Rides: The 2022 East Texas Showdown
The East Texas Showdown is a bikepacking event founded last year by Patrick Farnsworth, notoriously known as the host of the Bikes or Death podcast. The event includes two distance options: the 380-mile SHOWdown or the 280-mile SLOWdown. With the event’s theme revolving around the community, the offer of two distances provides intrigue to both seasoned and newer bikepackers.
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Bikes Or Death Interviews Ally Johnson, Bikepacking Roots’ New Executive Director
Earlier this year, Ally Johnson was announced as Bikepacking Roots‘ new Executive Director and in the latest episode of Bikes or Death, Patrick sits down with Ally to get to know her a bit better and to go over her plans with BPR.
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Bikes Or Death Interviews Cjell from Moné Bikes
As part of Bikes or Death’s Dangerbird coverage, Patrick sat down with Cjell from Moné Bikes to chat about framebuilding, Silver City, and more! Give it a listen at Bikes or Death. Also, related to the Dangerbird is a new Monumental Loop Patreon, where you can support New Mexico bicycle touring and bikepacking by subscribing.
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Bikes or Death Podcast Exclusive Video: All Things Route Planning & Navigation
Patrick from Bikes or Death sat down with Kevin from RideWithGPS to discuss route planning and navigation in this 2+ hour long podcast video. Got some time to listen to an informative podcast this morning? Give this a listen!
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Bikes or Death Sat Down in Santa Fe with John Watson from the Radavist for Episode 69
Episode 69? On 4.20? Three days before my 40th birthday? Why not? lol
A few weeks ago, Patrick from Bikes or Death swung through Santa Fe after hanging with Matt from the Monumental Loop in Las Cruces. We sat down in our new office here in town and chatted about the beginnings of the Radavist, photography, land acknowledgment, and other topics relevant to many of your interests. Patrick is a great guy and spending my Sunday afternoon with him was a real treat. As someone who tries to stay behind the scenes here as much as possible on the site, it’s a great insight into what makes me tick. Check out my ramblings in Episode 69 at Bikes or Death.
If you have questions or comments after the interview, drop them in the comments and I’ll answer them today.
Side note: we’re getting our second shots today! Woooohoooo!
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The Dangerbird Returns to Las Cruces on October 23, 2021
Photo by Nathan Burnside
Update! See our coverage here:
–Wind, Chile, Chonk, and the Monumental Loop: the 2021 Dangerbird in Las Cruces
–Scenes from the 2021 New Mexico Bikepacking Summit and the Dangerbird Grand Depart Rider and Bike Portaits
If you don’t follow Monumental Loop on Instagram, then you might have missed the details for this fall’s Dangerbird race/ride. We’ll be there in attendance to ride/tour the Full Bird. Check out all the details from Matt below and don’t miss the Bikes or Death Podcast interview with him too!
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Patrick from the Bikes or Death Podcast and His Chumba Stella Ti Drop Bar 29er
A little while back, Patrick from Bikes or Death reached out, saying he was going to be in Santa Fe and was hoping we could sit down for a podcast interview. Naturally, I obliged, and last night we hung out at our office here in Santa Fe and talked about bikes, photography, other randomness related to this website. I won’t give too much away but I was really stoked on how it went. Doing interviews is a great way to bond with a person and afterward, I just had to shoot Patrick’s Chumba Cycles Stella Ti. While the podcast episode won’t be out for a few weeks, I wanted to feature this rad build while it was all still fresh on my mind, so enjoy!
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Bikes or Death: Episode 52 with Cinthia Pedraza
Putting yourself out there and writing about polarizing topics is not easy. We’ve hosted a lot of great writing over the years, many of which inspired some great commentary and yes, change within the industry. Cinthia‘s piece on white privilege and bike racing during a pandemic really ruffled some feathers in her local racing community. For their latest episode, Bikes or Death interviews Cinthia about these effects and it’s highly worth the listen! Check it out at Bikes or Death.
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Check out Bikes or Death with Bailey Newbrey
Bikes or Death, the podcast about, you guessed it, bikes has interviewed our pal Bailey Newbrey, the owner of Sincere Cycles and the 2018 second-place finisher of the Tour Divide. Bailey talks about riding singlespeed and the TDR, so give it a listen at Bikes or Death.