By Michael McColgan I’m a big fan of the Jones Loop bar, there’s one on my Krampus and my Pugsley. And whenever I’m fortunate enough to abuse, I mean test, a new fatty I end up putting on that bike too, since I’d rather focus on the bike and not be distracted by “normal” […]
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Product Spotlight – Apidura Ultra-Light Cycling Bags
Apidura is a new UK Brand that makes ultra-light cycling bags for bike-packing and we just received three bags from them, to test and share with our readers. The first thing I noticed about these new bags were the unique fasteners and cool bee hive zipper pulls. We received a Seat Bag along with a handlebar bag and […]
True Confessions of Two Fat-Bike-Beach-Rats
Ecrito y fotografiado por Julio y Gomez Julio caught ‘beach-fever’ sometime last year and he’s been planning a fat-pack ever since. Somewhere along the line this summer, we agreed to take a little fat-bike adventure together and this is our beach-rat, ride report. We figured the weather could get dicey in late October, so we kept […]
Baja Beach Adventure – Part 3
Alright this is it folks, the last chapter in our saga Part 1 and Part 2 are probably important to read before this part. We woke up pretty early after our night in the RV and packed our bags thinking that we would head on down the beach to a resturant we had heard was […]
(Fat) Sub 24 Hour Overnight – (S24O)
I’ve had this idea in my head about bikepacking my fattie on the beach for awhile now. Mis amigo, Cale just came back from a long trip in Baja, that made the trip planning itch, all the stronger. In the past month I’ve traded email and read stories from experienced fat-packers that make a pretty […]
Baja Beach Adventure – Part 2
When we last left we were bedding down for the evening in a crazy windstorm. Well, the next morning wasn’t any different, we awoke to a solid 30mph wind out of the south. Upon packing up camp I noticed I had a rear flat so before we could head out I had to patch the tube. This […]