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Off The Beaten Path

Off The Beaten Path
07. Februar, 06:08 Uhr

When Bicycle Quarterly got started 20 years ago, cycling culture, especially in North America, was focused almost entirely on racing—and on male racers. Manufacturers pushed bikes for competition, whether road or mountain bikes. If they offered bikes intended for exploring and adventure at all, it was usually a single “touring” model, relegated to the back pages of the catalogs. Mainstream bike...

Off The Beaten Path
12. Juli, 20:14 Uhr

In France right now, the Tour de France is omnipresent. That’s not an overstatement. Almost everybody, whether they are sports fans or not, follows the Tour. It’s not just the racing, but also the beautiful images. The Tour is a carefully choreographed show of French landscapes and sites, with the bike race tying it all together. You’ve seen the images: Racers riding through fields of yellow...

Off The Beaten Path
09. Mai, 05:04 Uhr

Last year’s Tour Divide was a true challenge, with snow, wind, rain and fires adding to the difficulties presented by the 2,666-mile trek along the spine of the Rocky Mountains—from Canada to the Mexican border. At a time when most sports are reduced to short made-for-TV formats, long bikepacking races are perhaps the ultimate adventures, where riders face terrain, elements and their own...

Off The Beaten Path
09. Juni, 21:08 Uhr

The Tour Divide, the bikepacking race along the spine of the Rocky Mountains, from Canada to the Mexican border, started this morning. More than 190 riders took off on their 2,745-mile (4,418 km) journeys that will take weeks to complete. (The late Mike Hall set the FKT of just under 14.5 days in 2013.) Our friend Mario (Majo) Srnik was on the course and saw the riders go by. As one of...

Off The Beaten Path
26. Juni, 16:10 Uhr

A huge congratulations to Lael Wilcox! First female finisher of the Tour Divide, still smiling after 2698 miles and a ride that was not without challenges. Way to go, Lael! Photo credits: bikepacking.com (Photo 1); Rugile Kaladyte (Photo 2)

Off The Beaten Path
05. März, 17:54 Uhr

If you are following bike racing and/or tech, you will have heard of Thomas De Gendt’s mysterious crash during Stage 5 of the UAE Tour in Abu Dhabi. Video footage shows the front wheel of the Belgian breakaway specialist jerking to the right before he falls. After the crash, De Gendt’s bike is leaning against the guardrail, its front tire off the rim and a ripped green tubeless insert jammed...

Off The Beaten Path
11. April, 04:53 Uhr

We are excited to work with some of the world’s best racers. All of them could ride any tires they want. That they choose Rene Herse tires is a vote of confidence, and their results speak for themselves. They’ve stood on the podiums of all the big gravel races: Unbound, Mid-South, SBT GRVL, Gravel Worlds… They’ve won bikepacking races from the Tour Divide to the Silk Road Race. They’ve excelled...

Off The Beaten Path
25. September, 05:55 Uhr

Our book about the technical developments of the last 15 years is called ‘The All-Road Bike Revolution.’ We don’t use the term ‘revolution’ lightly—modern all-road bikes truly have changed how we ride. We used to have multiple bikes: a road bike for going fast, a touring bike for carrying camping gear, a mountain bike for venturing off-pavement. Now we do all those things on the same bike. In...

Off The Beaten Path
16. Februar, 05:56 Uhr

I got to know Brennan Wertz when he worked at Above Category, one of our favorite shops in the Bay Area. A year ago, he decided to pursue his dream of becoming a gravel racer. We met in person at Unbound when we finished just minutes apart—he raced the 200-mile ‘big’ race while I did the 350-mile XL. (He started much later, of course—it’s not like I rode 350 miles in the time he rode 200!) A...

Off The Beaten Path
17. Juli, 20:27 Uhr

Adrien Liechti is one of the world’s fastest ultra-distance racers. Recently, he won Ascend Armenia, a new race on the calendar that took riders far off the beaten path in this relatively unknown eastern European country. After the race, I caught up with Adrien to talk about the race. Jan: Congratulations on winning the Ascend Armenia. This was the first time this race was organized. How was...